Thousands of asteroids are present in the orbital space around Earth. However, few of them are of such a size that they pose a real threat to our planet. Among these is 2013 TV135, an asteroid which recently sailed past Earth at a close distance.
Juno is a NASA New Frontiers mission to the planet Jupiter. The space probe was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011 and since then has been carrying out a series of orbital maneuvers to give it enough speed to reach the planet Jupiter, where it will go into orbit as part of a mission to learn more about the structure and nature of the deep atmosphere of the giant planet. Although after suffering a glitch after Earth flyby, the probe is set again on a course for Jupiter.
Scientists as well as researchers have been busy for long time to find an alternate world of Earth that could be inhabitable for human beings. Although space agency NASA has found ‘drinkable’ water on Mars which lighted a hope of having a habitable planet, but the search for more habitable planet kept going. However, lately some British astronomers have found an evidence of a rocky exoplanet that contains 26% water.
Jacques Cousteau (11 June, 1910 – 25 June, 1997) was a French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author as well as a researcher. He studied the sea and all forms of life in water. However, now what the news is buzzing around is his grandson Fabien Cousteau has planned to live underwater for a month.
We have come to know that the Pentagon is looking for a few good space planes that would be fast in speed and need to be cheap in price. There’s one more condition — the space planes need to be reusable. Keeping Pentagon’s demand in mind, lately DARPA has launched Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program.
It is believed that black holes in space devour everything. But that belief is about to change. Astronomers have found such a giant black hole in space at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy that doesn’t gulp everything.
Mars rover Curiosity has always had the ability to pilot itself on the red planet. But NASA had decided to pilot the rover from Earth for the first year. However, last Tuesday, August 27, Curiosity switched to its autonomous navigation system and took its first drive into unapproved territory.
Although we’re living in a wireless age, most of the electronic devices come with wire as to charge them. However, at present there are many devices that can be charged wirelessly. And now, 21-year-old girl Meredith Perry, who has spent her two summers interning at NASA, has devised a new technology for wireless charging — through sound.