Flying across Jupiter's clouds, NASA's Juno gets close to a 'rosy' storm – See pic
During the course of its 11th science flyby of the solar system's giant planet, Juno captured a massive close-up view of a storm with bright cloud tops.
Mar 19, 2018, 15:55 PM IST
NASA installs new instrument aboard ISS to measure the Sun's energy
TSIS-1 studies the total amount of light energy emitted by the Sun using the Total Irradiance Monitor, one of two sensors onboard.
Mar 19, 2018, 15:05 PM IST
New AI-based technique identifies 6,000 new craters on the moon
Compared to manual counting, the method was able to identify twice as many craters, clocking up the crater count to 6,000.
Mar 19, 2018, 13:01 PM IST
Save the date! ISS Expedition 56 crew members to make their journey on March 21
The Soyuz spacecraft that will carry the three individuals is scheduled to arrive at the space station on March 23.
Mar 19, 2018, 12:14 PM IST
Stephen Hawking's final research paper could hold clues to prove existence of multiple universes
The paper sets out to prove the idea that our cosmos is only one of many universes.
Mar 19, 2018, 10:33 AM IST
NASA's planet-seeking Kepler space telescope may run out of fuel within several months
NASA's Kepler 'K2' mission has already completed 16 campaigns, and this month entered its 17th.
Mar 16, 2018, 12:14 PM IST
NASA remembers scientific legend Stephen Hawking, calls him 'a longtime friend'
The acclaimed British physicist breathed his last in the early hours of Wednesday, March 14.
Mar 15, 2018, 17:10 PM IST
Space travel may cause long-term change in DNA, reveals NASA's Twin Study
When retired astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth in March 2016, NASA carried out its Twin Study on him and his twin brother Mark Kelly.
Mar 15, 2018, 15:27 PM IST
Jupiter's iconic 'Great Red Spot' shrinking, but getting taller, says NASA
The study confirms that the storm has been decreasing in length overall since 1878 and is big enough to accommodate just over one Earth at this point.
Mar 14, 2018, 15:17 PM IST
Good news for sky gazers! NASA invites public for cloud observation challenge
NASA in collaboration with GLOBE Programme is inviting all the cloud gazers across the world to take part in the citizen science cloud observation challenge.
Mar 14, 2018, 15:03 PM IST
Out-of-control Chinese space station photographed as it plunges towards Earth – See pic
Analysts have claimed that the 8.5-tonne module could smash into the American state of Michigan on April 3.
Mar 14, 2018, 13:35 PM IST
NASA's 'HAMMER' spacecraft will swat away asteroids before they hit Earth
'HAMMER' stands for Hypervelocity Asteroid Mitigation Mission for Emergency Response.
Mar 13, 2018, 16:55 PM IST
Arrested development: NASA's Hubble unearths 'relic galaxy' near Milky Way
The galaxy NGC 1277 started its life with a bang long ago, ferociously churning out stars 1,000 times faster than seen in our own Milky Way today.
Mar 13, 2018, 14:17 PM IST
NASA's acting chief Robert Lightfoot to retire in April
His retirement adds more uncertainty about the American space agency's leadership.
Mar 13, 2018, 11:32 AM IST
This is where analysts believe the Chinese space lab will crash-land – Read
Although most of the craft will burn up when it ploughs into the atmosphere, between 10 and 40 percent of its mass could survive and plunge to Earth.
Mar 13, 2018, 10:06 AM IST
Google AI that helped NASA find exoplanets now open for all
Google hopes the open-sourced code will prove a useful starting point for developing similar models for other NASA missions, like K2 (Kepler's second mission) and the upcoming "Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite" mission.
Mar 12, 2018, 17:06 PM IST
SpaceX will be ready to fly its Mars rocket in 2019: Elon Musk
Musk, who has been quite vocal about his Mars plans, on Sunday said, “We are building the first ship, or interplanetary ship, right now.”
Mar 12, 2018, 16:34 PM IST
Fifteen new planets including a habitable 'super-Earth' discovered
The research team found that the star K2-155d could potentially have liquid water on its surface based on three-dimensional global climate simulations.
Mar 12, 2018, 13:53 PM IST
NASA reveals plans for future missions to Moon
NASA said it plans to enlist a series of commercial robotic landers and rockets to meet lunar payload delivery and service needs.
Mar 09, 2018, 17:52 PM IST
Juno revelation: Jupiter's mysterious jet-streams are 'unearthly'
The findings, based on based on data collected by the Juno mission, will improve understanding of Jupiter's interior structure, core mass and, eventually, its origin.
Mar 08, 2018, 13:25 PM IST
