Space

What was Solar System like when it was young and the Sun all alone?

NASA's Dawn mission has provided enough details about asteroid Vesta to help scientists to uncover the early life and environment of the Solar System.

Oct 8, 2018

Here are the best pictures released by European Space Agency from last week

Sunrises from space, galaxy clusters, and Antarctic expeditions -- This week saw a lot of activity from the ESA.

Oct 7, 2018

NASA Voyager 2 crosses the Solar System, entering nearest interstellar space

Voyager 1 experienced a similar spike in cosmic rays in 2012, when it exited the heliosphere.

Oct 7, 2018

JAXA launches MASCOT to learn more about asteroid Ryugu, joins two other rovers

MASCOT is the third lander to reach the surface of Ryugu as part of JAXA's Hayabusa-2 mission.

Oct 5, 2018

Handheld radar could one day help Mars explorers find water on red planet

ScanMars reads the subsurface, just below the ground through radar beaming radio wave impulses into the ground and listening for the reflected waves, this helps paint a clear picture of the ground below up to 5 metres.

Oct 5, 2018

Neptune-sized first-ever exomoon discovered and it's 17 times bigger than Earth

The new exomoon is about the size of Neptune, which has a diameter four times bigger than Earth's and is 17 times as enormous.

Oct 5, 2018

Saturn's rings rain down organic 'building blocks of life' into planet - Cassini's final discovery shows

Saturn's rings pour out tonnes of material- carbon-bearing, organic molecules into the planet. It is like rain, but from outer space.

Oct 5, 2018

Black holes, not the dark matter physicists are looking for: Study

For a brief while, physicists around the world did consider attributing dark matter to black holes, right after gravitational waves were detected in 2015.

Oct 3, 2018

Planet X: New Solar System object found, confirms presence of undiscovered super-Earth

TG387 is two and a half times farther from the Sun than Pluto. Its orbit is about 40,000 years long.

Oct 3, 2018

Mars travel could destroy astronaut guts and give them cancer: NASA-funded study

Mice developed GI disorders and long-term functional alterations to their digestive system, when subject to ion radiation in the long term. Also, the stomach, colon, and other organs in the gut could inadvertently develop serious tumours.

Oct 2, 2018

Earth's vegetative history might hold clues to finding habitable exoplanets in future

The search for habitable exoplanets could be made easier if we just look for planets that support plant life out there.

Oct 2, 2018

Life on Earth was kick-started by falling objects from outer space, claims new study

Phosphorous is one of the main ingredients that make up chromosomes and carry genetic information.

Oct 1, 2018

From hurricanes to asteroid landings, ESA releases best space images of the week

The ESA has had a busy week -- here are some of the most spectacular images from the European Space Agency.

Sep 30, 2018

Here is a detailed dark matter map of the whole universe

The research involved studying about 10 million distant galaxies to understand dark energy better.

Sep 27, 2018

Astronomers finally find the origin of Oumuamua - Our Solar System's first interstellar visitor

All four stars identified are dwarf stars that are either smaller or equal to the Sun in mass and also likely had their own "close encounter" with the interstellar traveller in a timescale of between one and seven million years ago.

Sep 27, 2018

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Space

What was Solar System like when it was young and the Sun all alone?

Here are the best pictures released by European Space Agency from last week

NASA Voyager 2 crosses the Solar System, entering nearest interstellar space

JAXA launches MASCOT to learn more about asteroid Ryugu, joins two other rovers

Handheld radar could one day help Mars explorers find water on red planet

Neptune-sized first-ever exomoon discovered and it's 17 times bigger than Earth

Saturn's rings rain down organic 'building blocks of life' into planet - Cassini's final discovery shows

Black holes, not the dark matter physicists are looking for: Study

Planet X: New Solar System object found, confirms presence of undiscovered super-Earth

Mars travel could destroy astronaut guts and give them cancer: NASA-funded study

Earth's vegetative history might hold clues to finding habitable exoplanets in future

Life on Earth was kick-started by falling objects from outer space, claims new study

From hurricanes to asteroid landings, ESA releases best space images of the week

Here is a detailed dark matter map of the whole universe

Astronomers finally find the origin of Oumuamua - Our Solar System's first interstellar visitor

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]