Juno mission: The historic Jupiter orbit insertion ends in celebration!
The spacecraft fired its main engine for 35 minutes and scrubbed 1,212 mph from its initial 37,000 mph velocity.
Jul 05, 2016, 08:39 AM IST
Cruising to Jupiter: 10 things you need to know about NASA's Juno mission!
Juno, the first solar-powered mission to Jupiter, using its special instruments, will peer beneath the swirling clouds, unlocking secrets about the planet and the entire solar system.
Jul 02, 2016, 15:57 PM IST
Juno on Jupiter's doorstep: Stunning view of giant planet and its largest moons (Pic inside)!
As per NASA, the scene was captured by the mission's imaging camera, called JunoCam, which is designed to acquire high resolution views of features in Jupiter's atmosphere from very close to the planet.
Jun 27, 2016, 23:20 PM IST
Watch this interesting movie-like trailer for NASA's Juno mission!
The US space agency NASA's Juno spacecraft will soon enter orbit around the largest planet, Jupiter in few weeks.
Jun 23, 2016, 21:43 PM IST
Australia's Parkes telescope discovers key feature of life outside solar system!
Molecules associated with life, such as amino acids, proteins, enzymes and sugars, are found in nature in only one form.
Jun 15, 2016, 09:10 AM IST
NASA's Juno spacecraft to enter orbit around Jupiter on July 4
The US space agency NASA's Juno spacecraft will soon enter orbit around Jupiter in less than a month.
Jun 10, 2016, 23:45 PM IST
Juno mission arrival at Jupiter: NASA announces coverage, media activities
Once in Jupiter’s orbit, Juno will circle the Jovian world 37 times during 20 months, skimming to within 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) above the cloud tops.
Jun 03, 2016, 10:13 AM IST
Did our Sun steal 'Planet 9' 4.5 billion years ago?
Computer-simulated study suggests that our sun, in its youth some 4.5 billion years ago, stole Planet 9 from its original star.
Jun 01, 2016, 14:29 PM IST
NASA's New Horizons detects first-ever object beyond orbit of Neptune
Captured from the spacecraft's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) in April, the images shatter New Horizons' own record for the closest-ever views of this KBO in November 2015 when New Horizons detected "JR1" from 280 million km away.
May 18, 2016, 11:04 AM IST
Wow! NASA’s Kepler mission makes big announcement; verifies 1,284 planets!
Whether it is a new planet, a number of stars – even exploding ones – or a circumbinary planet, Kepler has never failed to disappoint the curious minds of space enthusiasts.
May 11, 2016, 02:54 AM IST
Watch: NASA's Hubble discovers Moon orbiting dwarf planet Makemake
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a small, dark Moon orbiting the dwarf planet Makemake.
Apr 27, 2016, 10:54 AM IST
From Jupiter to Mars: Five amazing things to know about our solar system!
Here are some amazing things you must know about our solar system this week.
Apr 26, 2016, 15:59 PM IST
NASA's Saturn probe detects interstellar dust for first time
In a first, NASA's Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn has detected and analysed the faint but distinct signature of interstellar dust coming from beyond our solar system.
Apr 15, 2016, 13:11 PM IST
Our moon tilted by five degrees, lunar ice reveals
A new study reveals that Moon's 'wandering poles' shifted long ago.
Mar 24, 2016, 14:58 PM IST
Planet with eccentric orbit spotted
A team of researchers has spotted an extrasolar planet about 117 light-years from Earth that boasts the most eccentric orbit yet seen.
Mar 19, 2016, 13:40 PM IST
See pic: NASA illustrates mesmerizing behaviour of the sun's magnetic fields!
This time, the US space agency has once again managed to get us hooked on to the fiery star after it released an image depicting the sun's magnetic fields.
Mar 16, 2016, 11:11 AM IST
Rare 'Curious Marie' that helped form solar system discovered
The team found evidence of curium in an unusual ceramic inclusion they called "Curious Marie", taken from a carbonaceous meteorite.
Mar 06, 2016, 11:44 AM IST
Earth is special, indeed
The team discovered that if you bring the model forward 13.8 billion, none of the known 700 quintillion possible planets look like Earth.
Feb 21, 2016, 15:26 PM IST
Five new 'hot Jupiters' discovered using WASP instrument
The newly discovered planets were designated WASP-119 b, WASP-124 b, WASP-126 b, WASP-129 b and WASP-133 b, 'Phys.Org' reported.
Feb 18, 2016, 16:28 PM IST
Planets similar to earth have identical interiors
In comparison, about a third of the Earth's mass is in its core.
Feb 09, 2016, 10:45 AM IST
