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NASA to grow plants on International Space Station (ISS)

The US space agency NASA plans to grow plants on the International Space Station (ISS) by the end...

📅 May 6, 2014

'Bacillus pumilus SAFR-032' Bacteria from Earth may contaminate Mars; confuse researchers in future about origin of life on Mars: NASA

NASA has expressed concerns about possible contamination of the Martian surface due colonization of micro-organisms riding with the...

📅 May 5, 2014

"Kepler-186f" – First Earth-Size Planet In The 'Habitable Zone' of Another Star

Source: http://www.nasa.gov/ NASA has discovered the first Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone” of another star. The newfound planet, called “Kepler-186f”,...

📅 April 23, 2014

Planet bonanza: NASA announces discovery of 715 new worlds

The NASA’s Kepler mission announced the discovery of 715 new planets. These newly-verified planets orbit 305 stars, revealed...

📅 March 3, 2014

“Asteroid 2000 Em26”: Potentially hazardous space rock safely passed by Earth

The space rock, known as 2000 EM26, poses no threat and passed the Earth at just under nine...

📅 February 23, 2014

NASA discovers signs of water in atmosphere five distant planets

NASA scientists have found signs of water in the atmospheres of five distant planets. Though some previous studies...

📅 December 5, 2013

NASA discovers granite on Mars

As per a research team from the US space agency NASA, granite – an igneous rock common on Earth—...

📅 November 22, 2013

NASA launches MAVEN to explore Mars

In a bid to dismantle the ancient mystery of Mar’s radical climate change, US space agency NASA launched...

📅 November 20, 2013

Sun to swap its polarity within weeks: NASA

According to the US space agency NASA, the Sun’s magnetic field will reverse its polarity within weeks. Although the event...

📅 November 17, 2013

P/2013 P5: Newly discovered asteroid with six ‘tails’

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope spotted an asteroid with six comet-like tails of dust radiating from it. The asteroid...

📅 November 13, 2013

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