Tag: Nasa
Scientists reveal first image ever made of a black hole
Scientists on Wednesday revealed the first image ever made of a black hole, depicting a fiery orange and black ring of gravity-twisted light swirling...
NASA chief labels Indian space weapon test ‘terrible, unacceptable thing’
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The head of NASA has branded India's destruction of one of its satellites — that created 400 pieces of orbital debris and led to...
NASA scraps all-women space walk for lack of well-fitting suits
WASHINGTON: The US space agency NASA scrapped Monday a planned historic spacewalk by two women astronauts, citing a lack of available spacesuits that would...
NASA greenlights SpaceX crew capsule test to ISS
WASHINGTON D.C.: Nasa on Friday gave SpaceX the green light to test a new crew capsule by first sending an unmanned craft with a...
12-year-old Pakistani girl chosen for NASA programme
Radeeyah Aamir, a 12-year-old Pakistani student, has been selected for a one-week internship programme at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the US...
NASA has landed on Mars after ‘seven minutes of terror’
After seven months of traveling through space, the NASA InSight mission has landed on Mars. A few minutes after landing, InSight sent the official...
NASA blasts off historic probe to ‘touch Sun’
TAMPA: NASA on Sunday blasted off a $1.5 billion spacecraft toward the Sun on a historic mission to protect the Earth by unveiling the...
Building Blocks of Life Found on Mars
Day to day, it’s easy to lose sight of an astonishing fact: Since 2012, humankind has been driving a nuclear-powered sciencemobile the size of...
Jupiter revealed in all its glory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently released a photograph of Jupiter which was captured by its Juno spacecraft and it shows the gas...
NASA plans to send first-ever mini-helicopter to Mars
WASHINGTON: NASA on Friday said that it plans to launch the first-ever helicopter to Mars in 2020, a miniature, unmanned drone-like chopper that could boost...
Police in Delhi parade ‘space suit’ scammers after NASA claims exposed
NEW DELHI: The alleged scam was out of this world but Indian police brought a father and son duo down to earth Wednesday when...
Scientists shocked as NASA cuts only moon rover
TAMPA: In a move that shocked lunar scientists, NASA has cancelled the only robotic vehicle under development to explore the surface of the Moon,...
NASA’s new planet-hunter aims to seek closer, Earth-like worlds
CAPE CANAVERAL: NASA is poised to launch a $337 million washing machine-sized spacecraft that aims to vastly expand mankind's search for planets beyond our...
Small asteroid to pass by Earth, but at a safe distance
MIAMI: An asteroid bigger than a city bus is on track to zoom by Earth Friday at a safe but close distance, less than...
NASA record holder John Young passes away
WASHINGTON: John Young, a legendary US astronaut who went into space six times, orbited the moon and then walked on its craggy surface, has...
Ozone shrinks thanks to worldwide ban of CFCs
The hole in Ozone layer has shrunk thanks to the ban of CFCs, Nasa confirmed, after finding that chlorine levels are rapidly declining in...
NASA’s flying observatory ‘Sofia’ to study Saturn’s moon, comets
NASA has said its flying observatory Sofia is preparing for its 2018 campaign, which will include, among others, observations of celestial magnetic fields, star-forming...
