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NASA compares images of Saturn's 3 moons taken by Cassini

These photos were taken with the help of the narrow-angle camera of Cassini spacecraft oriented in a way that the north side is up.

Jun 29, 2017

Space junk to be cleared using magnetic space tugs to prevent satellite collisions [VIDEO]

The number of CubeSats launched into space can spike up to 12,000 in the coming years, increasing the danger in space travel and the risk of satellite collisions.

Jun 28, 2017

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals new image of Arp 299, a galactic goulash

The ultra-luminous X-ray sources (ULXs) were spotted in the regions where stars were forming at a speedy rate.

Jun 27, 2017

NASA's Opportunity Mars rover to look for evidence of ancient lake in Perseverance Valley

Scientists have planned to send Opportunity down Perseverance Valley after completing a "walkabout" survey of the area.

Jun 26, 2017

KalamSat: Top 7 facts you need to know about the world's smallest satellite

NASA launches world's smallest and lightest satellite -- KalamSat -- on Thursday, June 22, 2017.

Jun 23, 2017

NASA's IRIS helped in solving the mystery behind Sun's spicules [VIDEO]

The scientists used to face difficulties in analysing the spicules and to understand the movement of the solar material and energy move through and away from the Sun. Now it appears the mystery has been solved.

Jun 23, 2017

Top 5 asteroids that made headlines

Earth has narrowly escaped various space rock collisions and they have made news quite a number of times, here's our list of top five news made by space rocks.

Jun 22, 2017

NASA's Hubble spots dead disk-shaped galaxies

As per the previous studies conducted about dead galaxies, they are believed to transform into a structure similar to the local elliptical galaxies.

Jun 22, 2017

NASA: Ice giants Uranus and Neptune will be explored in 2030s

This study aims to carry out an ice giant mission and explore the ice giant planets, as well as the spacecraft and other instruments, flight-paths and technologies that could be used.

Jun 21, 2017

ISRO to launch earth-observation Cartosat-2E and 30 nano satellites on June 23

The PSLV rocket will be putting the Cartosat-2 series which weighs about 712 kg and the 30 nano satellites weighing around 243 kg at a lift-off into a 505 km polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO).

Jun 21, 2017

NASA's Kepler discovers 10 Earth-like planets in over 200 alien worlds

The announcement was made on June 19 at NASA's Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley. This is the most comprehensive and detailed catalogue release of candidate exoplanets.

Jun 20, 2017

Human colonization: Elon Musk has plans to make a self-sustaining city on Mars

According to Musk, a major challenge faced by the engineers and scientists is the need to reduce the cost per tonne of transporting materials to Mars by five million percent.

Jun 19, 2017

NASA's Juno captures stunning image of Jupiter's multicoloured clouds

The spacecraft captured this amazing picture of the planet with the help of JunoCam (JCM) on May 19 following its seventh close pass of the gas giant.

Jun 17, 2017

Chinese scientists to grow potatoes on Moon next year using this technique!

The huge variations between the environments of Earth and Moon are one of the major challenges that the scientists have to face.

Jun 16, 2017

Human Colonization on Mars: Sex in space remains a major concern for scientists [VIDEO]

What will happen if humans have sex in space remains a mystery. Researchers are curious to find out how radiations will impact reproduction on the Red Planet.

Jun 16, 2017

After NASA, Google slammed for UFO cover-up [VIDEO]

New revelations have been made by UFOlogist, alien hunter and controversy theorist Tyler Glockner of YouTube channel Secure Team 10.

Jun 14, 2017

Ronda Rousey climbing sand dunes in hot yoga pants; return to the UFC teased?

After devastating losses against Holly Holm and Amanda Nunes, Rousey may have quit her MMA career, but nothing is confirmed yet.

Jun 14, 2017

NASA's Aqua satellite spots brightest turquoise swirls in Black Sea

According to NASA, this year's phytoplankton bloom is one of the brightest since 2012.

Jun 14, 2017

NASA: SOFIA detects cool dust around energetic active black holes

Some active supermassive black holes also eat away significant amounts of matter which gets sucked into them and converted into huge energy emissions.

Jun 14, 2017

Grand Finale: NASA's Cassini captures Saturn's contrasting moon Iapetus

According to a hypothesis, the dark material seems to prevail on the moon's surface as an outcome of cyro-vulcanism.

Jun 13, 2017