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NASA to grow plants on International Space Station (ISS)

May 6, 2014

The US space agency NASA plans to grow plants on the International Space Station (ISS) by the end of year 2014. Astronauts on board will be able to grow plants with the help of the Veggie “plant pillows” taken to the ISS ..

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

May 5, 2014

NASA has expressed concerns about possible contamination of the Martian surface due colonization of micro-organisms riding with the space-crafts sent from Earth. These bacteria could contaminate celestial bodies such as Mars, making it difficult for researchers to ascertain if a ..

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

April 23, 2014

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”, was first spotted by NASA’s Kepler space telescope and circles a dim red dwarf star about 490 light-years from Earth. Kepler-186f is the ..

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Planet bonanza: NASA announces discovery of 715 new worlds

March 3, 2014

The NASA’s Kepler mission announced the discovery of 715 new planets. These newly-verified planets orbit 305 stars, revealed multiple-planet systems much like our own solar system.  This discovery marks a significant increase in the number of known small-sized planets more ..

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

February 23, 2014

The space rock, known as 2000 EM26, poses no threat and passed the Earth at just under nine times the distance to the moon. Though, it is defined as a potentially hazardous Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) that was large enough to ..

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NASA discovers signs of water in atmosphere five distant planets

December 5, 2013

NASA scientists have found signs of water in the atmospheres of five distant planets. Though some previous studies have also reported the presence of atmospheric water on a few exoplanets orbiting stars beyond the solar system, but this is the ..

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NASA discovers granite on Mars

November 22, 2013

As per a research team from the US space agency NASA, granite – an igneous rock common on Earth— could be found in abundance on Mars. The research backed by the NASA Mars Data Analysis Program strengthens the evidence for granite ..

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NASA launches MAVEN to explore Mars

November 20, 2013

In a bid to dismantle the ancient mystery of Mar’s radical climate change, US space agency NASA launched robotic explorer MAVEN rocketed toward the red planet. The unmanned spacecraft was launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket from ..

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Sun to swap its polarity within weeks: NASA

November 17, 2013

According to the US space agency NASA, the Sun’s magnetic field will reverse its polarity within weeks. Although the event is normal and not catastrophic, it will send ripple effects throughout the solar system. Why the Sun switches its polarity? The sun swaps ..

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

November 13, 2013

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope spotted an asteroid with six comet-like tails of dust radiating from it. The asteroid named P/2013 P5 is different from all other known asteroids as it appears similar to a rotating lawn sprinkler and has surprised ..

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