World's Most Powerful Rocket to Finish Soon; NASA Aims to Launch First Deep Space Mission in 45 Years
NASA will soon finish the most powerful record in the world and will soon be used for deep space mission.
NASA will soon finish the most powerful record in the world and will soon be used for deep space mission.
Researchers in India have found genetic evidence that ostriches inhabited India about 25,000 years ago. Scientists from IIT Roorkee and some other institutions studied DNA from fossilized egg shells discovered from several sites, majorly from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, which revealed a 92 percent similarity to the African ostrich species.
According to a UN report, an estimated 200,000 people globally die from the toxic exposure of pesticides every year. The report said that food production by excessive use of pesticides comes at the expense of human health and environment. The report also listed the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy as "one of the most catastrophic incidents involving pesticides."
SpaceX has rescheduled the planned launch of the EchoStar XXIII communications satellite on its Falcon 9 rocket from Tuesday, March 14 due to high winds.
A small yellow submarine called Boaty McBoatface is set to travel to Antarctica this week for its first science expedition.
NASA has released a breathtaking 360-degree video footage of the new rocket engine for Mars being tested. This engine is capable of delivering 500,000 pounds of thrust. It will be used to power NASA's Orion mission which will take the first human explorers beyond the moon.
A galaxy some 14,800 light years away from Earth apparently hosts not only planets orbiting its host star, but also a black hole. Scientists consider this discovery as truly unique, as this binary system includes not two stars, but one white dwarf star and a black hole.
Pluto became part of the solar system on March 13, 1930. However, for the past 87 years, it still faces its planetary identity crisis.
China is planning to construct a new national park to save the endangered Siberian tiger and Amur leopard from extinction.
The scientific community went abuzz last month with NASA's discovery of the seven planet TRAPPIST 1 Star System. Only 39 light years away from our Sun, the system has three planets within the habitable zone, which raises the possibility that they could support liquid water - and life.