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NASA's Hubble discovers a stunning galaxy duo in Hare constellation

The pace of these galaxies is way too swift for them to unite and form a single galaxy, but as the separation between them is small, around 20,000 light-years.

May 15, 2017

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Cassini Grand Finale: NASA's spacecraft discovers brightest cloud rings on Saturn's moon Titan

Titan is the only celestial body apart from Earth which is known to harbour liquid water on its surface. Titan also experiences changes in seasons.

May 15, 2017

NASA: Mystery behind oxygen discovered on Comet 67P finally revealed!

Molecular oxygen is present on Earth in abundance, but is hardly found anywhere else in the universe.

May 13, 2017

Human civilization on Mars: 5 ways how the Red Planet is fatal for humans!

Spacefarers going to Mars would face these five life-threatening issues, hence they should be cautious to survive on the planet

May 12, 2017

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NASA detects signs of water on newly-discovered Neptune-sized alien world

Astronomers have just begun to investigate the atmospheres of these distant planets, and almost right away have found an example that goes against the trend in our solar system.

May 12, 2017

NASA's NuSTAR makes new revelations about supermassive blackholes in merging galaxies

Stars, debris and gas are known to orbit black holes for long time spans till the materials are pushed in because of major disturbances.

May 11, 2017

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Five observatories join hands to reveal more about the stunning Crab Nebula [VIDEO]

The Crab Nebula possesses a super-dense neutron star at its center, which rotates once at every 33 milliseconds and emits radio waves and light -- referred to as 'pulsar'.

May 11, 2017

NASA records X-Class solar flare in February 2014

Solar flares are bursts of radiation from the surface of the Sun. While they cannot harm humans on Earth directly, they can cause disruptions to communication satellites

May 5, 2017

NASA's Mars Rover examines active linear dunes on the Red Planet

One of the questions that this Martian dune campaign is addressing is how exactly the winds shaped the dunes that are located so closely.

May 5, 2017

Cassini's Grand Finale: Watch the NASA spacecraft explore Saturn during its first dive [VIDEO]

The video shows the swirling vortex present on the north pole of Saturn, it also shows the outer boundary of the hexagon-shaped jet stream which is located around 78°N and beyond.

May 4, 2017

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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory discovers a giant hot wave in the Perseus galaxy [VIDEO]

Like all galaxy clusters, majority of the noticeable matter of this galaxy too transform into pervasive gas, which attains temperature as high as tens of millions of degrees and it radiates only in X-rays.

May 3, 2017

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NASA's SOFIA confirms a nearby star system is similar to our solar system

A planet having a mass similar to that of Jupiter orbits the eps Eri star at a similar distance at which the gas giant Jupiter orbits the Sun.

May 3, 2017

NASA contributes ShadowCam to Korea for its first lunar exploration mission

The ShadowCam is scheduled to be launched in 2018 and it will analyse the PSRs on a monthly basis to shed light on the seasonal changes.

May 2, 2017

NASA's Cassini discovers 'The Big Empty' between Saturn and its rings

There are 21 more dives that the spacecraft is yet to make, and out of them four will be through the inner most Saturn rings, during which using the antenna as a shield would be important.

May 2, 2017

NASA's Cassini reveals mysterious features after its close tryst with Saturn & its rings! [VIDEO and PHOTOS]

The Cassini encountered Saturn's atmosphere at an altitude of 3,000 km as well as the innermost visible edge of the rings which is within 300 km. The photos it released are simply breathtaking.

Apr 28, 2017

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NASA discovers an icy planet having Earth's mass using microlensing

Located at a distance of 13,000 light-years away from Earth, this planet orbits its parent star at a distance which is equal to the distance at which Earth orbits the Sun.

Apr 27, 2017

ISS spots stunning lightning and mysterious UFOs! ESA officials claim the objects are not meteors [VIDEO]

ESA's Space Debris Office clearly said that the mysterious unidentified objects in this video cannot be classified as debris as they can be seen intact with constant luminosity.

Apr 26, 2017

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NASA's Cassini captures a giant canyon Ithaca Chasma on Saturn's moon Tethys

This photo of Tethys was captured when Cassini was at a distance of around 356,000 kilometres (221,000 miles) from the icy moon.

Apr 25, 2017

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NASA's Cassini bids final goodbye to Saturn's moon Titan; heads towards its Grand Finale

The evolving features of Saturn's hazy moon Titan have been dubbed "magic island" by the researchers.