- How hidden stars may impact search for Earth-like planets
Washington, July 12 (IANS) Researchers have found that hidden stars may make planets appear smaller than they actually are, complicating th...
12 Jul, 2017, 03.27 PM IST
- Dassault Systemes sets eyes on space exploration, faster transport
Los Angeles, Feb 7 (IANS) From collaborating with engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for designing a next-generation space...
07 Feb, 2017, 11.00 AM IST
- NASA establishes virtual institute for small spacecraft systems
Washington, Oct 22 (IANS) NASA said it will establish a virtual institute to advance the field of small spacecraft systems at its Ames Rese...
22 Oct, 2016, 04.20 PM IST
NASA's Kepler probe spots youngest exoplanet everThe planet, K2-33b, is slightly larger than Neptune and whips tightly around its star every five days. It is one of the very few newborn pl...
21 Jun, 2016, 02.06 PM IST
Space project aims for the stars, wants India on boardThe project was announced on April 12, 2016, in New York, by Russian internet billionaire Yuri Milner and world-famous cosmologist Stephen ...
25 Apr, 2016, 01.31 PM IST
'Robotarium' to provide scientists with remote access to robotsResearchers will schedule experiments, upload their own programming code, watch robots in real-time via streamed video feeds and receive sc...
18 Jan, 2016, 12.28 PM IST
The key to colonizing Mars could be tiny green microbesIn science fiction, we find humans harvesting fields of wheat under terraformed Martian skies and growing rows of potatoes inside climate-c...
23 Sep, 2015, 04.09 PM IST
New Pluto images show stunning complexityNew close-up images of Pluto from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft have unveiled a bewildering variety of surface features that have scientis...
11 Sep, 2015, 02.53 PM IST
NASA discovers an Earth-like planet 'Kepler 452b'Using NASA's planet-hunting space telescope, called Kepler, a team announced today that Kepler 452b is the most Earth-like planet every dis...
24 Jul, 2015, 12.51 PM IST
Pluto has 11,000 feet high, young ice mountains: NASANew close-up images of a region near Pluto's equator show a range of youthful mountains rising as high as 11,000 feetabove the surface of t...
16 Jul, 2015, 12.27 PM IST
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captures mysterious dark spots on PlutoThe spots are connected to a dark belt that circles Pluto's equatorial region. What continues to pique the interest of scientists is their ...
12 Jul, 2015, 05.35 PM IST
Driest place on earth found in Atacama Desert, ChileResearchers have discovered the driest location on Earth in the Atacama Desert in Chile – and they were surprised to find some bacteria liv...
19 May, 2015, 07.16 PM IST
Experimental Ebola vaccine found safe, effectiveThe experimental vaccine for Ebola, VSV-ZEBOV, has common side effects like site pain and transient fever that appeared and resolved within...
02 Apr, 2015, 05.16 PM IST
Kepler exoplanet tally passes 1,000: NASAOf more than 1,000 verified planets found, eight are less than twice Earth-size and in their stars' habitable zone, the US space agency sai...
11 Jan, 2015, 03.43 PM IST
- Cashew processors now bet on flavoured nuts to expand reach
Growing appreciation of value-added products in both domestic and global markets has attracted even foreign players to the Indian cashew in...
23 Sep, 2010, 01.37 AM IST
- India signs agreement with US to carry out lunar exploration
India, along with seven other countries, has signed a landmark agreement with the United States to carry out lunar exploration.
27 Jul, 2008, 08.11 AM IST
- South Korea research institute forges ties with NASA
South Korea's top research organisation said it cemented Sunday a deal with NASA to work together to develop satellites and other space tec...
27 Jan, 2008, 11.58 AM IST