NASA Research

These Martian dunes in Mars' northern hemisphere were captured from above by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using its High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on Sept. 8, 2022. Scientists use such images to track the amount of frost that settles on the landforms and then disappears as the weather warms in spring. Martian dunes migrate just like dunes on Earth, with wind blowing away sand on one side of the dune and building up on another. Recent research has shown that winter frost stops the movement of sand grains, locking the dunes in place until the spring thaw. The University of Arizona, in Tucson, operates HiRISE, which was built by BAE Systems in Boulder, Colorado. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Photo Source - NASA/JPL-Caltech

January 21, 2025

Mars’ Frozen Dunes: NASA Finds Ice-Covered Sand Shaped Like Kidney Beans

NASA’s spacecraft has found something unusual on Mars- sand dunes frozen in place, shaped like kidney beans. They aren’t moving like dunes on Earth because they’re covered in a layer of ice.

Architecture·Materials·Space

NASA and LSU’s Joint Venture into Sustainable Moon Building Materials

In the grand narrative of space exploration, a transformative chapter is being written – not in the stars, but in the labs and research centers of Earth. As NASA’s Artemis 3 mission prepares for a historic return to the Moon,

December 7, 2023

India Deploys ₹130 Crore PARAM Rudra Supercomputers Driving Space Research, Semiconductor Growth, and AI Development

Computing·India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned three PARAM Rudra supercomputers on September 26, 2024, developed indigenously under the National Supercomputing Mission. These ₹130 crore systems,

Jet Contrails: NASA Teams Up with Boeing to Chart a Cleaner Path

Mobility·Pollution·Technology

Let’s talk about contrails. You know, those white lines that jet planes sketch across the sky? They look cool but might affect the climate;

Representative Image. A bright explosion of light surrounded by a cloud of smoke. Photo Source - Dolanh (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Computing·Space

NASA Supercomputer Reveals Hidden 15,000 AU Spiral in Oort Cloud, Billions of Comets Involved

NASA scientists have discovered a spiral structure within the Oort Cloud that makes this distant region of our solar system resemble a miniature galaxy. This finding, revealed through computations on NASA’s Pleiades

Rahul Somvanshi

March 1, 2025

A Lysozyme crystal grown in microgravity, viewed under a microscope using X-ray crystallography. Photo Source: NASA

Materials·Space·Technology

NASA’s ISS Experiments Boost Advanced Materials Development

Advanced materials research in the International Space Station (ISS) of NASA is revealing new possibilities for stronger, more efficient products. These experiments, conducted in microgravity conditions, are tackling real-world challenges in manufacturing

Rahul Somvanshi

February 9, 2025

An aerial view of Palmyra Atoll, where animal tracking data, now being studied by NASA Marine Study's Internet of Animals project, was collected using wildlife tags by partners at The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and several universities.

Conservation·Marine Life·Technology

Palmyra Atoll Study Finds Unexpected Marine Patterns with NASA’s New Tagging Tech—Details Inside!

Morgan Gilmour, a scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, conducts marine ecology and conservation studies. She uses data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from animals equipped

Govind Tekale

July 14, 2024