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Jupiters poles are a stark contrast to the more familiar orange and white belts and zones encircling the planet at lower latitudes. (Photo: Pixabay)Life
Jupiter-like exoplanet discovered by amateur astronomer

Due to such proximity to the star, the temperature of the atmosphere KPS-1b is much higher than that of Jupiter.

20 May 2018 3:13 PM IST

The mystery has gripped the internet as speculation mounts about the potential for a discovery of alien life on the red dwarf star known as Ross 128 -- despite the best attempts of astronomers to put such rumors to rest. (Photo: AFP)Life
Atmospheric seasons could signal alien life

It's a tricky business, since biosignatures based on single measurements of atmospheric gases could be misleading.

10 May 2018 8:41 PM IST

In this image taken from NASA on August 24, 2018, the asteroid Bennu is seen from an image obtained from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraf. (Image: AFP)Science
NASA spacecraft approaches asteroid, snaps first pic

The spacecraft is designed to circle Bennu, and reach out with a robotic arm to

26 Aug 2018 8:26 AM IST

This computer image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows two drum-shaped and solar-powered Minerva-II-1 rovers on an asteroid. JAXA said confirmation of the rovers touchdown has to wait until it receives data from them. (JAXA via AP)Science
Japan space rovers lowered to asteroid to collect data

An unmanned spacecraft released two Minerva-II-1 rovers on the asteroid Ryugu in an effort to get clues to the origin of...

21 Sept 2018 7:53 PM IST

SpaceX is poised for a high stakes launch, after a pair of accidents including an explosion in June 2015 two minutes after liftoff. (Photo: AFP)Science
SpaceX to transport super-computer to space for deep-space missions

The super-computer will direct astronauts on future deep-space missions.

14 Aug 2017 7:54 AM IST

One artists concept of Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, the next flyby target for NASAs New Horizons mission. This binary concept is based on telescope observations made at Patagonia, Argentina on July 17, 2017 when MU69 passed in front of a star. New Horizons theorize that it could be a single body with a large chunk taken out of it, or two bodies that are close together or even touching. (Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/Alex Parker)Science
New Horizons spacecraft may have two targets this time

Could the next flyby target for NASA's New Horizons spacecraft actually be two targets?

8 Aug 2017 2:22 PM IST

This computer generated image released shows a visualization of cosmic flows: blue streamlines converge on the Shapley Attractor, red streamlines trace back the velocity field to its divergent point. (Photo: AFP)Science
Push and pull: How the Milky Way flies

Astronomers said they had discovered a void in deep space that helps explain the direction in which we are headed, and...

31 Jan 2017 8:13 AM IST

The cargo spacecraft mission provides an \important technological basis\ to build a Chinese space station (Photo: AFP)Science
Spacecraft unveiled for first Europe mission to Mercury

The craft has an unusual design, comprising a "stacked aircraft" carrying two orbiters -- one European, the other...

6 July 2017 6:39 PM IST

The elements that make stars over millions of years ago help make up most of the body with over two dozen elements in the body including sulphur and phosphorous. (Photo: Pixabay)Science
The fastest stars in the Milky Way might not actually be from this...

A group of astronomers have shown that the fastest-moving stars in our galaxy are in fact runaways from a much smaller...

6 July 2017 10:38 AM IST

Nasa has pinpointed C/2016 U1 NEOWISE as a comet, which is set to fly close to Earth this week.Science
NASA sending 'futuristic' atomic clock to space

The clock will be smaller, lighter with magnitudes more precise than any atomic clock flown in space before

22 March 2017 2:38 PM IST

The moon will be the closest to Earth since 1948 at a distance of 356,509 kilometres (221,524 miles), creating what NASA described as \an extra-supermoon\. (Representational image)Science
Scientists: Moon over the hill at 4.51 billion years old

The moon formed within 60 million years of the birth of the solar system.

12 Jan 2017 8:03 AM IST

Flight Analog Program Manager, Lisa Spence, toasts with sparkling grape juice the HERA XIII crew for a successful end to the first 45-day mission. Credits: NASAScience
Goodbye HERA, Hello Sleep: NASA's HERA XIII crew returns home

This mission was the first of its kind to last 45 days, as well as incorporate sleep reduction for research purposes.

20 July 2017 10:51 AM IST

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