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NASA Is The Reason We Have Safe Food To Eat During Thanksgiving
Nada Alturki
Aside from helping develop the video cameras that will aid many Americans in virtually, and safely, celebrating Thanksgiving this year, NASA has had a hand in the food we eat, too. NASA was the first to develop a system, the the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system, which reduces the risk of food borne illnesses. This is one of the main reasons the getting sick from ... ...more
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SpaceX To Launch Crew-1 For NASA On Saturday
Nada Alturki
On Saturday, November 14, Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, along with an assigned mission specialist from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi will launch into space as Crew-1, the second Crew Dragon Mission to launch into space. After its test demo in 2019, it has been confirmed that the Falcon 9 rocket is ready to launch. The crew will take ... ...more
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NASA Finds 300 Million Potentially Habitable Planets In The Galaxy
Fahadullah Hussaini
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has identified at least 300 million planets in the galaxy, with many being considered habitable. In a recent article published on NASA’s news site, the agency revealed that a great fraction of the 300 million planets may allow human life to thrive, thus making them Earth’s interstellar neighbors. NASA refers to these planets as ‘exoplanets’, and it suggests that ... ...more
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Hidden Lake Detected Under Glaciers In Mars' South Pole. All You Need To Know
Fahadullah Hussaini
In their pursuit of finding life beyond Earth, scientists and researchers tend to look for water on other planets. One of their target areas over the years has been the Martian south pole, where novel discoveries have revealed that beneath a sheet of ice, there are several ponds surrounding a huge lake. “Here we have not just an occasional body of water, but a system,” says Elena Pettinelli ... ...more
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NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Will Investigate An Ancient Lake On The Red Planet. Check Out Pictures
Fahadullah Hussaini
NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover will land on the Red Planet, Feb 18. 2020. The mission behind its inter-galactic pursuit is to search for signs of ancient land on Mars and to collect samples from the faraway land so that scientists on Earth can initiate their exploration of potential inhabitation beyond Earth. Of course, in order to execute its paramount mission seamlessly, the Rover has ... ...more
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USA And Qatar Join Hands To Find Hidden Water From Under The Earth's Deserts
Fahadullah Hussaini
After an arid spell of political unease, the US and Qatar are joining hands to solve one of the most pressing problems of the contemporary world: water shortage. While the Earth is several parts ocean and only 9.57% desert, the majestic stretches of sand and ice are the most enigmatic of nature’s conundrums. The desert ecosystems are not highly perceivable, but there are regular speculations ... ...more
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NASA shares close - up image of rare comet NEOWISE taken by Hubble
RonWisly
NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographed ther are comet NEOWISE after it skimmed closest to the Sun. The image shows NEOWISE's coma, the gossamer shell of gas and dust that surrounds comet's nucleus as it's heated by the Sun. This ist he first time Hubble has photographed a cometo f this brightness after such close of a pass by the Sun. ...more
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I'm not very religious, but I prayed for this one: Musk on SpaceX - NASA mission
Nameless Person
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk hailed his team and NASA for successful splashdown of SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying two NASA astronauts, and said, " I'm not very religious, but I prayed for this one. " He called the mission's success beginning of ' new age of space exploration '. " These are difficult times, there's not much good news ... But here's a good thing, " Musk said. ...more
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Two 14 - year - old girls in Surat,India discover Earth - crossing asteroid
Nameless Person
Two 14 - year - old girls from Surat, Vaidehi Vekariya and Radhika Lakhani, discovered an Earth-crossing asteroid by studying images from a University of Hawaii telescope. The asteroid, called HLV2514, is near Mars and its orbit is expected to cross that of Earth in about one million years ' time, private institute SPACE India said. NASA - affiliated citizen scientist group IASC confirmed the ... ...more
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You Will Soon Be Able To Smell Space
Entertainment Buzz
Has the ‘smell of space’ ever intrigued you, have you ever wondered how astronauts were able to smell space, although space is a vacuum? Well, your wait is probably over then, because a space-smelling perfume is due to arrive in the market soon. A viral Kickstarter campaign is seeking to recreate the ‘smell of space’ in perfume. Several years ago, NASA had crafted a fragrance to train ... ...more