Google to mark the 50th year of Apollo 11 mission with AR
Ahead of the upcoming 50th anniversary of mankind's first successful trip to the moon, Google has recreated the Apollo 11 rocket's command module with Augmented Reality (AR).
Jul 11, 2019, 15:31 PM IST
India's heavy rocket 'Bahubali' gearing up for Moon
India's heavy-lift rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle - Mark III (GSLV Mk III), nicknamed as 'Bahubali', and its passenger Chandrayaan-2 are being readied up for their historic flight to the Moon on July 15.
Jul 11, 2019, 15:18 PM IST
Earth's largest radio telescope to search for 'new worlds'
Radio detection of exoplanets aims at the physical characterization of exoplanets and comparative studies with solar system planets.
Jul 11, 2019, 15:03 PM IST
Earth is special: NASA shares breathtaking images of home planet clicked from outer space
'Earth is special. It's the only place in the universe that we know contains life,' said NASA.
Jun 20, 2019, 21:42 PM IST
Two planets that could support life discovered
Images captured at the Calar Alto Observatory in Almeria, southern Spain, and two other Spanish telescopes allowed researchers to analyse, in great detail, the Teegarden star a cold red dwarf only around 12.5 light years away from our solar system, Efe news reported.
Jun 19, 2019, 12:28 PM IST
NASA's Mars 2020 rover to explore ancient life
The goal of the Mars 2020 rover is to look for signs of ancient life. It will be the first spacecraft to collect samples of the Martian surface, caching them in tubes that could be returned to Earth on a future mission, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.
NASA study confirms global warming quicker than expected
AIRS (Atmospheric Infra-Red Sounder) shows Earth's surface has been warming up 'more quickly than previously thought' in the past 15 years.
Apr 17, 2019, 13:40 PM IST
NASA's planet-hunting probe discovers Earth-size world outside solar system
Located outside of our solar system, the new 'Earth' size world is likely rocky and circles very close to its star, completing one orbit in just under eight days, says NASA.
Apr 16, 2019, 13:29 PM IST
Earth may not appear as blue in another 80 years: Study
The findings showed that climate change has been significantly affecting phytoplankton -- the tiny sea creatures -- in the world`s oceans, which will lead to the change in colour -- intensifying its blue and green regions.
Feb 07, 2019, 14:25 PM IST
MIT study claims that earth may not appear as blue by 2100. Here's why
The findings showed that phytoplanktons in the oceans across the world are significantly affected by the climate change.
Feb 05, 2019, 20:09 PM IST
Citizen scientists find new planet, twice Earth's size, using NASA telescope
Located 226 light-years away in the constellation Taurus, the planet lies in a stellar system known as K2-288.
Jan 10, 2019, 16:43 PM IST
Pune man 'spots' alien object outside his window, writes to PMO
He felt certain that this "alien object" was sending critical information about Earth to its home planet,
Dec 28, 2018, 10:08 AM IST
Earth's oldest known evolved rocks result of collision of asteroids
The oldest evolved rocks on Earth are the consequence of asteroids colliding with the planet 4 billion years ago, an Australian research released on Tuesday revealed.
Aug 14, 2018, 09:30 AM IST
Mars closest to Earth in 15 years, watch it live on your mobile phone
In October 2020, such a phenomenon will again take place.
Jul 31, 2018, 12:52 PM IST
Mars to be closest to the Earth today in 15 years, spectacle to be visible from India
Mars which is already brighter than usual, will shine even more and will appear to be bigger on Tuesday.
Jul 31, 2018, 10:54 AM IST
NASA's newest planet hunter begins search for more planets around nearby stars
TESS is NASA`s latest satellite to search for planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.
Aliens on Mars? Liquid lake discovered on the Red Planet
The researchers said it could take years to verify whether something is actually living in this body of water that resembles a subglacial lake on Earth.
Jul 26, 2018, 10:02 AM IST
Quadrillion tons of diamonds may be hidden in Earth, far from anyone's reach
Shaped like inverted mountains, cratons can stretch as deep as 200 miles through the Earth’s crust and into its mantle, geologists refer to their deepest sections as “roots.”
Jul 23, 2018, 18:10 PM IST
Mars to come closest to Earth in 15 years, next month
Perihelic opposition will occur on July 27 and bring Mars closest to Earth.
Jun 18, 2018, 21:30 PM IST
Evidence of stars forming only 250 million years after Big Bang found by astronomers
Scientists are said to have found traces of first stars which suggests that they winked to life roughly 250 million years after the Big Bang.
May 24, 2018, 00:45 AM IST
