Environment/Science

Found: Clues about volcanoes under ice on ancient Mars

California, May 4 (IBNS) Volcanoes erupted beneath an ice sheet on Mars billions of years ago, far from any ice sheet on the Red Planet today, new evidence from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests. more

NASA researchers improve hazardous weather forecasts

California, May 3 (IBNS) Forecasts play key roles in many people’s lives, from planning picnics at the park, to cancelling flights and avoiding weather-related tragedies. Because weather c ...

NASA begins testing of revolutionary e-sail technology

California, Apr 12 (IBNS) Testing has started at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, on a concept for a potentially revolutionary propulsion system that could send ...

NASA, Japan make ASTER Earth data available at no cost

Washington, Apr 2 (IBNS) All Earth imagery from a prolific Japanese remote sensing instrument operating aboard NASA’s Terra spacecraft since late 1999 is now available to users everywhere ...

NASA's 'Spaceport of the Future' reaches another milestone

Washington, Mar 30 (IBNS) NASA has completed a major milestone on its journey to Mars and is ready to begin another phase of work on its spaceport of the future, where the next generation of ...

NASA Sends Fire, Meteor Experiments to International Space Station on Commercial Cargo Spacecraft

Washington, Mar 23 (IBNS) Scientific investigations of fire in microgravity and grippers inspired by geckos are among the nearly 7,500 pounds of cargo headed to the International Space Stati ...

NASA study finds climate change shifting wine grape harvests in France ,Switzerland

Washington, Mar 21 (IBNS) A new study from NASA and Harvard University finds that climate change is diminishing an important link between droughts and the timing of wine grape harvests in F ...

Dueling climate cycles may increase sea level swings

Washington, Mar 15 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The tropical Pacific Ocean isn't flat like a pond. Instead, it regularly has a high side and a low side. Natural cycles such as El Niño and La Ni� ...

NASA, Honeywell bring Hip-Hop education show to West Coast

California, Mar 8 (JEN) NASA and Honeywell are visiting the West Coast with the FMA Live! Forces in Motion show for a spring 2016 tour designed to ignite students' interest in science, techn ...

NASA tests life-detection drill in earth’s driest place

California, Feb 27 (IBNS) In a harsh environment with very little water and intense ultraviolet radiation, most life in the extreme Atacama Desert in Chile exists as microbial colonies under ...