In a major finding, Nasa has shown that fierce winds from a supermassive black hole blow outward in all directions — a phenomenon that had been suspected, but difficult to prove until
Nasa researchers have designed a new ape-like robot for disaster response that can navigate dangerous situations and carry out complex tasks such as lifting debris off survivors. The RobotSimian has four identical
Nasa’s planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has made a comeback with the discovery of the first exoplanet found using its new K2 mission. The new exoplanet called HIP 116454b is 2.5 times the diameter
The US space agency’s program to detect and protect the Earth from incoming asteroids is poorly managed and far behind schedule, said a government audit report on Monday. Just one million of
Nasa has unveiled the largest spacecraft welding tool – the Vertical Assembly Center (VAC) – at its Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. The 170-feet-tall, 78-feet-wide giant VAC completes a world class
The US space agency, Nasa, is developing the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) Lidar device to map forests on Earth in 3D and increase understanding of their role in the carbon cycle.
Nasa has successfully tested the most complex rocket engine parts ever designed by the agency and printed with additive manufacturing, or 3D-printing, on a test stand at Nasa’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Sending heavier vehicles and, eventually, humans to Mars requires first testing new technologies to see if they actually work. But it’s infeasible to conduct experiments on the red planet, so to mimic
The US space agency will try again on Wednesday to launch a satellite designed to track carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas that is responsible for global warming. The first bid to
The US space agency is to launch on Tuesday a satellite that tracks atmospheric carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. The launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2
US space agency Nasa said Friday it has successfully beamed a high-definition video from the International Space Station to Earth using a new laser communications instrument, a technology demonstration that could help
Good news for astro-rats. They will now have a new high-tech cage (seen above) to fly them to the International Space Station (ISS), courtesy Nasa. An unmanned SpaceX Dragon cargo ship will