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James Webb, the world's largest space telescope, to investigate origin of water

Studying interstellar molecular clouds could yield clues to the origin and evolution of water and other key building blocks necessary for life to arise.

Mar 11, 2018

Who is Scott Kelly? NASA astronaut's DNA partially changed in space

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly has spent a total 340 consecutive days at International Space Station in low-orbit Earth.

Mar 10, 2018

Chinas Tiangong-1 space station to crash land into Earth

Chinas first manned space station Tiangong-1 may crash land into the Earth. After launching in 2011, contact was lost with the module and a controlled re-entry is no longer possible.

Mar 8, 2018

Nasa's Juno finds that Jupiter's storms are larger and deeper than previously thought

Storm systems over Jovian poles are distinct and tightly packed, scientists say.

Mar 8, 2018

Nasa's Hubble space telescope finds massive dust system swirling a young star

The dust disk extends about 150 billion miles from host star, held in place by the gravity of the giant planet.

Mar 7, 2018

Curiosity tests a new way to drill on Mars

NASAs Mars Curiosity rover has conducted the first test of a new drilling technique on the Red Planet since its drill stopped working reliably.

Mar 1, 2018

Jupiters Great Red Spot is about to disappear within the next ten years

The Solar Sytems largest, most ferocious storm is finally calming down and it could be gone in about ten years. The Great Red Spot (GRS)- a defining feature of Jupiter is getting less intense by the day.Jupiters GRS is actually a hurricane-like storm that has been roiling in the planets atmosphere for about 188 years now. The eye of the storm, which was, when first observed in the 19 century, over twice the width of Earth has already shrunk to about 10,000 miles across –1.3 times the diameter of Earth.

Feb 21, 2018

Jupiter's Great Red Spot may die within 2 decades, says a new study

Jupiter's iconic Great Red Spot is shrinking slowly, and may become a "Great Red Memory" soon.

Feb 20, 2018

NASA's Opportunity finds mysterious 'rock stripes' on Mars

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, which reached its 5,000th Martian day or sol on February 16, 2018, recently sent a picture of the Red Planet that created much curiosity among the scientists.

Feb 19, 2018

Hundred new 'alien planets' discovered beyond our solar system by NASA's Kepler probe

With the new discovery, the total number of exoplanets discovered by the K2 mission has gone up to almost 300.

Feb 17, 2018

Earth and moon in the same frame: NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captures rare image from 40 million miles

Earth appears as the largest radiant spot present at the center of the image, while the moon appears to be dim and can be seen towards the right of Earth.

Feb 16, 2018

NASA releases spectacular image of a heart shape formation on an Arctic glacier

A stunning calving in the Arctic, shaped like a broken heart, can be seen in the image which the space agency revealed on the occasion of Valentine's Day.

Feb 15, 2018

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures stunning image of mysterious galaxy NGC 3344

The galaxy NGC 3344 is located 20 million light year from Earth in the Leo Minor constellation.

Feb 15, 2018

Mysterious purple light spotted in the skies above Philippines [Watch video]

The spectators recorded the video of this bizarre phenomenon witnessed in the skies above the Philippines.

Feb 14, 2018

Partial solar eclipse 2018: When, where to watch the astronomical event [Live stream link]

Here's all the information about the partial solar eclipse 2018 which will take place on February 15.

Feb 14, 2018

Geostorm Alert: Massive solar winds to wreak havoc on Earth, are you ready for it?

Experts say a tear in Sun's northern atmosphere may lead to a massive geomagnetic storm on Earth which can destroy all forms of communication for months.

Feb 10, 2018

NASA's New Horizons makes history by capturing the most distant images made from Earth

The new image snapped by the New Horizons when the spacecraft was at a distance of 6.12 billion kilometers (3.79 billion miles).

Feb 9, 2018

Small asteroid to closely pass by Earth on Feb 9: NASA

Asteroid 2018 CB which will closely flyby Earth was discovered by the astronomers at the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) in Arizona on February 4, 2018.

Feb 9, 2018

NASA's MRO spots a 'tadpole crater' on Mars

The images may help scientists understand the evolution of the dry planet which is believed to have had a watery past.

Feb 8, 2018

Flat-earthers say a huge wall at earth's end is keeping us from falling off, and Mad Mike has failed yet again to prove it

Flat-earther Mike Hughes failed to launch himself into space on his homemade rocket to prove with a photo that the earth has a flat surface.

Feb 7, 2018

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