US rocket crashes into moon in search of waterOctober 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A NASA rocket crashed into the moon Friday, sending a huge plume of dust above the surface in an experiment scientists hope will provide data about ice hidden in the perpetually dark lunar craters. Major telescopes around the world were aimed at the Caebus crater on the moon's south pole for the 1130 GMT impact of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS).
US rocket ready to crash into moonOctober 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A US rocket is to crash into the moon Friday in an experiment scientists hope will provide data about ice hidden in the perpetually dark lunar craters. Astronomers around the world are prepared to capture the impact of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) into the moon's Caebus crater at 1130 GMT.
Water on moon: Scientists cry eureka!September 24th, 2009 CHENNAI - India's first lunar mission is perhaps the only space project that has raised many eyebrows. But the sensational finding of water on moon has vindicated Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) officials' faith in the Rs.386-crore mission.
NASA scientists make mice levitate with the help of magnetsSeptember 10th, 2009 LONDON - As part of research into the conditions endured by astronauts in space, NASA-backed scientists have successfully levitated mice with the help of magnets. According to a report in the Telegraph, the mice were made to float using a superconducting magnet that produces a field strong enough to rival the pull of gravity.
Orbiting space junk passes International Space StationSeptember 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A large piece of space junk flew past the International Space Station (ISS) Friday without posing any threat, US space agency NASA said. A piece of a European Ariane-5 rocket passed within 1.3 km of the ISS, but not close enough to pose a risk to the station or its crew.
Martian dust storms can generate lightningAugust 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists, using a new detector, have for the first time observed evidence that Martian dust storms can generate lightning. Dust storms on Earth build up an electric field as dust particles collide, and then emit lightning as the electric field discharges.
New technology can predict severe storms 45 minutes earlier than radarsJune 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of scientists has developed a way to measure temperature changes in the tops of clouds to improve forecast times for rapidly growing storms, by predicting severe thunderstorms up to 45 minutes earlier than relying on traditional radar alone. The method was developed by scientists from the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), US.
Lightning can sometimes behave in very un-spark-like waysJune 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at the Florida Institute of Technology, using high-energy particles from space to probe thunderstorms, have accumulated evidence that lightning sometimes behaves in very un-spark-like ways. Lightning can start in regions of thunderstorms that have relatively low electric fields and, so, should create no sparks.
Now, you can hear global warmingMay 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has determined that it's now possible to hear the rise of global warming, in the form of more larger and more intense storms, which are signs of climate change. For decades, seismologists have been filtering out the sounds of massive, storm-driven ocean waves crashing into coastlines.
Astronauts release Hubble telescope back into orbitMay 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US space agency NASA said astronauts Tuesday sent the Hubble Space Telescope back into orbit, where it is to help probe the origins and nature of the universe for at least five more years. Astronauts spent the past seven days repairing the telescope, completing their tasks Monday on a space walk lasting over seven hours, as a stand-by shuttle stood ready on the launch pad in Florida for a rescue mission.
Atlantis on last mission to repair Hubble telescopeMay 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - For nearly 20 years the Hubble Space Telescope has kept its orbiting eye trained on the universe, and with the launch of space shuttle Atlantis to repair the ageing instrument, scientists hope it will continue to provide important discoveries. The fifth and last mission to repair Hubble is to launch at 1801 GMT Monday from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Atlantis launched on Hubble telescope repair missionMay 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida Monday on a mission to repair the ageing Hubble Space Telescope. The fifth and last mission to repair Hubble launched at 2:01 p.m.
A dust storm brews on the Red PlanetApril 17th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Facility are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a new dust storm that has erupted on the Red Planet. The dust storm began in mid-March 2009, in the large Southern Hemisphere impact basin named Hellas.
Plasma clouds can provide early space weather warningsApril 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new research has suggested that scientists can get warnings of impending ionized gas bursts, which are a potential threat to satellites and power grids, through clouds of plasma in space. Till now, the arrival of burps of hot ionized gas from the Sun, has been hard to predict, but the first images of an earthbound burst captured by two satellites simultaneously have shown that plasma clouds can give warnings 24 hours in advance that trouble is heading our way.
Scientists track asteroid from space to ground impactMarch 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have identified a tiny asteroid before it hit the earth, helping computers pinpoint its origins and predict the arrival of its shattered parts. The four-metre-diameter asteroid, called 2008 TC3, was initially sighted by the automated Catalina Sky Survey telescope at Mount Lemmon, Arizona, on Oct 6 last year.
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