NASA’s recent discovery of strange formations of an electrified layer of gas in the ionosphere has challenged the scientists’ perception of having a complete understanding of the Earth’s outer layer. Space experts are struggling to explain the existence of X and C-shaped structures discovered in the ionosphere under NASA’s Global-scale Observations of the Limb and …
The International Space Station (ISS) kicked out nine Nickel-Hydrogen batteries into space and made an entry back to Earth on March 9. The discard of 26,000 kilograms of Equipment Pallet 9 (EP9) along with batteries, done on January 11, 2021, has raised questions on space debris. The EP9, equipped with nine discarded Nickel-Hydrogen batteries, embarked …
Verda Space Industries has released footage of what a spacecraft goes through as it re-enters Earth during its returns from space. The company launched and returned its spacecraft, W-1, successfully at the Utah Test and Training Range. The landing, which happened on February 21, marked the first time a commercial company landed a spacecraft on …
Scientists have found a new way to measure the ocean oxygen level and its association with carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere during the last ice age, which ended over 11,000 years ago, using deposits deep under the ocean floor. This could explain how oceans responded to past glacial melting cycles and help better prepare …
The research is in news as scientists are searching for habitable planets. Oxygen, the invisible elixir of life, is omnipresent on Earth, shaping the very essence of our existence. This life-sustaining gas, constituting about 21 per cent of the Earth’s atmosphere, plays a pivotal role in the survival of countless species. But this was not …