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Live stream: NASA's night time rocket launch to create colorful clouds in space

NASA's Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket launch was earlier scheduled on Monday, but was postponed due to clouds impacting the ability to test a new ampoule ejection system.

Jun 13, 2017

NASA's Curiosity rover discovers diverse environment on Mars

Studying rock layers can yield information about Mars' past habitability, and determining minerals found in layers of sedimentary rock yields data about the environment in which they were formed.

Jun 12, 2017

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Boomerang Nebula: Mystery behind Universe's coldest object solved!

When Boomerang Nebula was first observed in 1995, astronomers had noted that it was absorbing the light of Cosmic Microwave Background, which is the leftover radiation from Big Bang.

Jun 8, 2017

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Rosewell UFO Crash: More controversial revelations made! [VIDEO]

Former deputy sheriff Charles H Forgus saw bodies of around four creatures, approximately five feet tall and large eyes and feet similar to humans.

Jun 8, 2017

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NASA's Hubble telescope spots distant Vermin Galaxy

The NASA researchers compared the disc of debris surrounding HD 107146 to the cluster of asteroids present in the Kuiper Belt in our Solar system.

Jun 7, 2017

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NASA's Hubble discovers the brightest galaxies of the universe!

The cohort of researchers revealed that only a few dozen of these luminous infrared galaxies are scattered in the universe.

Jun 7, 2017

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NASA discovers Jupiter-like hottest exoplanet

This strange exoplanet is 2.8 times more massive than the gas giant Jupiter and possesses half its density.

Jun 6, 2017

NASA to launch new manned Mars rovers in 2020

Astronauts would be sent to deep space farther than Earth's orbit by 2019 with the help of NASA's Space Launch System.

Jun 5, 2017

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Citizen scientists discover brown dwarf 100 light years away

Brown dwarfs are spread throughout the Milky Way, the galaxy in which our solar system dwells.

Jun 4, 2017

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NASA to launch its first-ever neutron star exploring mission with NICER [VIDEO]

This one of a kind investigation of the neutron stars -- pulsars -- will begin a week post the installation of the explorer.

Jun 3, 2017

NASA's Curiosity rover: Ancient Martian lake might have supported life

The main aim of the Curiosity rover when it landed inside Gale Crater in 2012 was to find out if Mars ever possessed any environmental conditions which supported microbial life.

Jun 2, 2017

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Is Moon habitable? NASA's LRO discovers water ice on the lunar surface's south pole

In the late 1990s, hydrogen-rich areas were found on Moon with the help of NASA's LRO, but it was hard to identify whether hydrogen was present in the form of water or not.

Jun 1, 2017

NASA: Cassini discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus may have tipped over due to asteroid collision

The area around the icy moon's current south pole is a geologically active region where long, linear fractures referred to as tiger stripes slice across the surface.

May 31, 2017

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NASA's Curiosity rover discovers silica-rich 'halos' on Martian surface

The halos were first analysed in 2015 with Curiosity's science payload, including the laser-shooting Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument.

May 31, 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

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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