Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Lately, NASA’s probe Cassini has spotted a strange object at the edge of Saturn’s rings. Many astronomers are suggesting this strange object could be the beginning of a new moon.
Ever since Curiosity landed on Mars, the world has been eagerly waiting to get further updates about the planet. Earlier we have seen Curiosity discovering strong evidence about supporting life on Mars in distant past. And lately, the rover has found ancient lakebed on Mars.
3D printing has become increasingly popular over the past few years, finding many new applications. Therefore many companies are now coming with new amazing 3D printers. In continuation to that trend, lately a company named 3D Systems has come up with a new 3D printer called ProJet 4500 that can create multi-colored plastic items.
Every now and then, scientists are discovering unknown planets in the space. Lets have a close look on most amazing ten of those, with stunning graphics.
Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne and NASA have developed unmanned scramjet Boeing X-51A (also known as X-51A WaveRider) and it is used in tests to achieve hypersonic speed (a velocity of at least five times that of sound in the same medium under the same conditions). However, on this May 1, X-51A WaveRider achieved a speed of over Mach 5 (equivalent to around 6,200 kmph speed at sea level and 5,300 kmph speed at high altitudes) and made a longest duration hypersonic flight.
Hormones and genes play an important role in our physical and mental development. A new study has found that Oxytocin, nicknamed the “cuddle” or “love hormone”, boosts brain activity in autistic children.
Millions of people wanted to know whats happening to comet ISON. What we gathers from live hangout by NASA, its already lost most of its nucleus. Keep reading for details.
Like NASA, European Space Agency (ESA) is always eager to observe and find out the mystery related to Earth, planets as well as space. However, in continuation to that trend, last Friday, on Nov 22, ESA launched three Swarm satellite into space to explore the Earth’s magnetic field.