New Zealand Plans To Launch Space Program

POLICY 05.22.2017 05:29 AM

New Zealand is planning to launch a space program to compete with other superpower countries in the space race.

ALMA’s First Radio Detection Of A Lonely Planetary Disk Resembles Between Stars and Planet-like objects

05.21.2017 17:23 PM

The latest radio detection of ALMA hunted down a small, isolated planet-like object in the Chameleon constellation, called OTS44.

NASA’s New MMS Study Revealed Dance Of The Electrons In Earth’s Magnetosphere

05.20.2017 13:56 PM

Every Astrophysical object like Earth has a region of space surrounded by charged particles controlled by its magnetic field, called Magnetosphere. When the incoming charged-particle (Electrons) from solar wind creates disturbance in Earth’s magnetosphere and then it produced Aurora.

Saturn's Moon Titan Is More Like Mars Not Earth

05.20.2017 13:12 PM

A new study found out that Titan is not Earth's toxic twin. But, the Saturn's moon, resembles surface that is more like Mars.

Hubble Discovers a Moon Around the Third Largest Dwarf Planet

05.20.2017 08:35 AM

Hubble Space Telescope finds the third largest dwarf planet in Kuiper Belt has a moon orbiting the planet.

New Unit BAO Reveled By Astronomers To Measure The Distances Between Galaxies And Quasars

05.20.2017 08:34 AM

By plotting supermassive black holes from the distant universe, researchers have revealed the large-scale of the distant universe. Scientists say it's the first time such a technique has been used to map the cosmos.

A Three-Billion-Year Old Quartz-Mineral Shows The Contribution Of Comets For Earth’s Atmosphere

05.19.2017 07:35 AM

Among different scientific mysteries one of the subjects about the formation of Earth’s atmosphere that scientist has been long baffled. However, a three-billion-year-old air sample trapped in quartz mineral shows the link between comet and Earth atmosphere.

Helium 3 & Platinum Abundance Attracts Mining Investors Lunar Race

05.18.2017 18:55 PM

The race to the moon heats up as mining investors and private entities prepare their lunar spacecrafts for Google's Lunar XPrize of $20 million plus a $4 million incentive for water detection. The promise of Helium 3 nad Platinum is another goal for miners of the moon.

NASA to Create The Very First Space-Based Sodium Lidar To Study Mesosphere

05.17.2017 17:21 PM

A team of scientists and engineers at NASA are keen to build a sodium Lidar in space to study the Earth mesosphere, which currently poorly understood.

Astronomers Have Defined Characteristics On Two 'Super Earth' Planets In A Distant Planetary System

05.17.2017 17:14 PM

An international team of astronomers has been able to characterize two 'super-Earth' planets, which were located in the K2-106 planetary system.

Mars Rover Opportunity Has Reached 'Perseverance Valley' To Study Its Origin

05.17.2017 17:02 PM

The rover has been active in service for 13 years in Mars has reached the Perseverance Valley and has begun sending the data of the ancient valley.

Scientists Have Solved The Mystery Of Blue Bright Flashes Coming From The Earth's Solid Surface

05.17.2017 16:53 PM

The "pale blue dot" has been twinkling like a brilliant diamond in satellite images, and scientists may have finally solved the mystery of why.

Newly Found "Styrofoam Planet," The Key To Alien Life

05.17.2017 15:53 PM

A new exoplanet that is as dense as styrofoam is hinted to be the clue to alien life. The Styrofoam planet called as KELT-11b will be used to study the atmospheres of other planets.

Scientists Begin To Explore The Possibility Of Human Life In Proxima B

05.17.2017 02:50 AM

Proxima B is the planet that is believed to be habitable for the human being and scientists have begun the first step of analysis by exploring its climate.

Does Life On Mars Really Exist? Scientists Say It's Possible

05.16.2017 15:12 PM

Thanks to the Curiosity rover that landed on Mars, scientists have high hopes on what the Red Planet really consist of.