The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a federal agency that focuses on the condition of the oceans and atmosphere, said that a severe solar storm could cause global chaos, wreck satellite communications and take down the most important power grids in the world for a period of years.
Start the slideshow to view images from NASA?s past Mars expeditions suggesting evidence of water on the Martian surface.
Once there, Juno orbit 33 times around the Jupiter's poles and collect data that scientists have keen interest in, as the gas giant has an amazing composition, which is said to resemble a star, like the sun.
Why so big companies fall prey to cyberattacks so easily? According to hackers taking part in Defcon conference -- the world's largest hacking convention in Las Vegas -- workers at big corporations are poorly trained in security, which makes it easy for hackers to trick them into revealing key information.
Each planet in the solar system holds a special meaning for scientists. Mars, for example, is combed for evidence of liquid water and life. For Jupiter, it's all about its sun-like qualities.
Scientists have discovered flowing salt water on Mars, which has sparked conversations about potential alien life within the planet's surface. The images sent from NASA's orbiter unveiled flowing waters descending down from rocky slopes.
Three large solar explosions from the Sun are threatening to cause chaos on earth, with energy from the release potentially shutting down communications systems and power grids across the world.
Prince Harry wants to be a NASA astronaut?
The 5-year-long dart through space that NASA's Juno Spacecraft started on Friday has grand targets. It aims at unlocking the mysteries behind the formation of planets. In the words of a top NASA scientist, the goal is to "discover the recipe for planets."
US Federal Government studies revealed that extreme solar activity and emissions may result in complete blackouts for years in several areas of the US.
NASA's solar-powered Spacecraft Juno launched on Friday to begin a 5-year journey to Jupiter in order to study the planet for one year.
Scientists theorize that our universe might be contained in a bubble, and other universes are contained in numerous other bubbles, making up a "multiverse". Scientists an astronomers are hoping to confirm their theory by looking for signs that our universe at one time collided with another universe. The traits that they are searching for are disk-like patterns leftover within the background radiation of our universe.
The Arctic will be practically ice-free during the summer within three decades, according to the top U.S. ice observer. But, he is quick to add, with climate change, some good comes with the bad.
NASA Spacecraft Juno launched from Florida on Friday and began its 5-year journey (1,740 million miles) to Jupiter. Upon arrival, it will study the gas giant for 1 year.
The mysterious dark lines in question were observed to be occurring seasonally as the ground they came from was exposed to warmer temperatures. The line would then disappear later as temperatures dropped, causing the scientists to speculate that briny water was causing the flows. The discovery could be a huge breakthrough in the search for whether or not liquid water ever existed on the surface of Mars.
NASA sent a new spacecraft into space on Friday, taking with it cutting edge scientific instruments and Lego toys as it hurls towards its death in the name of science.
New evidence suggesting the existence of water flowing on Mars indicates the possibility for life to exist on the Red Planet.
Solar-powered unmanned Juno spacecraft was blasted off into space in an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral on Friday, as NASA continued its quest to unravel the secrets of Planet Jupiter, the gas giant 1.7 billion miles away from Earth. The ambitious $1.1 billion mission, which is in continuation of NASA's earlier missions to Jupiter, will culminate in July 2016. The following is a low-down of all previous missions to Jupiter, the details about the Juno space probe, how it works and a lot mor...
NASA is seeking proposal to launch small cube-shaped satellites to fly on rockets between 2012 and 2014.
A severe solar storm could cause global chaos, wrecking satellite communications and would take down the most important power grids in the world for a period of years.
After settling at Jupiter's orbit, Juno will study the planet for one year to learn how and when it existed. The study will help to understand the planet formation processes as well as the evolution of the solar system, researchers said.
"Harry has already completed his studies of Land and Sea Surveillance and Oceanology - part of Astro training - and can't wait to get into one of Nasa's T38 training jets," a royal source said.
