NASA News
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NASA launches satellite to map the world’s oceans, lakes, riversThe satellite will shoot radar pulses at Earth, with the signals bouncing back to be received by a pair of antennas, one on each end of a 10-metre boom.ScienceDec 16, 2022
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NASA’s Orion capsule returns to earth after 25-day test flight around the moonOrion rocketed to the moon from NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Nov. 16 and spent nearly a week in a wide, swooping lunar orbit, before heading home.ScienceDec 11, 2022
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CN Tower-sized asteroid to pass Earth in fastest flyby of 2021An asteroid measuring roughly half a kilometre wide is due to whip past Earth at high speed in late March, NASA says.TrendingMar 12, 2021
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Huge, ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid flies past Earth at super speedThe asteroid is about four times the size of the CN Tower and is travelling at more than 30,000 kilometres per hour.TrendingApr 29, 2020
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NASA satellite photos show flood devastation in Kerala, IndiaNASA has released satellite photos showing the Indian state of Kerala before and after it was hit by catastrophic flooding.WorldAug 28, 2018
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New Earth-like planet discovered, where a year lasts only 10 daysAt a distance of 11 light-years, Ross 128 b is the second-closest planet to be detected yet outside our solar system with surface temperatures potentially similar to ours.ScienceNov 15, 2017
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Why NASA’s ‘Warm Neptune’ exoplanet atmospheric findings matterResearchers say this is a big step forward in learning more about smaller planets, eventually leading towards studying Earth-like planets.ScienceMay 12, 2017
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NASA announces discovery of 7 earth-like planets orbiting star 40 light-years awayFor the first time ever, astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a nearby star - and these new worlds could hold life.ScienceFeb 22, 2017
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