Scientific crashing of jet
Dec. 1, 1984 The Controlled Impact Demonstration By Alex Q. Arbuckle From Mashable Crashing and burning — for science! On Dec. 1, 1984, scientists from NASA and the FAA took a passenger jet out to the desert and crashed it…
Surreal image of Saturn
This surreal image of Saturn is not a painting BY MIRIAM KRAMER From Mashable Saturn is perhaps the most photogenic planet in our solar system, and a new photo taken by the Cassini spacecraft shows the world off in a…
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How data science and rocket science will get humans to Mars
By Kapil Kedar From TechCrunch Kapil Kedar is the director of technical sales atAlpine Data. In a recent op-ed to CNN, President Obama re-affirmed America’s commitment to sending a manned mission to Mars. Think your data science challenges are too complicated?…
Habitable planet?
Researcher: Planet orbiting nearest star to Earth may be ocean-covered body From Wn.com NASA believes the planet orbiting the nearest star to Earth could be an ocean-covered body and may be habitable, VOA News reported Wednesday. The rocky Proxima b,…
NASA’s shape-shifting plane wings pass initial flight tests
By Andrew Tarantola From engadget After six months and 22 flights at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, NASA has announced the successful completion of testing for its morphing airplane wing design. Known as Adaptive Compliant Trailing Edge…
The world will see the hottest year on record for the third time in a row in 2016
By John Abraham, The Guardian From Business Insider We know the world is warming – no factor can explain it aside from human emissions of greenhouse gases. Despite this, people who deny the basic facts of climate change have tried…
NASA observes possible water geysers on Europ
By Andrew Dalton From engadget The observation appears to confirm earlier sightings of water spewing from Jupiter’s moon. Hubble’s extended mission continues to pay off: NASA announced today that a team of astronomers using the space telescope have spotted what…
UFO hunter claims rare jellyfish sprite was an alien spaceship
By Johnthomas Didymus From Inquisitr UFO hunter claims rare jellyfish sprite spotted over Caribbean Sea was an alien spaceship, accuses scientists of covering up truth about ET phenomenon An enormous mushroom- or jellyfish-shaped flash of bright light that illuminated the…
Juno sends back a rare view of Jupiter’s north pole
By Mariella Moon From engadget It’s been a while since we caught a glimpse of the gas giant’s polar region. When someone mentions the planet Jupiter, you probably think of the image we’re all familiar with: that one with a…
Mars’ veins were created by vanishing ancient lakes
By Jon Fingas From engadget Another sign that Mars once had a lot of water. Scientists just produced stronger evidence that Mars once had water lakes that might have nurtured life. After combing over Curiosity rover data, the researchers determined that…
