Tag: NASA

No “Planet X” Found in WISE Data
For decades before Pluto, Eris, and other distant objects in our solar system were discovered, astronomers had posited that there must be another planet beyond Neptune that would m...
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NASA to Conduct Twin Astronaut Studies
The physics behind spaceflight are well understood, but what exactly being in orbit does to the human body is still being uncovered. To help out with this research...
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Radars Might Be Used to Predict Sinkholes
One month ago a 40 foot-wide hole in the ground opened up underneath a showroom floor at National Corvette Museum and...
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NASA, Kerbal Space Program Want You To Stop Virtual Asteroids
Kerbal Space Program is one of the most fascinating PC games of the last few years. It's a hardcore space exploration simulator that has players building rockets to send l...
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Jupiter’s Moon Europa Newest Destination for NASA?
If you thought that Mars was the beginning and end of NASA's exploration aspirations, you were wrong. It appears the "Red Planet" may have just been a warm-up. Now, NASA is movi...
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715 New Exoplanets Discovered by NASA’s Kepler
The last decade has seen a huge increase in the number of known exoplanets (those outside of our own solar system). NASA's Keple...
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North Korea Looks Like a Dark, Desolate Hellhole from Space
It's not as if it's all that surprising, but North Korea, when viewed at night from the International Space Station, looks devoid of life. I mean, wow. Here's what NASA...
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Huge Weather Explosions Observed on Venus
Researchers this week announced that they have uncovered a striking phenomenon on the planet Venus. Using the European Spac...
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New Research Reveals Supernova Secrets
Supernovae seem easy enough to understand. Stars age, using up all of their fusion fuel and burst in a fiery display that helps to create the wide variety of elements seen through...
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Mars Rover Curiosity Successfully Surmounted a Sand Dune
NASA this week revealed that Mars rover Curiosity has successfully crossed over a Martian sand dune and is now continuing on its way. The rover drove a total of 41.1 meters on Sun...
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NASA, CNES Team Up For Mars Lander Project
This week NASA and the Centre national d'études spatiales (the French space agency, CNES) signed an agreement to work towards a...
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NASA Is Now Trying To 3D Print Wood
For the past year, the big story in 3D printing has been researchers trying to create living materials through the 3D printing of cells. Companies like Organovo are on the...
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“Wobbly” Planet Spotted in Binary Star System
NASA this week revealed that the Kepler Space Telescope has spotted a planet with a very erratic orbit. The planet, named Kepl...
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NASA Crowdsources WISE Data Mining
NASA this week announced a new website, DiskDetective.org. The website allows visitors to help NASA researchers cull through d...
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