NASA’s climate-monitoring space laser is the last to ride to space on a Delta II rocket
By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch Update: ICESat-2 launch nominal and signal has been picked up! That’s 100 in a row for the Delta II. This weekend, NASA is launching a new high-tech satellite to monitor the planet’s glacier and sea…
Here’s what lakes on Saturn’s moon Titan look like – just don’t try to swim in them
By Mike Wehner From BGR Nothing’s better on a warm summer day than taking a nice jump into a calm lake. You just feel at one with nature when you’re swimming in a natural body of water. Sure, there’s fish…
Distant, dusty galaxy
Hubble spies distant, dusty galaxy By Mike Wehner From BGR NASA might still be waiting for its next-generation planet spotting telescope to get off the ground, but the aging Hubble is still doing a fine job in the meantime. The…
Google helps scientists search for public data
By Jon Fingas From engadget Comb through research without having to wade through much of the web. There’s a sea of open research data available on the web, but it can be time-consuming to sift through those sites to get…
Best houseplants for improving the air quality in your home
By Libby Baker From One Green Planet Who doesn’t love houseplants? Something about crisp, green, growing leaves seems to brighten up any room. But did you know that houseplants can elevate mood, enhance creativity, promote wellness, and according to studies…
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NASA ‘Science On a Sphere’ educational programme to exhibit at Caribbean Transitional Energy Conference this September in Cayman Islands
NASA will be bringing its ‘Science On a Sphere’ educational programme to Cayman for the first time during the Caribbean Transitional Energy Conference (CTEC) 2018 at the Kimpton Seafire Resort on 13-14 September. ‘Science On a Sphere’ will be open…
NASA’s high-powered planet hunting satellite is now searching for alien worlds
By Mike Wehner From BGR Way back in April, NASA finally managed to launch TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite. TESS is the latest weapon in NASA’s arsenal that is built specifically to search for planets outside of our own…
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NASA’s 3D-printed Mars Habitat competition doles out prizes to concept habs By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch A multi-year NASA contest to design a 3D-printable Mars habitat using on-planet materials has just hit another milestone — and a handful of teams…
Incredibly rude nearby star system is firing particles at Earth like a ‘cosmic ray gun’
By Mike Wehner From BGR Our Sun is obviously the most intense place in our Solar System, but it’s actually pretty chill when compared to many other systems. Eta Carinae, for example, is a binary star system that sits around…
Will NASA’s Opportunity rover survive the huge dust storm on Mars?
BY MIRIAM KRAMER From Mashable Day has turned to night for NASA’s Opportunity rover on Mars. A huge dust storm that’s now 14-million square miles wide, covering a full quarter of the red planet, has blotted out the sun above…
