NASA

“Kitchen Smoke” Molecules in Nebula Offer Clues to the Building Blocks of Life 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 17, 2016
NASA inspects these “Kitchen Smoke” Molecules in the Nebula to get an idea on how life started.

By David Aragorn
NASA Space Robotics Challenge Prepares Robots for the Journey to Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 17, 2016
NASA, in partnership with Space Center Houston, the Official Visitor Center of NASA Johnson Space Center, and NineSigma, a global innovation consultant organization, has opened registration for a new competition — the Space Robotics Challenge. This event seeks to develop the capabilities of humanoid robots to help astronauts on the journey to Mars.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Fermi Mission Expands its Search for Dark Matter 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 13, 2016
Using six or more years of data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, NASA has broadened the space mission’s hunt for dark matter.

By David Aragorn
Cassini finds flooded canyons on Saturn’s moon Titan 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 13, 2016
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has found deep, steep-sided canyons on Saturn’s moon Titan that are flooded with liquid hydrocarbons. The finding represents the first direct evidence of the presence of liquid-filled channels on Titan, as well as the first observation of canyons hundreds of meters deep.

By David Aragorn
Kepler Watches Stellar Dancers in the Pleiades Cluster 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 13, 2016
Like cosmic ballet dancers, the stars of the Pleiades cluster are spinning. But these celestial dancers are all twirling at different speeds. Astronomers have long wondered what determines the rotation rates of these stars.

By David Aragorn
Remember When Bill Clinton Legitimized the Search for Life in Space?0
- From Around the Web
- August 12, 2016
With a short 1996 speech, the President of the United States changed everything.

By Around the Web Editor
PROPELLANT-LESS ENGINE TESTED BY NASA 0
- From Around the Web
- August 12, 2016
The team reported measurements of non-conventional thrust produced by a device that uses the effects of microwaves passing through a uniquely structured waveguide. Thrust with no propellant!

By Around the Web Editor
Niku, A Mysterious Object Beyond Neptune, Is Traveling In The Wrong Direction 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- August 12, 2016
Scientists are working to explain the strange orbit.

By Around the Web Editor
Look Up! Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Aug. 11-12 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 12, 2016
Make plans now to stay up late or set the alarm early next week to see a cosmic display of “shooting stars” light up the night sky. Known for its fast and bright meteors, the annual Perseid meteor shower is anticipated to be one of the best potential meteor viewing opportunities this year.

By David Aragorn
Mystery ‘alien’ cube returns to orbit the sun as UFO-hunters accuse NASA of ‘cover-up’0
- From Around the Web
- August 11, 2016
THE mysterious “alien” cube seen floating between the earth and the sun is BACK and spooking UFO-hunters.

By Around the Web Editor