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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx captured first glimpse of Asteroid Bennu

After almost two years of Journey, NASA's asteroid sampling spacecraft, the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) captured the first of an asteroid Bennu. Bennu...

Multiple NASA instruments capture Hurricane lane

Using instruments like Terra and Aqua satellites, NASA is consistently watching Hurricane Lane, a category 2 storm as of Friday, Aug. 24 -- made...

NASA tracks major Hurricane Lane in the Pacific

Using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite analyzed cloud top temperatures in infrared light. An infrared look by...

NASA launching advanced laser to measure the changing ice of the Earth

Next month, NASA is planning to launch the most advanced laser instrument of its kind in space, that will estimate the changes in the heights of...

NASA captures Monsoon rains bringing flooding to India

The above average monsoon rains resulted in severe flooding in parts of India. The death toll of Kerala’s worst flood for more than a century...

NASA gets up close with Greenland’s melting ice

Using a new research plane and a new base to enhance its odds of outsmarting Atlantic hurricanes, NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) campaign takes to...

Nasa scientists observed evidence of water ice on the Moon’s surface

NASA scientists using the data from NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) instrument and identifies three specific signatures on the Moon. These signatures clearly suggest...

Unexpected future boost of methane possible from arctic permafrost

New NASA-financed research about has found that Arctic permafrost's normal slow thawing and the related arrival of greenhouse gases to the environment may really...

Hubble paints picture of the evolving universe

Ultraviolet light has been the missing piece to the cosmic puzzle. Presently, combined with infrared and noticeable light information from Hubble and other space...

NASA observed 14th Eastern Pacific tropical depression form

On Aug. 14, NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite flew over developing Pacific Tropical Depression 14E in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The satellite discovered thunderstorms wrapping...

NASA successfully launches the mission to touch the Sun

Parker Solar Probe is a planned NASA's robotic spacecraft to probe the outer corona of the Sun. It will approach to within 8.86 solar...

NASA studies space applications for GaN crystals

Two teams at NASA are studying the applications for gallium nitride, a crystal-type semiconductor that currently being used in consumer electronics such as laser...

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