NASA’s OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification and Security – Regolith Explorer) mission successfully returned a saucer-shaped capsule containing rocks and dust from the asteroid Bennu to Earth at 10:52 a.m. EDT.
Author: Dr. Gaurav SHUKLA
I am an Early Career Scientist at Institute of Nanoscience - National Research Council (CNR - NANO), Pisa, Italy. Currently, I am involve in fabricating the Josephson junction based superconducting diodes and Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDs). I have a Ph.D. in Physics from a National Research Lab (Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bangalore, India), where I have fabricated self-cleaning surfaces, bioinspired structural colors, ultrasensitive biomolecule sensing devices and gas sensors. I like to communicate science to the public by writing blogs, demonstrating scientific models, and invited talks at several platforms.
Multifunctional Self-Cleaning Structural colors based on TiO2 nanostructures
Colors play vital role in textiles, automobiles, and decoration sectors. The general source of colors are dyes and pigments but are not safe for human health and at the same time suffer with stability issues, as it degrades with thermal energy, humidity, and UV exposure etc. Nature itself finds the solution and generates colors by means of structures called structural colors. Many fascinating artworks can be found in nature, such as peacock feather, butterfly wings, and gem opals that generate colors because of microstructures on them.
NISAR Satellite: A Joint Venture of NASA and ISRO for Earth Observation
With many claims by climate scientists of rapid changes in Earth’s ecosystem, there is now a need to accurately monitor Earth’s land, sea levels and ice surfaces with minute details to predict the future of Earth and our destiny on earth. To do this, NASA and ISRO have come together to develop a satellite called NISAR that can provide minute changes on the Earth’s surface.
Japan’s SLIM Mission: A Venture for Secure Landings on Moon!
In this article, we will learn what SLIM is, what is the objective of the mission, what experiments are to be conducted using SLIM and why this mission is important not only for Japan but for the whole world.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe: Closest Ever to the Sun
The Sun is a hot glowing ball of hydrogen and helium 150 million km away from us, and is vital to life on Earth. The Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is 300 times hotter than its outer plasma layer, which appears to defy thermodynamics and is still a mystery. Parker Solar Probe is trying to unviel the mystery of the Sun.
NASA’s Psyche Mission: A Mission to the Mysterious Metallic Asteroid!
NASA is all set to launch its much-awaited Psyche mission on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 10:38 am (ET) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In this article, learn about this extraordinary mission, which will uncover the secrets of the metallic asteroid and may provide information about the origin of the Earth’s core.