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05 Apr 2021

NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter touches down on Red Planet

The gravity on Mars, notably, is one-third of the Blue Planet and the atmosphere is just 1% dense in comparison to the Earth. Another challenging aspect of the journey would be the temperature as it drops to minus 90 degree Celsius during the night on Mars.

12 Jun 2019

SpaceX targets late June for Falcon Heavy launch

The 27 engines of the Falcon Heavy rocket generate thrust at liftoff equal to that of approximately 18 aeroplanes, and it can lift over 140,000 pounds (about 63,503 kg), according to the JPL, Xinhua news agency reported.

30 Jan 2019

Climate change may increase frequency of extreme storms: NASA study

Thunderstorms typically occur in the warmest season of the year.

13 Dec 2017

Ceres an active, evolving world. Not dead as previously thought: NASA

The researchers presented the latest results about the bright areas at the American Geophysical Union meeting in New Orleans on Tuesday.

03 Dec 2017

NASA fires up Voyager 1 backup thrusters after 37 years

The Voyager team assembled a group of propulsion experts at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, for the job.

10 Aug 2016

This false-color view of Saturn's clouds from Cassini is absolutely fabulous! (See pic)

The stunning view was produced by space imaging enthusiast Kevin M Gill, who also happens to be an engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

14 Jul 2016

Robots can assemble modular telescope in space

Nicolas Lee and his colleagues from California Institute of Technology and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have described a design to build the robotically assembled modular space telescope (RAMST).

18 May 2016

There may be life beneath Europa's icy shell: Researchers

Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, California, compared Europa's potential for producing hydrogen and oxygen with that of Earth through processes that do not directly involve volcanism.

14 May 2016

Curiosity measures seasonal patterns in Mars atmosphere

Curiosity this week completed its second Martian year since landing inside Gale Crater nearly four years ago. The repetition helps distinguish seasonal effects from sporadic events, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said in a statement.

13 Feb 2016

Decoded: How particles 'fall' in love this Valentine's

Scientists consider Bell's theorem an important foundation for modern physics.

12 Feb 2016

Increasing water on land slowing down rising seas

The water gains over land were spread globally but taken together, they equal the volume of Lake Huron, the world’s seventh largest lake.

26 Jan 2016

Galaxy cluster not just governed solely by mass: Scientists

Galaxy clusters are the biggest celestial objects in the sky consisting of thousands of galaxies.

22 Jan 2016

Curiosity rover tastes scooped sand for first time on Mars

Curiosity has scooped up sample material at only one other site since it landed on Mars in August 2012.

18 Dec 2015

Curiosity spots loads of silica on Mars, bolsters water presence

Water that is acidic would tend to carry other ingredients away and leave silica behind.

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