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Space: NASA's Webb telescope spots its first Earth-like exoplanet

Researchers have confirmed an exoplanet, a planet that orbits another star, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope for the first time.

Jan 12, 2023

NASA mission spots 2nd Earth-size world within 'habitable zone'.

Space: NASA mission spots 2nd Earth-size world 'TOI 700 e' within 'habitable zone'

NASA mission has discovered a second Earth-sized, rocky planet within the habitable zone of its star -- the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet's surface.

Jan 11, 2023

Space: From NASA mission to private trips, humankind gets closer to Moon

From a crewed NASA mission to private spacecraft roaring to explore the Moon, the year 2023 promises to be the final lap towards sending humans, including a woman and a person of colour, to the lunar surface in 2024.

Dec 26, 2022

Methane from the waste sector makes up about 20% of human-caused methane emissions. A new project from a nonprofit group, Carbon Mapper, will use NASA instruments and data to measure emissions from landfills around the globe

NASA sensors to detect methane produced by landfills globally

NASA sensors will soon help scientists detect methane emitted by landfills across the globe, according to the US space agency.

Dec 15, 2022

NASA's new moon rocket Artemis I lifts off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Wednesday, November 16, 2022. (Photo:IANS/NASA) Release Date & Time: 2022-11-16 13:00

Space: NASA's Orion spacecraft successfully completes Artemis I mission

After travelling 1.4 million miles through space, NASA's Orion spacecraft has landed on the Earth, the final major milestone of the Artemis I mission.

Dec 12, 2022

NASA Orion spacecraft makes closest flyby of Moon at 130 kms distance.

Space: NASA's Orion spacecraft on course to return to Earth on Dec 11

After a historic flyby just 128 km from the surface of the Moon, NASA's Orion spacecraft is on course for its return to Earth on December 11.

Dec 6, 2022

Space: NASA's Artemis I Moon surpasses Apollo 13's record set in 1970

NASA's uncrewed Orion spacecraft has surpassed the record set in 1970 by the crew on Apollo 13's aborted mission to land on the Moon.

Nov 29, 2022

Hubble captures unusual galaxy merger in ancient universe

Space: Hubble captures unusual galaxy merger ' Arp-Madore' in ancient universe

The NASA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an unusual galaxy merger in the ancient universe.

Nov 26, 2022

Space: NASA's Mars helicopter makes a short yet significant flight

NASA engineers have taken its Mars Ingenuity helicopter on a short but important 18-second successful flight to test new capabilities.

Nov 26, 2022

Space: NASA Orion spacecraft makes closest flyby of Moon at 130 kms distance

NASA's Orion spacecraft has successfully performed its first Moon flyby as part of the uncrewed Artemis I mission, to pass within 130 kms of the lunar surface.

Nov 23, 2022

Humans can live on Moon for longer periods in this decade: NASA

Not just SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the US space agency also thinks that humans could stay on the Moon for a longer period in this decade.

Nov 21, 2022

Space News: NASA's uncrewed Artemis 1 mission lifts off finally to Moon

The US space agency on Wednesday finally sent its next-generation rocket into space as part of its ambitious, uncrewed Artemis I Moon mission which faced two failed attempts amid years of delays and billions of dollars spent.

Nov 16, 2022

NASA confirms discovery of destroyed shuttle Challenger artifact after 36 years.

NASA confirms discovery of destroyed shuttle Challenger artefact 36 yrs on; Watch it on Nov 22

A TV documentary crew seeking the wreckage of a World War II-era aircraft has discovered an artefact from the destroyed space shuttle Challenger that killed seven astronauts aboard, including a school teacher, in 1986.

Nov 12, 2022

NASA targets Mid November for Artemis 1 moon rocket launch

NASA again gears up for Artemis I Moon mission launch attempt

After several failed attempts, the US space agency is hopeful that on November 14, it will be able to finally launch the Artemis I Moon mission into space.

Nov 7, 2022

Gaia BH1: Astronomers spot closest-known Black Hole to Earth

A team of astronomers using the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF's NOIRLab in the US, has discovered the closest-known Black Hole to Earth.

Nov 7, 2022

NASA prepares to bid goodbye to 'Mars InSight lander'; Ending its mission

NASA's Mars InSight lander is set to fall silent in the next few weeks, ending its history-making mission to reveal secrets of the Red Planet's interior.

Nov 2, 2022

NASA forms team to study UFOs, conspiracy theorists expect alien disclosure

The new study on UFOs is expected to last for nine months

Oct 27, 2022

Space: NASA kicks off study to unravel UAP or UFOs' mysteries

NASA has kicked off a study to help scientists learn more about unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) or UFOs (unidentified flying objects).

Oct 25, 2022

Space News: NASA's James Webb takes star-filled portrait of Pillars of Creation

NASA has announced that its James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape -- the iconic Pillars of Creation, where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust.

Oct 20, 2022

Space: NASA set to break sound barrier again for future air travel

NASA aeronautical innovators are poised to break the sound barrier again, this time in a very different way that could make it possible for all of us to one day travel by air just as fast as any of the X-1 pilots who flew supersonic.

Oct 16, 2022