- Juno is celebrating its tenth anniversary. It is a NASA spacecraft orbiting the planet Jupiter. It is still probing the solar system’s largest planet and its moons. It has offered dramatic glimpses of Jupiter and its moon. Jupiter is a massive gas giant. Juno was first proposed in 2003. It was launched on August 5, […]
- Russia has blamed a software glitch that pushed the International Space Station out of control. Notably, the jet thrusters of a Russian module had reignited accidentally. This incident caused unexpected tilting and shifting of the ISS from its normal position. The rotating laboratory went out of control for a brief period. The ISS was pushed […]
- The impact of climate change is visible on Earth. The adverse climate changes are resulting in the melting of glaciers and rising sea levels. As a result, storms and floods due to the menace are becoming frequent and intense in different parts of the world. These are some of the serious visible impacts of the […]
- A NASA study has predicted massive flooding on Earth in the 2030s. It is said that sea levels will rise exponentially. It said that a wobble in the Moon’s orbit will lead to a rise in the levels. This will cause devastating floods. It also said that climate change will affect sea levels. When combined, […]
- Richard Branson, the English tycoon, accomplished his newest, and probably grandest, expedition on Sunday with a short journey to the frontier of space on the Virgin Galactic spaceplane. Not only is this Branson’s maiden journey to space, but it is also the first time Virgin has launched a complete cabin crew. Hundreds of visitors and […]
- For the very first time, astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) used CRISPR genome engineering in outer space. CRISPR gene editing is a genetic engineering technique in molecular biology by which the genomes of living organisms can be modified. Scientists were able to use CRISPR-Cas9 on the ISS to examine the influence of microgravity […]