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

Images were stitched together to create the video were captured over the course of 17 hours on July 25.

Aug 7, 2018

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

There were rocks floating about in space before the Earth came to be and one such rock has researchers learning a lot of about the Earth's birth and formation, finds Poorna Srinivasan, an Indian-origin space scientist.

Aug 7, 2018

Government coverup alleged after a huge meteor spotted near US military base

Conspiracy theorists believe that the government is intentionally covering up news about potentially dangerous space bodies to avoid public panic

Aug 6, 2018

NASA names Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams among 9 chosen for human spaceflight

Williams has been named for the Boeing programme to the ISS - the first test flight scheduled to take place in the middle of 2019.

Aug 4, 2018

Once upon a time there was a star.., narrates NASA

A supernova remnant is a sign of an exploded star. In this particular image, red filaments belong to a supernova remnant HBH 3, first detected in 1966.

Aug 3, 2018

Jeff Bezos addresses the media about the New Shepard rocket booster

As space race heats up, Amazon's Bezos spends more cash than ever to fuel Blue Origin's growth

Jeff Bezos is on a hiring spree, having spent millions to bring on board more engineers and speed up the development of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, as it looks to compete in the increasingly crowded space race, now dominated by Elon Musk's SpaceX.

Aug 3, 2018

All three of humanity's space exploration targets in one image from Earth

The image with the Moon, Mars, and the ISS are seen together was taken near Mount Remarkable National Park, Australia.

Aug 2, 2018

Elon Musk's dream of nuking Mars terrible, just won't help to reverse weather, says new study

Elon Musk had once famously said that he hopes to nuke the planet in order to make it habitable; however, a new study has concluded that even nuking the Red Planet will not get the job done

Jul 31, 2018

Mars is a thousand times drier than driest place on Earth – might be too arid to host life

In the Atacama desert, microbes only exist in a dormant state, barely surviving.

Jul 30, 2018

NOAA's $11 billion project on hold after weather satellite malfunctions

GOES-17 is not operating at its optimal capacity due to cooling issues. The instrument is designed to look at Earth through 16 camera channels, but only about six are functional.

Jul 26, 2018

NASA yet to study rocks brought back by Apollo

Over 84 percent of all samples brought back from the Moon remain untouched.

Jul 25, 2018

NASA's planetary defence programme is now 20 years old

The story of how NASA started and now operates the most precise and detailed map of all asteroids and comets that could potentially strike Earth.

Jul 24, 2018

UK's space agency wants you to help name their upcoming Mars rover

Boaty McBoatface all over again?

Jul 24, 2018

Mars is engulfed in a massive sandstorm - NASA makes use of opportunity to study its climate

There are currently a number of missions running instruments both on and in the vicinity of the red planet that are in the perfect place and time to study Mars. Global dust storms like this one are not frequent, they only appear once in 8 years or so.

Jul 22, 2018

Armed with new evidence, scientists confident a young star could gobble up entire planet

Astronomers have been, for some time, curious about the variability, shown by an RW Aur A, a young star and now they have new information about the change in its brightness; thanks to Chandra

Jul 20, 2018

South Pole observatory detects neutrino from supermassive black hole from another galaxy for the first time

This particular neutrino has been travelling about 3.7 billion years at nearly the speed of light before scientists found it passing through Earth and crashing into Antarctic ice.

Jul 15, 2018

Astronauts explain why people haven't gone to the Moon in over 4 decades

Politics and budget cuts are holding NASA back, say astronauts and scientists.

Jul 15, 2018

Spiders on Mars? NASA picture captures crawling objects on Mars' surface

The picture has been taken by the space agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). It features the "spiders" coming out of the planet's ground at the South Pole

Jul 15, 2018

Alien shockproof: Giant planet-sized UFO detected by NASA's Stereo spacecraft

The flying object spotted in the video is seemingly planet-sized, and it also has imprinted drawings on its body

Jul 14, 2018

At 200 db, these rockets are so loud that they can rip off rainbows in the sky (VIDEO)

At 200 decibels, the noise levels are about 80 decibels more than the average pain threshold. Apart from the immense heat that launches generate, the rumbling sound alone is enough to not only hurt people, it can literally set hair on fire and even topple buildings.

Jul 13, 2018

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Nasa

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

Government coverup alleged after a huge meteor spotted near US military base

NASA names Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams among 9 chosen for human spaceflight

Once upon a time there was a star.., narrates NASA

As space race heats up, Amazon's Bezos spends more cash than ever to fuel Blue Origin's growth

All three of humanity's space exploration targets in one image from Earth

Elon Musk's dream of nuking Mars terrible, just won't help to reverse weather, says new study

Mars is a thousand times drier than driest place on Earth – might be too arid to host life

NOAA's $11 billion project on hold after weather satellite malfunctions

NASA yet to study rocks brought back by Apollo

NASA's planetary defence programme is now 20 years old

UK's space agency wants you to help name their upcoming Mars rover

Mars is engulfed in a massive sandstorm - NASA makes use of opportunity to study its climate

Armed with new evidence, scientists confident a young star could gobble up entire planet

South Pole observatory detects neutrino from supermassive black hole from another galaxy for the first time

Astronauts explain why people haven't gone to the Moon in over 4 decades

Spiders on Mars? NASA picture captures crawling objects on Mars' surface

Alien shockproof: Giant planet-sized UFO detected by NASA's Stereo spacecraft

At 200 db, these rockets are so loud that they can rip off rainbows in the sky (VIDEO)

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]

Is exhibiting cleavage mandatory? Malaika Arora opts for low neck sleeveless outfit at event in Vrindavan, leaves netizens furious