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Eco Tech: NASA’s JPL develops a cost-effective way to harness ocean energy

Anupam — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:58:40 +0000

Eco Factor: Plan to better the efficiency of tidal energy. Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have developed a cost-effective way to harness ocean tides and convert them into useful electricity in a more efficient manner....

Mars lander sends home first photos of Red Planet

Pooja — Mon, 26 May 2008 13:20:18 +0000

NASA’s Mars Phoenix Lander began sending photos of the planet’s surface on the first day of its three-month mission “to taste and sniff the northern polar site’s soil and ice,” the space agency said. The first...

Scientists hawk rising sea surface temperatures to predict hurricanes

Irani — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 13:21:20 +0000

People living on the hurricane-prone coastal zones are now living with their hearts in their mouths since the devastating and killer tropical cyclones are predicted for the prevailing months this year. Though always alert bout an approaching...

Large snow melt in Antarctica worries scientists

Irani — Thu, 17 May 2007 05:50:41 +0000

The rising temperature has melted the snow blanket in a California-sized region of Antarctica, NASA said after receiving new satellite imagery. Scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of Colorado were quite...

NASA launches satellites to study polar clouds' role in regulating and understanding climate

Irani — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:33:47 +0000

Do you know, besides hinting the day’s weather, changes in clouds can affect climate in the Earth’s coldest regions? Yes, NASA satellites are studying the clouds’ role in both regulating and understanding the prevailing...

Arctic replaced very little thick sea ice it normally loses and replenishes every year in 2005: NASA

Irani — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:37:55 +0000

Do you know, in 2005 the Arctic replaced very little of the thick sea ice, which it normally loses and replenishes every year? It has been revealed by a new NASA study. The replenishment of thick, perennial sea ice each year is necessary...

How do Enceladus' ejecting ice crystals fuel its geysers?

Irani — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 05:41:18 +0000

What leads to the geysers on the Saturn’s moon Enceladus? It might have been the forces set into motion billions of years ago that powers these geysers on the planet’s moon. Dr. Dennis Matson, Cassini project scientist at NASA’s...

NASA tries to regain contact with Global Surveyor to further extend the mission

Vishal — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 00:42:10 +0000

Global Surveyor is one of the spacecraft orbiting Mars. It was launched on a two-year mission to systematically map Mars while orbiting the Red Planet on Nov. 7, 1996. The probe has been of great help and has returned thousands of...

New software to predict a Tsunami faster

Irani — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 05:41:52 +0000

Till now, it is not possible to send tsunami warnings accurately until the waves are recorded by buoys! Here is a new solution to this. A new software is developed, which coupled with Global Positioning System’s data could determine quickly...

NASA Probe Successfully Lands on Mars Orbit

Irani — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 04:14:56 +0000

Congratulations NASA for your $450 million spacecraft’s successful landing into the Mars’ orbit. To search the red planet for life and find landing spots for future astronauts, the spacecraft smoothly dropped there completing a risky...