Space
Kenorland, the first supercontinent was formed 2.4 billion years ago and this is how all the changes took place
Earth was primitively a giant ball of water with the huge amount of methane in its atmosphere. But 2.4 billion years ago, things began to change as the first landmass rose from the depths of the ocean, according to a study made by researchers at the University of Oregon. The study stated that the changes […]
Curiosity dugs a 2-inch-deep hole with its new drilling technique
In the last quarter of 2016, the drill installed at the end of the robotic arm of the Curiosity rover was sidelined because its motor controlling the sideposts stopped working. Soon, engineers at the mission control started troubleshooting the issue and devising workarounds to get the drill up and running which took more than a […]
Birds and ferns were likely the survivors after major a catastrophic event happened 66-million years ago
About 66 million years ago, an asteroid came hurtling down the Earth’s atmosphere causing mass destruction with a force millions of times greater than an atomic bomb. It was the Cretaceous-Paleogene period when the fifth mass extinction event as it is said, occurred wiping out three-quarters of all animal and plant life on Earth including […]
The latest SpaceX launch was different in many ways: Fairings, first stage boosters & Block 4 rocket
Less than two weeks after its last rocket launch, SpaceX successfully launched seven satellites in the space on May 22 and the deployment of all the seven satellites took place within an hour and a half post-launch. The latest SpaceX rocket launch was different from its previous launches in many ways. First of all, it […]
Asteroid KW1 2018 will make its closest approach today at midday
Yet another asteroid will be barrelling near the Earth’s orbit today at midday when the distance between the Earth and this asteroid is the closest. As per NASA, the asteroid named as KW1 2018 is expected to make its closest approach towards the Earth today on May 24, 2018, at midday when the average distance […]
GOES-17 satellite detects lightning strikes in the midwestern United States
It has been two months since the GOES-17 satellite was launched on March 01, 2018. The satellite is presently under its six months checkout period. On May 9, it sent the ‘first-light’ image captured by its Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM). According to the official statement, GLM mounted on GOES-17 satellite monitored lightning strikes and its […]
NOAA’s latest weather satellite is suffering from a cooling problem
On Wednesday, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released an official statement regarding the GOES-17 weather satellite that was launched two months ago. In the statement, the agency stated about a cooling problem that could endanger the capability of the satellite in the orbit. GOES-17, a new generation of a weather satellite, was […]
Experiment on the ISS: CAL will cool down the temperature of atoms to absolute zero in fraction of seconds
The Antares rocket and Cygnus supply ship by Orbital ATK were recently launched to the International Space Station after almost a day’s delay. Cygnus carried a number of apparatus of which, one of the most exciting pieces of the instrument is called Cold Atom Laboratory or CAL. This ice chest-sized apparatus would allow scientists to […]
NASA is planning to launch a rover & a helicopter on the Mars in 2020
On May 5, NASA launched its InSight lander which is estimated to land on the Martian surface later this year. The space agency has launched a number of rovers, orbiters, and landers to the red planet with Curiosity being the latest in operation. But, according to the reports that surfaced recently, NASA is ready to […]