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What is Planet Nine, and where is it? Mystery of large hidden planet beyond Neptune explainedWhat is Planet Nine, and where is it? The question has fascinated astronomers for years. Scientists believe a massive undiscovered planet m...
Don’t miss tonight’s sky surprise: The ‘hidden’ truth behind May’s Flower Moon Micromoon—and why it looks smaller than you expect | How to get the best viewA micromoon occurs when the Moon reaches its farthest point from Earth in its orbit, a position known as apogee. Unlike a supermoon, which ...
How NASA's Artemis II moon mission will unfoldNASA's Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a 10-day journey around the moon and back, marking the first crewed lunar mission si...
Declassified at last: U.S. Space Force shares rare image from secret X-37B spacecraft, leaves space fans in aweThe U.S. Space Force has shared a rare image from the classified X-37B spacecraft, which has been conducting secretive missions for 15 year...
Scientists stumble upon a strange ‘Super-Earth’; Here's what makes it so unusualScientists from Oxford University have confirmed the discovery of HD 20794 d, a “super-Earth” exoplanet located 20 light-years away, which ...
After historic 100th launch, ISRO’s NVS-02 satellite encounters orbit-raising hurdleIndia’s space agency, ISRO, has confirmed a critical technical issue with its NVS-02 navigation satellite, launched on 29 January aboard th...
ISRO signs Technical Implementing Plan with European Space Agency for network operation support for Gaganyaan missionsIndia's ISRO and Europe's ESA joined forces. They signed an agreement for Gaganyaan mission support. ESA will help track the Indian spacecr...
Satellite station in Australia receives signals from Proba-3: European Space AgencyOn Thursday, ISRO successfully placed the two satellites of the Proba-3 mission into a high elliptical orbit. Proba-3 lifted off on a PSLV-...
ISRO’s Proba-3 mission just hours away from launch: All you need to knowPSLV-XL Proba-3 launch: India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL (PSLV-XL) will launch the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 mission f...
ISRO to launch ESA's Proba-3 mission on December 4ISRO's PSLV will launch ESA's Proba-3 mission from Sriharikota on December 4, 2023. This collaboration with ISRO's NewSpace India Limited (...
India to launch ESA's Proba-3 spacecraft in December: Jitendra SinghIndia is set to launch the European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission in early December from the Sriharikota spaceport. The mission, scheduled...
Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch Polaris Dawn. Astronauts to take first commercial spacewalk, go farther from Earth than any other missionElon Musk's SpaceX will launch the "Polaris Dawn" mission, which will take four persons 870 miles from Earth, the furthest distance in more...
Chandrayaan-3 completes final lunar orbit manoeuvre to pave way for Vikram's separationThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully positioned Chandrayaan-3 into an orbit of 153km x 163km, marking an importan...
China's experimental spaceship works normally in orbitThe experimental spaceship was launched without crew by China's new large carrier rocket Long March-5B from the Wenchang Space Launch Centr...
- NASA's Parker Solar Probe lifts off successfully
Miami, Aug 12 (IANS) NASA on Sunday successfully launched the Parker Solar Probe, the US space agency's historic small car-size probe to "t...
- NASA's MMS creates new Guinness World Record
Washington, Nov 5 (IANS) NASA has said its Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, or MMS -- that is giving scientists new insight into Earths m...
'Giant black hole 660 million times bigger than Sun'The mass of a supermassive black hole at the centre of a nearby giant elliptical galaxy is 660 million times greater than that of the Sun, ...
Most eccentric planet spotted 117 light-years from EarthResearchers have spotted an extrasolar planet, about 117 light-years from Earth, that boasts the most eccentric orbit ever seen.
NASA working to avoid traffic jams around MarsThe US space agency has beefed up a process of traffic monitoring, communication and manoeuvre planning to ensure that Mars orbiters do not...
Mars Orbiter team wins US awardIndia's Mars Orbiter programme team has won the 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the science and engineering category from the US based National...