NASA wants to send a life-detecting lander to Europa
By Mariella Moon From engadget It will look for life in the Jovian moon’s saltwater ocean. Back in June 2016, NASA commissioned 21 scientists to design a landerheaded for Europa, conjure up science objectives for it and figure out if…
NASA wants to send a life-detecting lander to Europa
By Mariella Moon From engadget It will look for life in the Jovian moon’s saltwater ocean Back in June 2016, NASA commissioned 21 scientists to design a lander headed for Europa, conjure up science objectives for it and figure out…
Tiny airborne probe could help local weather forecasts
By Jon Fingas From engadget You could get as-it-happens atmospheric data well beyond airports. To date, it hasn’t been easy to get loads of airborne weather data beyond major airports. Airliners have had a sophisticated probe system (TAMDAR Edge) for…
Solar storms could be driving hundreds of whales to strand themselves in global die-off events
By Bec Crew, ScienceAlert From Business Insider NASA is investigating the force behind one of nature’s longest-standing mysteries — why perfectly healthy whales, dolphins, and porpoises appear to lose all sense of direction, and end up stranded on a beach…
NASA just captured some of the most amazing images of Saturn’s icy rings ever
By Peter Dockrill, ScienceAlert From Business Insider NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured some of the closest-ever views of Saturn’s rings, with new images revealing unprecedented levels of detail in the massive discs of icy particles orbiting the planet. The new…
NASA experiments reveal how astronaut’s genes changed in space
BY MIRIAM KRAMER From Mashable Living in space for one year can change a lot about a person, including their DNA. For NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, his year spent living and working on the International Space Station made him more…
NASA just explained why Moon dust is ‘levitating’ above the lunar surface
By Bec Crew, ScienceAlert From Business Insider NASA scientists have figured out why dust particles on the Moon are floating several centimetres above the surface, despite the fact that there’s no wind or flowing water to propel them up there….
Dim red stars
Dim red stars that are nothing like the sun may be our best hope of finding aliens By Dave Mosher From Business Insider A group of dozens of astronomers have found evidence of a small, rocky, and potentially watery world…
A tiny version of Hell on Earth exists in Cleveland, Ohio
By Dave Mosher From Business Insider Inside a windowless concrete room in Cleveland, Ohio, scientists have built a tiny version of Hell on Earth. Called the Glenn Extreme Environments Rig (GEER), the 14-ton steel chamber can faithfully recreate the toxic,…
More than 100 scientists sign letter of support for planned asteroid deflection mission, urge funding
By Norman Byrd From Inquisitr More than 100 scientists have signed an open letter to support the joint NASA/ESA asteroid deflection mission slated for a 2020 launch. They do so not only because of the necessity of learning whether an…
