NASA Probe

NASA's entry into the Sun's upper atmosphere 'Corona'

The spacecraft of the US space agency NASA has created history. For the first time in history, a NASA spacecraft has officially “touched” the sun, plunging through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona.

Dec 15, 2021, 15:00 PM IST

NASA's Osiris-Rex: ’Historical meeting' in space

A NASA probe orbiting an asteroid over 100 million miles from Earth snatched a sample from the celestial body's rocky surface.

Oct 22, 2020, 10:06 AM IST

Saturn's moon Titan or a comet – What will NASA's 2025 probe be?

Out of the two missions, which one will actually be finalised will be known by 2019.

Dec 21, 2017, 13:16 PM IST

NASA probes detect man-made bubble around Earth

The impact of such communications extend out beyond our atmosphere, creating a bubble surrounding Earth, NASA`s Van Allen Probes, which study electrons and ions in the near-Earth environment, have revealed. 
 

May 18, 2017, 13:21 PM IST

NASA probe helps measure brightness of universe

Researchers from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in the US used archival data from the instrument onboard New Horizons - the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager, or LORRI - to measure visible light from other galaxies.

Apr 12, 2017, 17:28 PM IST

3D images show what lies beneath Mars poles

The information will help scientists better understand Martian climate changes and may allow them to determine the age of the polar caps without using climate models.

Jan 04, 2017, 19:49 PM IST

NASA probe all geared up to search for 'rare' asteroids sharing Earth's orbit

While heading towards asteroid Bennu, the NAS has claimed that its 'numero uno' mission to return a sample of an asteroid to the Earth will also search for “Trojan” asteroids.

Dec 13, 2016, 11:28 AM IST

New Horizons: 5 discoveries NASA probe made on its journey to Pluto

Here are five discoveries of the multiple discoveries NASA’s probe made as it dashed past Pluto.

Dec 16, 2015, 17:41 PM IST