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Elon Musk’s SpaceX considers further delays for lunar lander project as Bezos’ blue origin legally challenges NASA contract award

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[ad_1] In what could be a setback for Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) SpaceX from CEO Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos-founding of a commercial space flight company Blue Origin sued NASA for a lunar lander contract awarded to the first. What happened: Last Friday, Blue Origin filed a lawsuit in the United States Federal Claims Court challenging … Read more

CRISPR-based technology could revolutionize antibody-based diagnostics

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[ad_1] Main author, Karl Barber with a PICASSO chip. [Karl Barber, Schmidt Science Fellows] Scientists used an adaptation of CRISPR genome editing technology to develop a new peptide display platform that can be used as a tool to identify antibodies in patient blood samples. Researchers at Howard Hughes Medical Institutes and Harvard Medical School suggest … Read more

NASA denies Russian rumor that US astronaut drilled hole in ISS to get home early

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[ad_1] Senior NASA officials rebuffed a messy Russian media accusation suggesting that an American astronaut drilled a hole in the International Space Station (ISS) in an attempt to re-enter early after suffering from psychological depression. In an article by the Russian state news agency TASS, an anonymous “high-ranking” employee of the Russian space agency Roscosmos … Read more

Geminid meteor shower ‘sparkling’ asteroid acts like a comet

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[ad_1] Asteroids and comets both orbit the sun, but asteroids are made up of metals and rocky material, while comets are made up of different types of ice, rock, and dust. When their orbits move comets closer to the sun, they heat up. These frozen objects on the edge of the solar system release dust … Read more

Here are NASA’s best images of all the planets in the solar system

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[ad_1] Our solar system consists of eight planets, and each of these planets stands out very well because they are all very different. SEE THE GALLERY – 9 IMAGES As humans explore our solar system and the space beyond, NASA has captured incredible images of our local planets. Most of the footage can be traced … Read more

The search for life on Mars extends to the study of its moons

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[ad_1] Phobos, the largest of the moons on Mars, photographed at a distance of 6,800 kilometers. The Stickney impact crater dominates a hemisphere of the moon (HiRISE image PSP_007769_9010, taken March 23, 2008. Credit: NASA / JPL / University of Arizona Two researchers from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) published a perspective article in … Read more

Astronauts alarmed by massive fires on Earth’s surface

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[ad_1] “We were very saddened to see fires over huge sections of the Earth, not just in the United States.” Earth in flames It’s no secret that our planet literally is and figuratively on fire right now. In fact, some wildfires are so large that they can now be easily spotted from space – an … Read more