The strange blob is visible in the centre of this image (Picture: Nasa) Nasa has glimpsed a ‘green blob’ in the middle of a strange part of space called the Fireworks Galaxy. The ‘pops of blue and green’ in the image above are actually bright bursts of invisible X-ray light captured by the NuSTAR space […]
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tech2 News StaffSep 03, 2019 16:30:31 IST We have all read the stories on asteroids that are close enough to hit us, have performed fly-bys or those that will hit us in the future. The feeling of an impending apocalypse is the only take away from these stories. In a recent interview with Mashable India,
A view of the Hera mission’s spacecraft arriving at Didymos (Image: ESA) As much as we all go on about hating humanity, there’s little doubt we’re the best thing about Planet Earth. So it would be a dreadful shame if a whopping great space rocket smashed into our homeworld and send us into extinction. Luckily,
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The Alps are often the subjects of stunning landscape photos, but a recent image of the mountain range has two additional beauties to look at. NASA has revealed an incredible photo of the moon and Jupiter in the skies over the Alps. The stunning image was taken by photographer Giorgia Hofer, and has been featured
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A high-resolution image of Pluto taken by New Horizons on July 14, 2015. The image has been color-enhanced to show the different geological features of the surface. NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute. In 2006 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) caused consternation when it declared that Pluto was no
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Whether it’s propelling prototype Hyperloop pods along a test track, using your noggin to excel in a science contest, or bagging $3 million for winning a video game, students get to do some pretty cool stuff these days. The next big opportunity to land for those just setting out in the world comes in the
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Pluto is a brave little planet on the outskirts of our solar system (Image: Nasa) It’s the most size-shamed world in the entire universe, but is it time we stopped being so mean about Pluto? A top Nasa boss has said that Pluto should no longer be regarded as a ‘dwarf planet’. In 2006, the
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The team behind NASA’s InSight lander named a piece of Martian rubble after one of the most iconic bands in music history: “Rolling Stones Rock.” Slightly larger than a golf ball, the bit of debris appeared to have rolled about three feet, propelled by InSight’s thrusters as the spacecraft touched down on Mars in November.
NASA is hiring a planetary protection officer with a salary of up to $187,000. The job was created after the signing of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967. Planetary protection officers are hired to make sure humans don’t contaminate planets, moons, and other objects in space. They’re also supposed to help prevent any alien microbes
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Wikimedia Commons Reports that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration predicted a massive earthquake will hit Delhi, India in April 2018 are false. The rumor stemmed from a series of error-laden messages and is nothing more than a viral hoax. According to Snopes, the false claim was circulated in messages on WhatsApp, a popular messaging
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