According to a recent research study, the NASA International Space Station is contaminated with harmful chemicals. The study which focused on dust collected by the air filtration system said the filters are filled with huge amounts of chemicals that are dangerous for humans.
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured remarkable images of the volcano world on one of Jupiter’s moons, called Io. NASA’s Juno spacecraft recently approached the intensely volcanic celestial body, after circling the gas giant Jupiter for around nine years. By the end of this year, Juno is expected to make the closest pass near Lo, NASA explained.
NASA experienced a temporary disruption in communication with Voyager 2, the second-farthest human-made spacecraft dispatched into space. This incident occurred recently when a mistaken command from flight controllers unintentionally caused a two-degree tilt of the spacecraft’s antenna away from Earth, leading to the loss of contact.
A mysterious object that washed up to the shores of Australian beach was debris from the Indian space rocket. The bulk cylinder, about the size of a small car, was first spotted on the beach 2 weeks ago on a beach at Green Head, the capital of Western Australia. The Indian space agency spokesman said it’s for the Australian government to decide what to do with the object.
Scientists said they can’t rule out the fact that an alien spaceship could have caused the mysterious spiky protrusions found on Mars. Images captured by NASA’s Curiosity Rover showed formations sticking out from the surface of the rocks in the Gale Crater, with at least six rocks displaying unusual features.
NASA failed to detect an asteroid that was bigger than a 20-story building, just two ago. NASA’s monitoring systems couldn’t grab the trajectory of the asteroid called the 2023 NT1. The space agency came to know about the asteroid on 15 July, two days after it had already sailed past earth.
The Indian space agency has successfully launched the Launch Vehicle Mark III rocket to land a spacecraft on the moon. The rocket successfully went off carrying a lander and rover to land near the south pole of the moon. Indian PM Narender Modi tweeted the rocket was carrying hopes and dreams of the Indian nation.
Scientists were able to discover the brightest exoplanet, covered by reflective clouds of metal. The ultra-hot exoplanet, which completes a full orbit around its host star in a mere 19 hours, holds the record for being the brightest exoplanet found to date. The blazing planet, known as planet LTT9779b, possesses bright clouds consisting of reflective silicates and metallic elements such as titanium.
NASA was able to re-establish contact with a lost helicopter on Mars after two long months of silence. NASA’s small robotic helicopter Ingenuity, also known as Ginny, got lost on April 26 when it began its 52nd flight on the Red Planet. The agency has regained access to the helicopter and said the chopper is healthy.
A huge sunspot seven times bigger than the earth is currently visible to the naked eye. The sunspot named AR3354 first appeared on 26 July and is expected to vanish on 2 July, Sunday. The sunspot wasn’t that massive when it first appeared, but has got bigger in the last few days, SpaceWeather.com reported.
NASA has locked up four volunteer scientists inside a 3-D Mars stimulator for the next 378 days. The Mars stimulator is based at the Johnson Space Center in Texas, where the agency trains its own members to experience real-life situations on Mars.
NASA revealed that it has recycled around 98% of astronaut’s pee and sweat on the International Space Station. The astronauts aboard the space station recycled the human excreta in order to make the resupply of the vital resource easier and cheaper.
