The Fast Radio Bursts, named 121102, have been identified repeatedly over the last 10 years, but still remains one of the biggest mysteries in radio astronomy. The new study suggests that these incredibly short bursts are coming from a neutron...
NASA researchers found 8 regions on Mars that have a very fat layer of ice beneath thin surface. At some locations, the water ice is as thick as 100 meters, holding clues about Mars climate history. Humans could essentially just go there with a...
Neither Northrop Grumman (manufactured the Zuma spacecraft) nor SpaceX confirmed if the mission was successful. Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg reported that the spacecraft actually fell back to Earth. Pentagon is saying “ask SpaceX about...
Our solar system could have formed inside a bubble of a massive star type called Wolf-Rayet star. These stars were nearly 50 times bigger than our Sun, and their cores were more than a million years old. Like supernova explosion, the life of...
NASA will launch Parker Solar Probe in July 2018 to study Sun more closely. It will orbit as close as 6.2 million km to the Sun, reaching a maximum speed of nearly 724,000 km/h. This mission will answer questions like how solar wind is...
Being the closest planet to Earth, Venus has always been a desirable target for amateur astronomers for their first interplanetary exploration. That said, this planet was once the focal point of all space exploration in the late 1960s and 1970s...
The NASA’s spacecraft studying Jupiter, called Juno, discovered some interesting details about the planet. The roots of the Great Red Spot go 50 to 100 times deeper than oceans on the Earth. The Great Red Spot is 1.3 times as wide as Earth...
Most of the water on Mars is locked up as subsurface ice and in the rocks. Researchers discovered that Mars’ basalt rocks are capable to hold about 25% more water as compared to those on Earth. Approximately 9% excess volume of Martian mantle...
NASA tested a 3D printed hardware, named pogo accumulator, that absorbs vibration in rockets. 3D printing the hardware instead of manufacturing it reduces costs as well as production time. The aim of these tests is to evaluate the operation of...
Scientists studied combined impact space radiation and microgravity on bone and muscle. They found that radiation would worsen the muscle and bone loss due to microgravity. Also, Mineral density and trabecular thickness reduced in hind limb...
Physicists at University of Florida studied a 40-mile-wide black hole, named V404 Cygni. The magnetic strength around the black hole is 400 times lower than what we previously thought. They measured a precise 461 ± 12 gauss magnetic field in the...
NASA is planning to infuse AI into space communication networks. It uses Cognitive Radio to employ underutilized parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. SCaN Testbed provides tools and resources to test Cognitive Radio in space. NASA engineers are...