- Curiosity has completed nine years on Mars. It is a Mars rover. NASA launched the rover in November 2011 and it landed in August in the subsequent year. NASA has released a panorama shot taken by the rover to mark its ninth anniversary on Earth’s neighbor. The agency said that Curiosity is currently on the […]
- Water is present on Mars. But water exists in the form of ice. Almost all water ice is present beneath the surface. Water is also available in vapor form in the atmosphere in a small quantity. Now a study has discovered that the snow on the Red Planet is dusty. Scientists want to determine how […]
- Returning samples from Mars is a big challenge. NASA and several other space agencies are working in this direction. Finding the right design and a robust system is key to returning Mars samples. NASA is believed to be already working to develop a system that will bring Martian samples back. Japan has now joined the […]
- Asteroids have always been a threat to Earth. This is the reason why researchers keep tracking potentially dangerous space rocks heading to earth. Once such an asteroid has been identified as 101955 Bennu. Though there is no immediate threat from this half-kilometer-wide asteroid, future generations will need to keep a close eye on it. The […]
- NASA has captured a stunning view of Venus. The gleaming view was captured during a flyby of the Solar Orbiter Heliospheric Imager. SoloHI is a telescope. The Solar Orbiter flew by Venus. It made the closest approach of 7995 km of Venus which is the second planet from the Sun. The Solar Orbiter is a […]
- Scientists have been trying to quantifying water molecules on Moon. It is a fact that water is present on the lunar surface. Water was first discovered in 1971 by the Apollo 14 mission of NASA. However, scientists are yet to quantifying the content. In a significant development, ISRO has claimed to pick up signals of […]