What’s Causing Cracks on the Moon’s Surface?Once thought dormant, the Moon is now revealed to be a dynamic world. Cooling and contracting, its crust fractures, creating cliffs and gen...
23 Feb, 2026, 03.54 PM IST
Will 3I/ATLAS break up? Astronomers look for proof of Alien Mothership ‘Interstellar Visitor’ approaching SunIf 3I/ATLAS is a naturally occurring comet, its close approach to the Sun could cause it to break apart into fragments. Comets commonly dis...
10 Oct, 2025, 06.29 PM IST
Why Harvest supermoon 2025 is unique; Extra high tides, coastal flooding, and spiritual side-effects - emotional release, clarity expected based on Native American, Celtic beliefsCoastal flooding, super bright sky, all possibilities amid supermoon of harvest seasons; why this moon is archaically proven to be extremel...
07 Oct, 2025, 07.40 AM IST
Forget the Solstice: The real shortest day of your life might be coming this summer - mark the datesEarth may soon experience its shortest day ever. Scientists predict this could happen on July 9, 22, or August 5. The planet is spinning fa...
26 Jun, 2025, 12.43 AM IST
Bizarre new find: Scientists say Uranus' moon could be home to aliensOur universe has a lot secrets which are yet to be uncovered while scientists work tirelessly day and night to know about them. In a recent...
02 Nov, 2024, 11.34 PM IST
The Moon is silently inching away from Earth; here's what it means for usThe length of the days is impacted by the Moon's slow but steady drift away from Earth, which may also have an impact on the planet's futur...
04 Sep, 2024, 01.27 AM IST
Scientists puzzled why this dwarf planet has ring, not moon. See detailsScientists are puzzled by recent observations of a distant planet in our solar system, Quaoar, which has a dense ring surrounding it instea...
09 Feb, 2023, 10.56 PM IST
Cyclone Amphan: About 4.5 lakh evacuated from Odisha, West BengalAs per data received from the state governments, the chief of the the federal contingency force added, about 1.20-1.25 lakh people have bee...
20 May, 2020, 12.55 PM IST
China successfully launches satellite to explore dark side of MoonIt was carried by a Long March-4C rocket that blasted off at 5:28 AM (local time) from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center, t...
21 May, 2018, 05.37 PM IST
Mars may have had rings, and they may come back: StudyDepending on where the Roche limit is, Hesselbrock and David Minton believe this cycle may have repeated between three and seven times over...
22 Mar, 2017, 04.36 PM IST
Moon may have formed from collision of tiny 'moonlets'The study also claims that the Moon we see now is not Earth's first moon, but rather the last in a series of moons that orbited our planet.
10 Jan, 2017, 06.16 PM IST
Saturn's moons younger than thought: StudyScientists measured Saturn's Love number - the rigidity of a planet - for the first time and confirmed Saturnian moons move away from the p...
08 Dec, 2016, 12.42 PM IST
- Saturn moons younger than previously thought: Study
New York, Dec 8 (IANS) Saturn's moons may be younger than previously thought, says a study based on freshly-harvested data from NASA's Cass...
08 Dec, 2016, 11.25 AM IST
- Pluto's frozen surface may hide a vast liquid ocean
New York, Nov 17 (IANS) Pluto's frozen surface may conceal a liquid ocean lying deep beneath, suggests new research based on analysis of fe...
17 Nov, 2016, 02.42 PM IST
Phases of Moon affect rainfall on Earth: StudyWhen the Moon is high in the sky, it creates bulges in the planet's atmosphere that creates imperceptible changes in the amount of rain tha...
31 Jan, 2016, 12.56 PM IST
Mars to lose its largest moon, Phobos, but gain a ringThe resulting rubble from Phobos - rocks of various sizes and a lot of dust - would continue to orbit Mars and quickly distribute themselve...
25 Nov, 2015, 01.05 PM IST
Earth's gravitational pull shrinking the Moon: NASAEarth's gravity has influenced the orientation of thousands of faults that form in the lunar surface as the Moon shrinks, NASA has revealed.
16 Sep, 2015, 04.53 PM IST