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What is a comet, where does it come from, why does it have long streaming tail?The nucleus is at the center of the comet, from where dust and ice stretch and they get illuminated when the sunlight falls on them. This i...08 Sep, 2023, 09.03 PM IST- There is an 'Earth-like' ninth planet near Neptune in our own solar system, find Japanese scientistsJapanese astronomers have proposed the existence of an Earth-like planet in the Kuiper Belt, a region beyond Neptune's orbit. The planet, i...07 Sep, 2023, 11.17 AM IST
- NASA spacecraft spots next flyby target from over 160 mn kmsWashington, Aug 29 (IANS) NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has detected its next flyby target, which is an icy world a billion kilometres pas...29 Aug, 2018, 05.22 PM IST
- Astronomers find first carbon-rich asteroid in Kuiper BeltWashington, May 10 (IANS) Astronomers have discovered an unusual carbon-rich asteroid in the Kuiper Belt -- the first of its kind to be con...10 May, 2018, 02.07 PM IST
- NASA spacecraft captures farthest images away from EarthThat picture was part of a composite of 60 images looking back at the solar system, on February 14, 1990, when Voyager was 6.06 billion kil...09 Feb, 2018, 02.28 PM IST
- Spend next New Year's Eve with new spacecraft: NASANew York, Jan 7 (IANS) NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which flew past Pluto in 2015, will encounter the most primitive and most distant ob...07 Jan, 2018, 01.02 PM IST
- NASA seeks nickname for New Horizons' next flyby targetOn January 1, 2019, the New Horizons spacecraft will fly past a small, frozen world in the Kuiper Belt -- 1.6 billion km past Pluto and at ...07 Nov, 2017, 02.15 PM IST
- NASA seeks nickname for New Horizons' next flyby targetOn January 1, 2019, the New Horizons spacecraft will fly past a small, frozen world in the Kuiper Belt -- 1.6 billion km past Pluto and at ...07 Nov, 2017, 02.12 PM IST
- Planet Nine does exist in our solar system: NASAWashington, Oct 16 (IANS) NASA believes a ninth planet does exist that might be 10 times the mass of Earth and 20 times farther from the Su...16 Oct, 2017, 12.17 PM IST
- New Horizons' next flyby target could be two icy bodiesWashington, Aug 5 (IANS) Even as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft gets ready for the most distant flyby in the history of space exploration, ...05 Aug, 2017, 03.17 PM IST
- NASA releases new maps of Pluto, CharonWashington, July 15 (IANS) To mark the two-year anniversary of New Horizons' historic Pluto flyby, NASA has released new maps of Pluto and ...15 Jul, 2017, 11.07 AM IST
- Mysterious Mars-sized object lurking at edge of solar systemNew York, June 25 (IANS) Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have found evidence of an unknown, Mars-sized "planetary mass object"...25 Jun, 2017, 11.12 AM IST
- NASA's New Horizons set to meet next flyby targetWashington, April 4 (IANS) Continuing on its path through the outer regions of the solar system, NASAs New Horizons spacecraft has now trav...04 Apr, 2017, 11.10 AM IST
- New Horizons probe healthy after hiccup: NASAWashington, Feb 11 (IANS) NASA said its New Horizons spacecraft is healthy and operating normally after just over 24 hours in a protective ...12 Feb, 2017, 08.15 AM IST
- New Horizons' last bit of Pluto data reaches EarthWashington, Oct 28 (IANS) It took more than a year but the last bits of science data from New Horizons' Pluto flyby -- stored on the spacec...28 Oct, 2016, 10.47 AM IST
- Space around Pluto nearly dust free: NASASpace environment around Pluto and its moons is almost empty, containing only about six dust particles per cubic mile, according to data.18 Mar, 2016, 02.06 PM IST
- Planetoid beyond Pluto New Horizons' next destinationThis remote Kuiper Belt object (KBO) known as 2014 MU69 was one of two identified as potential destinations and the one recommended to NASA.31 Aug, 2015, 01.36 PM IST
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