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NASA’s InSight’s Mole is finally making steady progress

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NASA Insight rover’s ‘Mole’ is finally making progress burrowing into the ground on Mars after months struggling to penetrate beyond the surface  NASA’s new approach of using InSight’s robotic arm to push the mole ‘appears to be working’ NASA has said  The 16-inch-long probe known as ‘the Mole’ aims to measure the heat coming from the Red … Read more

NASA’s ‘mini’ Mars Rover that can climb hills covered in sand

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NASA has created a new ‘mini’ Mars rover that will be able to climb hills even if they’re covered in sand and gravel – perfect for future exploration missions. Driven by the knowledge that the rolling hills of Mars are a long way from the nearest tow truck, Georgia Tech researchers created a more resilient … Read more

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope spots an elusive giant black hole

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An elusive mid-sized black hole that was tearing apart a wayward star has been spotted by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope. A team of astronomers found the stellar object – known as an ‘intermediate-mass black hole’ – 740 million light-years away using Hubble and X-ray observatories.  Experts from the University of New Hampshire in … Read more

NASA’s ISS is the SAFEST place during the coronavirus due to its health stabilization program

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With at least 164 countries around the world battling coronavirus, there seems to be only one place that has not been infected –the International Space Station (ISS). NASA has a strategy in place to prevent astronauts from carrying potentially dangerous viruses and pathogens to the ISS known as ‘health stabilization.’ Crews heading to the ISS … Read more

Unexpected technical complications to keep NASA’s Lunar Gateway from being fully operational by 2024

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Unexpected technical complications will keep NASA’s Lunar Gateway from being fully operational by 2024 and delay the agency’s larger plans for a permanent moon base NASA’s ambitious plans for a lunar base will likely be delayed by at least a year The agency encountered technical complications with the space station, called the Lunar Gateway, intended … Read more

NASA’s Juno spacecraft spots violent plumes on Jupiter’s moon Io 

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Giant volcanic eruptions on Jupiter’s moon Io have been spotted by NASA’s Juno probe. On Dec. 21, during winter solstice, four of Juno’s cameras captured images of the Jovian moon Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system, on the mission’s 17th flyby of the gas giant.  Stunned researchers say they hit the jackpot by … Read more

Studies suggest NASA’s Mars 2020 mission landing site could hold signs of ancient life

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The location where NASA plans to land its rover on Mars could hold signs of ancient microbial life. Scientists are set to investigate the Jezero crater in the Mars 2020 mission, which was home to a lake 3.5 billion years ago and is littered with carbonates and hydrated silica. Carbonates located in the crater’s inner rim … Read more

NASA’s Juno probe reveals the amount of water in Jupiter’s atmosphere is three times that of the sun

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NASA’s Juno probe reveals the amount of water in Jupiter’s atmosphere is three times that of the sun suggesting it was likely the first to form in the Solar System  In 1995, NASA’s Galileo probe found Jupiter was much dryer than the sun Now, Juno used new technology that let it to gather data deeper into … Read more

NASA’s Juno probe reveals the amount of water in Jupiter’s atmosphere is three times that of the sun

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NASA’s Juno probe reveals the amount of water in Jupiter’s atmosphere is three times that of the sun suggesting the giant planet was likely the first to form in the Solar System  In 1995, NASA’s Galileo probe found Jupiter was much dryer than the sun Now, Juno used new technology that let it to gather data … Read more