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Stunning Aurora Australis illuminates skies of Australia and New Zealand [VIDEO]

Aurora, sometimes referred to as polar lights or northern lights, is a natural light display in the sky, predominantly seen in the high latitude -- Arctic and Antarctic -- regions.

May 30, 2017

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ISRO's 'fat boy' GSLV-Mk III launch to widen prospects of India's manned mission

ISRO is all set to launch the GSLV-Mk III, the heaviest rocket ever made by India on June 5 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

May 30, 2017

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NASA develops new technology to help drones make safe emergency landing

This newly-developed technology helps in detecting any mechanical snag that occurs on the drone and puts the unmanned aircraft in a crash-landing mode.

May 29, 2017

China's new space telescope will scan Milky Way to unearth secrets that are probably still unknown to NASA

Compared to existing X-ray satellites, HXMT has a larger detection area, broader energy range and a wider field of view.

May 29, 2017

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Solar Probe Plus: NASA to announce landmark mission to touch Sun's atmosphere

Solar Probe Plus is likely to be launched in 2018 and the resulting data will improve forecasts of major space weather events that impact life on Earth.

May 29, 2017

Grand Finale: NASA's Cassini spacecraft takes the most dangerous dive so far!

NASA's Grand Finale Orbit Guide reveals that this hazardous dive is the first out of four paths through the planet's inmost ring which is going to be the deepest and dustiest loop the spacecraft will go through.

May 29, 2017

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NASA fast-tracks mission to explore mysterious metal-rich asteroid

One of the ten most massive asteroids in the asteroid belt, 16 Psyche, is over 200 km (120 mi) in diameter and contains a little less than one percent of the mass of the asteroid belt.

May 27, 2017

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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory spots partial lunar eclipse

On August 21, SDO will witness another lunar transit, but Moon will only barely hide part of the Sun. However, on the same day, a total eclipse will be observable from the ground.

May 27, 2017

World's largest telescope in Chile desert will trounce Hubble with 16 times sharper images

Once the construction is over, the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will become the world's largest optical telescope, and will be operational in 2024.

May 27, 2017

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NASA: Failed supernova gives birth to a black hole

This discovery was made with the help of Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) along with NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes.

May 26, 2017

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NASA's Juno probe discovers Earth-sized cyclones on gas-giant Jupiter

Photos taken by JunoCam show that both the poles of Jupiter are covered by storms which are Earth-sized and are densely clustered and rubbing together.

May 26, 2017

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Astronomers spot luminous object near supermassive black hole in Cygnus A Galaxy

According to hypothesis formulated by researchers, the bright object could be an outburst from another supermassive black hole or a supernova explosion.

May 25, 2017