Asteroid 1960 DA, no longer is posing an existential threat, says an updated threat analysis done by the European Space Agency. The stony monster was predicted to be hitting the Earth in 2889 A.D, doing major damage. Analysis performed by Giorgini et al. and reported in the April 5, 2002 edition of the journal Science. … Read more
A joint effort with the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency, the Webb mission will “explore every phase of cosmic history…” NASA said. James Webb Space Telescope: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on Saturday completed a two-week-long deployment phase of its 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror panel as it gets ready to study cosmic history. … Read more
This mission is similar to what Apollo had done decades ago. (Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA Mars sample collection mission: Things have been steadily moving forward for the Mars sample collection mission of NASA and European Space Agency (ESA). After last month’s independent review approval for preparedness, the two agencies have started moving to the next phase … Read more
The Burj Khalifa-sized asteroid is made up of mostly ice and embedded dust particles and approaches Earth when they are nudged by its gravitational pull. (IE Image) The social media is abuzz with the news of an enormous asteroid approaching the Earth with apocalypse-like scenarios being built up, making users go all panicky. However, the … Read more
Sentinel 6 has been named after NASA’s Earth Science Division Director, Dr Michael Freilich who passed away last year in August. (Representative Image, PTI) Space-X’s Falcon -9 launch vehicle is shouldering, NASA’s ambitious project to monitor change in global sea level and for that purpose, the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite was launched from Calfornia’s … Read more
The image was observed by Adam Riess, who is a Nobel Prize winner in Physics. (Image: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al.; acknowledgment: Mahdi Zamani) Hubble Telescope: Hubble captures stunning image of spiral galaxy! The Hubble Telescope, operated by US’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA), has captured … Read more