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NASA: Alien Life Can Be Identified By 2025

By R. Siva Kumar - Apr 13, 2015 09:38 AM EDT

NASA confirms that most alien life forms are thought to exist in Mars, as well as in Jupiter's moons.

NASA Offers $18,000 For Human Lab Rat Volunteers To Stay In Bed For 10 Weeks

By R. Siva Kumar - Apr 13, 2015 09:37 AM EDT

NASA is looking for volunteers who are willing to be subjected to gruelling tests.

Mars Wears Multiple Belts of Glaciers With Enough Ice to Freeze Entire Surface

By Peter R - Apr 10, 2015 09:42 AM EDT

Radar images have shown presence of glacier belts made of water ice in both northern and southern hemispheres.

NASA, IBM Team Up To Hold 'Space App' Hackathon

By Kamal Nayan - Apr 07, 2015 02:18 PM EDT

NASA is teaming up with IBM to hold Space App Challenge Virtual Event where participants will develop apps that aid space exploration and solve global challenges.

Mineral Deposits on Mars Give NASA's Curiosity a Glimpse into Watery Past

By Peter R - Apr 04, 2015 11:25 AM EDT

Presence of different minerals and veins in rocks created by fluid movement discovered.

Hunting for Rocks on Asteroids May Save Earth and Lead Humans to Mars: NASA

By Peter R - Mar 26, 2015 10:36 AM EDT

The Asteroid Redirect Mission will test capabilities that could some day save the planet from an asteroid collision.

NASA's Curiosity Rover Helps Discover Nitrogen On Mars

By Kamal Nayan - Mar 25, 2015 12:47 AM EDT

NASA's Curiosity rover has helped in discovering yet another building block of life, Nitrogen, on Mars. In a recently published paper, researchers reported that the rover found oxidized nitrogen-bearing compounds in samples collected from three sites in Gale Crater, the 96-mile-wide basin the rover has been exploring since August 2012.

California's Water Supply Could Dry in a Year, Warns NASA Scientist

By Peter R - Mar 17, 2015 06:20 AM EDT

NASA's Jay Famiglietti claimed that the reservoir supplies are low and the groundwater is rapidly disappearing.

NASA To Develop Smart Glasses For Astronauts

By Kamal Nayan - Mar 16, 2015 01:21 AM EDT

NASA will collaborate with Osterhout Design Group (ODG) to develop Smart Glasses for astronauts, according to reports. These smart glasses will be used by astronauts in space to help better orient them to their new environment.

Sun Targets Earth with a Massive Solar Flare

By Peter R - Mar 13, 2015 12:01 PM EDT

NASA assures that the flare cannot pass through Earth's atmosphere.

Water on Jupiter and Saturn Moons Excites NASA

By Peter R - Mar 13, 2015 11:16 AM EDT

NASA discovered sub-surface ocean on Jupiter's Ganymede and activity in Enceladus, Saturn's moon this week.

Finding Dark Matter: Milky Way's Dwarf Neighbor the Key?

By Peter R - Mar 11, 2015 07:45 AM EDT

The dwarf galaxy showed higher than normal gamma ray activity that has researchers intrigued.

Dawn Uncovers More Bright Spots, Possible Volcanic Activity on Ceres

By Peter R - Feb 26, 2015 02:50 PM EST

Dawn is set to enter into an orbit around dwarf planet Ceres on March 6.

"Interstellar" Movie May Have Accurately Portrayed Black Holes, Scientists

By Peter R - Feb 13, 2015 04:59 PM EST

Visual effects team of the movie has published a paper on their efforts to portray a black hole.

Are Aliens Tinkering with NASA's Curiosity Rover?

By Peter R - Jan 28, 2015 09:27 AM EST

A photo shows a human-like shadow next to NASA's Curiosity Mars rover.

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