Tag: Space
-
Tau Herculids meteor shower: Everything you need to know
This long weekend, you might see a slight meteor shower known as the tau Herculids. According to NASA, Earth will pass through debris trails of a broken comet. The comet, 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, or SW3, broke into big ol’ fragments about 25 years ago. If the fragments that popped off the comet were ejected at great speeds —…
-
NASA’s Getting Screwy Messages From Interstellar Space
The Voyager 1 spacecraft is transmitting some funky data from interstellar space that’s leaving NASA engineers scratching their heads. Readouts on the orientation of the 1970s-era space probe now appear to be randomly generated or don’t reflect any possible scenario the spacecraft could be in, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory officials said this week. The problematic…
-
NEOs can periodically approach close to Earth as they circle the sun.
The threatening huge asteroid is expected to fly past Earth on Thursday, May 5 at a speed of 37,400 kilometres per hour, as per the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The asteroid 418135 (2008 AG33) seems to have an average diameter of 350 to 780 meters, according to NASA’s Center for Near-Earth Object Studies…
-
Telangana Government Enters The Metaverse With Space-Tech Framework To Boost Space Industry
Telengana, an Indian state, has joined the Metaverse bandwagon with its ambitious Space Tech metaverse project. State-specific space-tech framework virtual world will serve as Telangana’s very own hub of technological advancement. As a one-stop destination for space technology, it is the only one of its kind in India (so far). Many other states would be…
-
NASA Beams Back An Unexpected Selfie Of The Webb Telescope From A Million Miles Away
It seemed impossible that we would ever see the giant James Webb Space Telescope again. The observatory has traveled to its cosmic outpost almost a million miles from Earth. Surveillance cameras will not monitor the instrument through space and unfolds, and including them would be too risky and complicated. NASA still managed to take a…
-
‘Potentially Hazardous’ Asteroid Heading Towards Earth, NASA Releases Warning
As three massive airplane-sized asteroids are expected to fly past Earth today, NASA has issued a warning regarding another potentially hazardous asteroid approaching soon. The ones passing Earth today are reported to be at a safe distance, but the one passing us next week, 1994 WR12, is said to be bigger than a football field…
-
NASA’s Tough Spacecraft Soars Into The Sun’s Atmosphere, Captures Wild Footage
What a scene. A spacecraft has entered the sun’s hostile outer atmosphere, known as the corona, and captured scintillating images of its interior. NASA announced the historic achievement on Dec. 14, achieved by the Parker Solar Probe. NASA’s probe has a 4.5-inch-thick shield to protect its cameras and other instruments from temperatures of about 2,500…
-
NASA Extends Moon Landing Project By A Year, Blames Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin For The Delay
Two NASA astronauts and members of the Crew-2 have successfully returned to earth after spending nearly six months at the International Space Station. However, the aerospace agency has revealed that the most ambitious Artemis mission is much more likely to suffer a delay. While NASA hoped to complete their Artemis moon program by 2024, the…
-
NASA Releases New Juno Spacecraft Findings of Jupiter
The NASA / National Aeronautics and Space Administration has released new findings about Jupiter that were made possible by the Juno spacecraft. Jupiter’s atmosphere, along with its belts and zones, as well as its Great Red Spot have been studied. The conclusions have been published in several scientific journals. NASA’s Juno spacecraft was launched into…
-
Astronomers Have Spotted The First Exoplanet Outside Our Galaxy
Over the last several decades, astronomers have discovered approximately 5,000 different exoplanets, planets that are not from our own solar system. However, they have all come from our own galaxy, the Milky Way. Astronomers have discovered the first exoplanet that originates neither from our solar system nor our galaxy, but rather from the spiral galaxy…