Mars Odyssey Spacecraft has made the most accurate maps of the Red planet till date. Through those maps we can virtually explore the surface of the planet and observe the smallest details of the planet’s surface. None of the previous maps have given such a clear and accurate image of the entire surface of the [...]
Jul
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2010
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Jul
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NASA: Never seen before 25,000 objects Unearthed by Wise
The newest space telescopes by NASA have found almost 25,000 asteroids in just six months. These asteroids were never seen before and about 95 of these are very close to Earth only 48 million kilometers of earth. But NASA assures that this is not a range to cause any threat to Earth. These objects were [...]
Jul
16
2010
16
2010
A black hole blinded NASA telescope from five billion light years away.
The Swift telescope has been relentlessly searching for gamma-ray bursts since the past six years and got a glimpse of that again. Gamma-ray burst are ultra bright flashes in the sky that signal the birth of a black hole. Although the distance of his happening and the telescope was a massive five billion light years [...]
Jul
4
2010
4
2010
Some more months pumped into the life of Shuttle Era
Keeping in mind the retirement of the fleet and as per everyone’s expectations NASA has pushed back the launch of its last two space shuttles into 2011. As per the new schedule the two flights are now to take off first in November 2010 and the second one in February 2011. The last two shuttle [...]
Jun
26
2010
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June 26 partial lunar eclipse belongs to Saros 120 a series of 83 eclipses:NASA official website
This is the first lunar eclipse of 2010 occurs at the Moon’s ascending node in western Sagittarius about 3° east of the Lagoon Nebula (M8). It is visible from much of the Americas, the Pacific and eastern Asia . The Moon’s contact times with Earth’s shadows are listed below. New England and eastern Canada will [...]
Jun
10
2010
10
2010
“Face in the Space” for free:NASA
While travelling to space might not be a possible for most of the population NASA has plans to take your face to space that to totally free of cost. All that is required is one of our digital pictures and work with our pcs.
The last two missions to space before the retirement of the space [...]
Jun
6
2010
6
2010
SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched in its maiden flight
A new rocket that has the potential of making space travel a common phrase- Falcon 9 has been successfully tested. The launch was from the Cape Carnival on this Friday.
It was an amazing sight of a 180 feet long rocket powered by 10 engines blast off successfully to put a dummy load into orbit around [...]
Apr
25
2010
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2010
Serives of 20 Years Hubble Telescope
Hubble, the first space telescope, which revolutionized astronomy. NASA and search engine gaint Google are celebrating the Hubble telescope’s 20th Anniversay of service today, as a birthday present, Google shows Hubble telescope image on its homepage.
Hubble Space Telescope is a big breakthrough in Science it has already project millions of images in the Outer Space [...]
Apr
24
2010
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2010
“HUBBLE”, WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY: GOOGLE
Hubble, the telescope in twenty years has finally become a legend not only for scientists and astronomer but also for a common man too. The evidence, Hubble is showcased even today as a. Google logo has been changed with Hubble image on Saturday to mark the twentieth anniversary of its launch from Kennedy Space Center, [...]
Apr
22
2010
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2010
NASA unveiles First images of Sun
NASA released stunning new images captured by their Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, a space telescope designed to study our sun.
NASA unveiled the first pictures and video taken by the SDO’s suite of instruments, which were designed to show the full range of the sun’s magnetic activity in unprecedented detail.
After staring at the sun for [...]