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Earth’s new Quasi-Moon might be a Russian satellite; Why this Harvard astrophysicist thinks so and what is its Venus connectionProfessor Avi Loeb suggests Earth's new quasi-moon, 2025 PN7, might be a relic of the 1960s Soviet space race. His research indicates its o...28 Oct, 2025, 02.17 PM IST- Earth to get a new moon? Meet 2024 PT5, our temporary mini-moon for 53 days!Earth is set to temporarily capture a new mini-moon, a small asteroid named 2024 PT5, from September 29 to November 25. Discovered by the A...14 Sep, 2024, 11.37 PM IST
- Why we are all Kissingerians nowThe combination of war-war and jaw-jaw is less Churchillian, and more Bismarckian, in that both German natives (the former US secretary of ...01 Dec, 2023, 12.43 AM IST
- People blame Mercury 'in retrograde' as the cause behind all their problems. But what does it actually mean?It seems a bit rough that we blame Mercury for all our problems three to four times a year when it's in retrograde. But what does it mean w...09 May, 2023, 08.43 AM IST
- Orbit of Chandrayaan-2's lander lowered, one step closer to Moon landingThe space agency will perform one more de-orbit manoeuvre on Wednesday, before the powered descent on September 7 for its landing in the so...03 Sep, 2019, 04.42 PM IST
- ISRO to inject Chandrayaan 2 into lunar orbit Tuesday"It's tomorrow morning (tentatively between 8.30 am and 9.30 am). It's challenging," Chairman of ISRO, K Sivan, said.19 Aug, 2019, 01.52 PM IST
- After crucial manoeuvre, Chandrayaan-2 leaves earth orbit, heads to MoonThe spacecraft, now on "Lunar Transfer Trajectory", is expected to reach the moon's orbit on August 20 with the soft landing of rover on th...14 Aug, 2019, 08.42 PM IST
- How did we get to Pluto so fast?On July 14th, the New Horizons spacecraft will make history when it sails past Pluto, formerly known as the ninth planet.13 Jul, 2015, 12.53 PM IST
- Mars Orbiter Mission (Mangalyaan) completes 300 days in spaceMangalyaan, on its maiden tryst with the red planet, has completed 300 days of its journey in space and is just 23 days away from reaching ...02 Sep, 2014, 01.02 PM IST
- India's Mars orbiter spacecraft has to travel only 88 million km for tryst with the red planetOn its 300-day voyage in deep space, Mars Orbiter Mission has to travel only 88 million km more in its heliocentric trajectory to reach Mar...15 Aug, 2014, 06.45 PM IST
- No correction manoeuvre in August, Mars Orbiter Mission on track: ISROLast month, ISRO said Mars Orbiter spacecraft had covered more than 540 million km, which is about 80 per cent of its journey.01 Aug, 2014, 10.54 AM IST
- Country's Mars orbiter spacecraft to reach target in 75 daysMars Orbiter Spacecraft has travelled 525 million km on its heliocentric arc. Radio signals from earth now take 15 minutes to reach MOM and...12 Jul, 2014, 01.50 PM IST
- Mars orbiter completes 75 per cent of journeyIndia's Mars orbiter spacecraft has completed 75 per cent of its journey for its rendezvous with the red planet scheduled for September 24.04 Jul, 2014, 02.58 PM IST
- India's Mars mission crosses half the distanceIhe Indian space mission to Mars today crossed half the total distance to the red planet from Earth and was very much along the designated ...09 Apr, 2014, 04.02 PM IST
- India's Mars mission 200 days away from reaching destination"If everything goes as planned, MOM will get inserted into its Martian orbit around, exactly after 200 days from today," the space agency s...07 Mar, 2014, 07.39 PM IST
- Isro's Mars orbiter Mangalyaan completes 100 days in spaceThis is the first Indian-made object sent into deep space from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota on November 5 last year.12 Feb, 2014, 11.58 AM IST
- Mars mission successfully completes 100 days in space tomorrowIndia's first inter-planetary probe Mars Orbiter Spacecraft will be completing 100 days in space tomorrow in its voyage towards the red pla...11 Feb, 2014, 08.59 PM IST
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