Space

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

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Grand Finale: NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn's solstice

The Cassini spacecraft was tasked with the Solstice Mission in 2010.

May 25, 2017

Humans may be able to reproduce healthy babies in space!

Scientists are curious to know the impact of the health hazardous radiations on reproduction.

May 24, 2017

CLASP aids in the pioneering exploration of Sun's outer atmosphere's magnetic field

An international team of researchers with McKenzie as the principal investigator is planning to launch CLASP 2 on board a sounding rocket in 2019.

May 24, 2017

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TRAPPIST-1: Secrets about the 7th and farthest exoplanet revealed!

NASA aims at studying the seven worlds using James Webb Space Telescope, which is scheduled to be launched in October 2018.

May 23, 2017

Saturn's moon Titan underwent Mars-like evolution

Titan is the only celestial body present in the solar system which has rivers filled with liquid methane.

May 22, 2017

New detailed image of Spaghetti Nebula released

The remnant has an apparent diameter of approximately three degrees, an estimated distance of approximately 3,000 light-years, and an age of approximately 40,000 years.

May 22, 2017

ISRO and NASA to jointly launch NISAR, the biggest and most expensive earth imaging satellite

The satellite which will cost both the countries a sum of over 1.5 billion dollars, will help the scientists study the changes in our climate and environment.

May 22, 2017

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NASA pays tribute to APJ Abdul Kalam by naming new species after him

The new bacteria is named Solibacillus kalamii.

May 21, 2017

Mysterious Tabby's Star dims again

Tabby's Star was discovered in September 2015 by Yale University's Tabetha Boyajian and her colleagues.

May 20, 2017

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NASA: Is this man-made 'bubble' shielding Earth from strong space radiation? [VIDEO]

Spacecrafts present high above the planet's surface, like NASA's Van Allen Probes, which assess ions and electrons present in near-Earth environment, can witness this VLF bubble.

May 19, 2017

NASA's Juno explores mighty Jupiter's mysterious clouds

Juno's principal goal is to understand the origin and evolution of Jupiter. The spacecraft will map Jupiter's intense magnetic field and measure the amount of water and ammonia in the deep atmosphere.

May 19, 2017

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Space

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

NASA: Failed supernova gives birth to a black hole

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

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

Grand Finale: NASA's Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn's solstice

Humans may be able to reproduce healthy babies in space!

CLASP aids in the pioneering exploration of Sun's outer atmosphere's magnetic field

TRAPPIST-1: Secrets about the 7th and farthest exoplanet revealed!

Saturn's moon Titan underwent Mars-like evolution

New detailed image of Spaghetti Nebula released

ISRO and NASA to jointly launch NISAR, the biggest and most expensive earth imaging satellite

NASA pays tribute to APJ Abdul Kalam by naming new species after him

Mysterious Tabby's Star dims again

NASA: Is this man-made 'bubble' shielding Earth from strong space radiation? [VIDEO]

NASA's Juno explores mighty Jupiter's mysterious clouds

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

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