Space
Humans account for puny 0.01% of the total biomass on the Earth: A new study suggests
There are 7.6 billion people on the Earth and yet, we make up for only 0.01% of the total biomass of all living things on the planet. This is an astounding fact released after a detailed study was recently published with analysis of all the living things right from the myriad of microorganisms to humongous […]
NASA’s GRACE-FO twin satellites will soon register gravitational pull, flow of water and predict floods & earthquakes
SpaceX will soon launch the NASA GRACE-FO satellite along with Iridium NEXT satellite from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Tuesday at 12:47 p.m. PDT or 19:47 UTC. GRACE stands for Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment and it is a pair of two satellites that will work in tandem. The twin satellite mission […]
A newly-discovered supermassive black hole found that shines brighter than an entire galaxy
Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) have come across the fastest-growing black hole in the known universe. The supermassive black hole is located around 12 billion light-years from the Earth making it one of the black holes that formed right after the Big Bang. The supermassive black hole is estimated to be the size […]
TESS satellites sends a stunning test image of more than 200,000 stars
NASA’s new exoplanet-hunting mission, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) that was launched on April 18 aboard SpaceX Falcon rocket has spent just a few days in the space and yet, it managed to send a stunning test image consisting of more than 200,000 stars in a single frame. The image released by NASA shows […]
An asteroid just made a close approach towards the Earth; Is it possible to avoid an asteroid collision?
There are billions of asteroids in our solar system. NASA tracks those objects which are a potential threat to the Earth and are classified as Near Earth Objects (NEO). Just recently, an asteroid (named 2010 WC9) with a diameter of 60 to 130 meters zoomed past the Earth at a staggering velocity of 12.8 kilometers […]
Queqiao relay communication satellite will enable communication between Chang’e 4 and Earth
Back in 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to step on the near side of the moon. While moon has been the only celestial object where any astronaut has visited, its far side i.e. the side while remains dark forever has been a mystery. Moon is tidally locked with the Earth which means, it […]
NOAA reports increasing global temperature in its 400 months global report
NASA’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently published the records of temperature for last 400 months which is more than 33 years where the Earth’s temperature has been above average. Earth has reached a milestone in terms of temperature difference which was reflected in the April edition of monthly global climate report by NOAA. […]
Scientists found the real culprit stealing iron from the continental crust
Mars is called as the red planet because of the rich iron content which when exposed to meager oxygen available in the planet’s atmosphere, it reduced to a rust-coated planet which appears red. As per the researchers, Earth could rust too, however, due to a fraction of iron content seeping inside the continental crust, the […]
TESS captures the first ever test image of more than 200,000 stars in the southern sky
The newly launched exoplanet-hunting spacecraft by NASA has been busy transiting to its destined eccentric orbit around the Earth to capture exoplanets and more in the sky. TESS or Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) recently the first ever test image captured by one of its four cameras onboard capturing more than 200,000. The image was […]