Space

Opportunity rover on Mars lost forever? Not waking up after put to sleep during storm

One of the hardiest vehicles ever built- the Mars Opportunity rover got bogged down by a planet-encircling dust storm earlier this year, the storm might have finally killed it.

Aug 14, 2018

Onlookers watch an ISRO launch at Sriharikota

From starting TV channel to launching 2 space missions each month, ISRO's plans pique interest

The space agency also announced that they're planning to conduct training camps for school students and start an incubation centre for startups with ideas that can contribute to space exploration.

Aug 13, 2018

This is why Jupiter has so many visible colourful bands from east to west

Strong streams flow from west to east in the Jovian atmosphere and its outer atmosphere has a lot of ammonia carried along by powerful jet streams. They make up the immediately identifiable coloured bands.

Aug 12, 2018

NASA'a fastest spacecraft lifts off successfully after minor problems

The spacecraft, Parker Solar PRobe was initially supposed to take off on Saturday morning.

Aug 12, 2018

New Horizons spacecraft detects massive 'wall' of hydrogen that surrounds entire Solar System

New Horizons is currently in the Kuiper Belt, waiting for a flyby of a rock roughly 30 kilometers across, after which it will carry on towards the Oort clouds.

Aug 12, 2018

Perseid meteor shower 2018: When and where to watch this year's best shooting stars (Video)

In the dark of the night, you should be able to see a meteor streak across the sky every minute or so.

Aug 12, 2018

Star cluster Omega Centauri, mini-version of our solar system but devoid of life, says study

The stars in that part of the Milky Way are packed in too tightly, so they are likely to interact with each other every million years or so.

Aug 10, 2018

Hellish ultrahot Jupiters constantly create and destroy water in endless loop: NASA study

Dayside temperatures on these planets, which are closer to their host stars than Mercury is to the Sun, are estimated to be between 2,000 and 3,000 degrees Celsius. Nightside temperatures, on the other hand, are around 1,000 degrees Celsius cooler.

Aug 10, 2018

ESO releases image of galaxy survey that shows NGC 5018 in stunning detail

The galaxy is located about 94 million light years from Earth and was captured by the ESO VST.

Aug 9, 2018

NASA explains why flying to the Sun is not easy - it's not the heat

NASA estimates that it would take a spacecraft, 55 times more energy to reach the Sun than it would to reach Mars and this is not just because of the distance it has to cover.

Aug 9, 2018

Ganymede, Jupiter's moon, largest moon, moon, solar system, space,

Ganymede's electromagnetic waves are a million times more powerful than Jupiter's

Chorus waves are known to create the high-energy killer electrons that damage spacecraft. Considering how powerful the electromagnetic field is around Ganymede, scientists are questioning what kind of damage it can do to a spacecraft that gets close to it.

Aug 8, 2018

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Space

Opportunity rover on Mars lost forever? Not waking up after put to sleep during storm

From starting TV channel to launching 2 space missions each month, ISRO's plans pique interest

This is why Jupiter has so many visible colourful bands from east to west

NASA'a fastest spacecraft lifts off successfully after minor problems

New Horizons spacecraft detects massive 'wall' of hydrogen that surrounds entire Solar System

Perseid meteor shower 2018: When and where to watch this year's best shooting stars (Video)

Star cluster Omega Centauri, mini-version of our solar system but devoid of life, says study

Hellish ultrahot Jupiters constantly create and destroy water in endless loop: NASA study

ESO releases image of galaxy survey that shows NGC 5018 in stunning detail

NASA explains why flying to the Sun is not easy - it's not the heat

Ganymede's electromagnetic waves are a million times more powerful than Jupiter's

Russian meteor found made of diamond-like alien material never seen on Earth

Mysterious radiation stemming from the centre of Milky Way, not Dark Matter, says new study

Watch: NASA's planet-hunting TESS yet to start its science missions, already catches a comet

Meteor older than Solar System holds clue to Earth's building blocks: Study

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]