Life beyond our solar system: NASA may send probe to nearby exoplanet by 2069
Although most of the technology NASA needs for such a mission does not exist yet, it could involve travelling at one-tenth the speed of light.
Dec 20, 2017, 17:12 PM IST
How Jupiter's jet streams change directions decoded
Jupiter's cycle is called the quasi-quadrennial oscillation, or QQO, and it lasts about four Earth years.
Dec 19, 2017, 17:58 PM IST
Three new crew members welcomed aboard the International Space Station
The crew members will spend about six months conducting approximately 250 science investigations in fields such as biology, Earth science, human research, physical sciences and technology development — research that impacts life on Earth.
Dec 19, 2017, 17:41 PM IST
Scientists on alien existence: Much more common in the universe than thought
Strengthening the case for life existing elsewhere in the universe, there is evidence of a diverse group of organisms that had already evolved extremely early in the Earth's history.
Dec 19, 2017, 17:08 PM IST
NASA's robotic mission to explore solar system awaits final concepts
Current New Frontiers missions are New Horizons to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, Juno at Jupiter, and the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission, now heading to the asteroid Bennu for arrival in 2018.
Astronauts lose additional bone due to space radiation, but not muscle: Study
The findings raise intriguing questions about the relationship between bone and muscle, especially for humans on Earth dealing with age-related bone and muscle loss.
Dec 18, 2017, 14:55 PM IST
SpaceX first: Recycled rocket soars with recycled capsule
SpaceX has now managed to return 20 of its rocket boosters after launch, whether on land or on a floating ocean platform, as part of its effort to re-use instead of jettison costly rocket components.
SpaceX to launch cargo mission to the space station on Friday
The launch will take place from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Dec 15, 2017, 13:14 PM IST
Here's how Google AI helped NASA in its discovery of two exoplanets
The Google AI found exoplanets using data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope.
Dec 15, 2017, 11:24 AM IST
Big Kepler revelation: NASA discovers a solar system just like ours with eight planets
Sitting around a Sun-like star 2,545 light years away in the constellation Draco, Kepler-90i – like Earth – is also the third rock from its sun - though it sits much closer, circling its star every 14.4 days.
Dec 15, 2017, 08:35 AM IST
Touchdown! Expedition 53 astronauts make successful descent to Earth from ISS
The Expedition 54 crew continues operating the station, with Alexander Misurkin of Roscosmos in command.
Dec 14, 2017, 17:32 PM IST
Decades-old space mystery solved with shoebox-sized satellite
Earth's radiation belts, known as the Van Allen belts, are layers of energetic particles held in place by the planet's magnetic field.
Dec 14, 2017, 14:13 PM IST
NASA to screen 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' for astronauts aboard ISS
Rian Johnson's space opera will be screened at the ISS with the American space agency sending a screener to the astronauts.
Dec 14, 2017, 13:15 PM IST
Dazzling meteor shower to brighten the night skies
Meteor showers are named after the location of the radiant, usually a star or constellation close to where they appear in the night sky. The Geminid radiant is in the constellation Gemini.
Rowling, Malala, Usain Bolt picked out in constellations
The new constellations based on modern day inspirational figures were created in a bid to get more children looking up to the stars and interested in the universe.
Dec 13, 2017, 19:11 PM IST
Space-like environment can produce life's building blocks: Study
The researchers used several advanced techniques including electron stimulated desorption (ESD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and temperature programmed desorption (TPD).
Ceres an active, evolving world. Not dead as previously thought: NASA
The researchers presented the latest results about the bright areas at the American Geophysical Union meeting in New Orleans on Tuesday.
Dec 13, 2017, 14:12 PM IST
New Horizons' next flyby target may have a moon
The New Horizons probe, which flew past Pluto in 2015, is set to encounter the Kuiper Belt object, referred to as 2014 MU69, on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, 2019.
Why meteoroids often blow up before hitting Earth
The new research, published in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, suggests that Earth's atmosphere is a better shield from meteoroids than previously thought.
Dec 12, 2017, 17:44 PM IST
NASA's Juno unveils the roots of Jupiter's Great Red Spot - Watch
Juno also has detected a new radiation zone, just above the gas giant's atmosphere, near the equator.
Dec 12, 2017, 16:28 PM IST
