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Mars One Aims To Develop Human Habitat On The Red Planet

January 3, 2014 Neha Shukla

Humans are always curious about universe, whether there is life like us on any other planet or whether can we thrive on any other planets, both interests us equally. Till now visit to outer space for few months has been achieved, but nobody so far has thought of living on one such planet permanently. In one such mission, Mars One is planning to send selected individuals by 2023 on the red planet Mars (with no return voyage) to become the first ever persons to settle down permanently.

Sun Does Not Influence The Climate Change

December 26, 2013 Neha Shukla

Sun is an enormous source of energy and was considered the prime factor impacting the temperature of our planet Earth. Conventionally, cold and warm climate were considered to be the direct outcome of changes in the solar activity. However, researchers have denied this theory rather claim that the fluctuation in heat from sun does not drastically influence the climate of earth.

Mars Acting Like An Enormous Gas Pump

December 25, 2013December 24, 2013 Pooja Kashyap

Recent research claims that planet Mars might act as an enormous gas pump with its low atmospheric pressure and porous soil making the assertion strong enough to prove the hypothesis. Space scientists have already advocated the constant activity that is going on the surface like dust storms and drifting dunes. And now, the new study holds the certainty of having a similar kind of motion underneath the surface as well. With this assertion, the planet becomes the solar system’s first such body in which continuous pumping on a massive scale…

Europa, Jupiter’s Moon Is Spewing Off Water Vapour

December 14, 2013 Pooja Kashyap

Latest finding put forth by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has confirmed that Europa, Jupiter’s moon, is ejecting water vapour. Its surface consists of water ice and has one of the finest gradients in the Solar System. This has led to a conceivable notion that there might exist water ocean underneath. As per the space scientists, this sign might give rise to a possibility of habitability. The discovery that water vapour is ejected near the south pole strengthens Europa’s position as the top candidate for potential habitability. However, we do not…

Giant Convection Cells Observed Within Sun

December 10, 2013 Pooja Kashyap

We have known that convection currents are a part of the water cycle on earth. A conventional cell – density differences that results from rising and/or falling of currents – is the spark that ignites the formation of clouds with its release and transportation of energy. As air transcends along the surface of the earth, it carries heat, hence loses density (because of fluid dynamics) and moves higher into the atmosphere. Upon reaching there, it experiences low pressure due to which fluid retention becomes difficult and so it releases its…

HD106906 System Explodes The Basic Concepts Of Planet Formation

December 6, 2013 Pooja Kashyap

Recent discovery of planet HD 106906 b has exploded the underlying hypotheses of planet formation so far. A team of space scientists led by a University of Arizona graduate student has pioneered the discovery. The exoplanet weighs around 20.9x 1027 kg, which is eleven times more than that of Jupiter. It’s also found revolving around its star at 650 times the average distance between the Earth and the Sun. As per one theory of planet formation, planets that are in proximity with their stars band together with the help of…

Traces Of Water Discovered Across Exoplanet Atmospheres

December 4, 2013December 4, 2013 Pooja Kashyap

Two teams of space scientists have discovered the presence of atmospheric water across the five distant planets. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope was the tool employed by the teams for the exploration mission. WASP-17b, HD209458b, WASP-12b, WASP-19b and XO-1b were the planets that were under observation. WASP-17b and HD209458b gave the strongest signal of water content present in their atmosphere while the others showed consistency.

Growing Plants on Moon: NASA’s Next Big Project By 2015

November 30, 2013November 30, 2013 Neha Shukla

Researchers and scientists are always curious to find life on other planets and tries to find whether other planets could ever sustain life. NASA is trying to find an answer to one such question and is planning to grow plants on moon, with the assistance of a robot, few cameras and thousands of schoolchildren. In 2015, a group of NASA scientist named as The Lunar Plant Growth Habitat Team, along with volunteers, contractors and students will be trying to bring life on other planet, which has been never attempted so…

Comet ISON’s Journey Comes To An End

November 23, 2013November 23, 2013 Pooja Kashyap

After travelling for over a million years, Comet ISON or Comet Nevski–Novichonok, a sungrazing comet discovered on 21 September 2012 by Vitali Nevski and Artyom Novichonok will be completing its inward journey through the solar system by the Thanksgiving Day, that is, Nov. 28, 2013. Researchers feel that either it will shatter due to the extreme heat of the sun or speeds back, never to return. Space scientists were intrigued since the time they had discovered the Comet ISON (in Sept 2012) because they believe that the comet consists of…

Dust Ring Confirmed Near Venus Orbit

November 22, 2013 Pooja Kashyap

Interplanetary dust or the Cosmic dust has occupied space in the solar system. Studies are still being conducted in order to understand the nature, origin and its relationship to larger bodies in space. However, one thing is confirmed that a planet’s gravity is acting on the cosmic dust by pulling it into its orbit forming a ring of dust around itself. Earth too has been travelling in the ring of dust, a discovery that was made twenty years ago. Since then space scientists have been working upon gathering the information…

Mars Has Granitic Rocks: A Research

November 18, 2013November 18, 2013 Pooja Kashyap

Every time one reads a philosophical novel, one finds a new motif running parallelly across the main theme and the numbers of motifs keep on increasing with the number of times the book is re-read. Expedition on Mars is quite similar to such an experience or a discovery at least I think so. Until now, researchers advocated that Mars is much simpler geologically with respect to Earth and that the planet’s surface consists of only basalt, dark-colored volcanic rocks. However, a recent discovery by the Curiosity rover has surfaced more…

FUEGO The Fire Spotting Satellite: A Tool For Firefighters

October 24, 2013March 28, 2014 Pooja Kashyap

It’s been quite a sometime since scientists were working towards obtaining insights and control over the occurrences and patterns of global wildfire. As per a research reported by Clark University geographers, carbon emissions from fires have escalated tremendously, between 1996 and 2008 is 2.4 times as much as what burned between 1984 and 1995. So in order to resolve the problem, scientists thought of having a dedicated geostationary satellite. Such technology would also help in averting catastrophes like Arizona’s Yarnell Fire, which killed nearly 19 Firefighters in US this summer.…

Carbonated Meteorite Hints At Presence of Carbon Dioxide on Mars

October 23, 2013 Pooja Kashyap

Planets scientists’ have discovered carbonation in a meteorite that landed on earth, US to be more specific, in late back 1931. Meteorite study suggests that it must be 3,000 years old and is carried off from the surface of Mars. This asserts that the surface on Mars must be loaded with carbon dioxide, which had happened not more than 3 to 4 billion years ago. Researchers still have no argument which supports the reason for its current absence. However, they have postulated several reasons that might have lead to the…

GOCE, The Earth Monitoring Satellite De-Orbiting Soon

October 19, 2013April 15, 2014 Pooja Kashyap

Gravity Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE), an Earth monitoring satellite was propelled to space in March 2009, since then it has been circulating the orbit but very soon, it will run out of fuel and ultimately crash. As maintained by the space researchers, the crash will not result in any risk for humanity. Nearly 50 chunks of mass 250 kgs are estimated to hit the planet earth. Land or ocean, target of the fragments is still not known said the team behind spacecraft. Precision would depend on the proximity of the…

Are Black Holes doorways To Other Universes?

October 17, 2013 Pooja Kashyap

Black holes are one of those flabbergasted phenomena of universe that research is still being done on the subject. Gravitational pull is what keep the things moving on earth but with a huge amount of power we can escape the gravity and can move around like in space ships, rockets etc.. However, this is not the case with black holes, density of the object is so high that it funnels down everything that touches it perimeter, light too cannot escape it and is engulfed by the unplumbed phenomenon.