Scientists will live atop a volcano simulating life on Mars
Six scientists have entered the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) dome atop the Mauna Loa volcano, kicking off Mission V of the...
Watch Blue Origin’s NS2 survive the in-flight escape test
Blue Origin conducted a flight test of the in-flight abort system built into its New Shepard 2 suborbital launch vehicle yesterday. It was the...
NASA publishes pictures of Saturn’s Rings – Cassini Images
In a statement published yesterday, NASA revealed a set of close-up pictures of the rings surrounding the planet Saturn. The images give scientists more...
NOAA’s GOES-16 Lighting Mapper sends back first images
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) has released the first images from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument on the agency’s Geostationary Environmental...
Dark matter remains to be detected after massive search ends
UK – Earlier today, spokesmen of the LUX project announced that their dark matter detector has failed in finding the puzzling particles after 20 months...
New lithium-glass battery could have saved Samsung Billions
A team of University of Texas engineers, led by Professor John Goodenough, has developed a new lithium-glass battery that could displace current lithium-ion standards....
There’s Opportunity for Passengers to Visit the ISS for 10 Days...
Private individuals can now visit the International Space Station (ISS) for 10 days of stay in orbit at a total cost of $55 million....
Report: geoengineering to cool down the Earth might end up harming...
Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is a large-scale strategy developed within the field of geoengineering to remove great amounts of carbon dioxide...
Study says the protein in human hair works as a DNA...
California - A group of scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory developed a new DNA identification method. The researchers analyze the protein contained in...
NASA launches GeoCARB Mission for the measuring of greenhouse gasses
NASA recently announced through a press release their commitment to investigate the natural forces behind climate change via a new mission that will examine...