Soviet spacecraft bound for Venus got stuck in Earth's orbit for 50 years and now threatens usKosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft from 1972, is returning to Earth. The mission to Venus failed, trapping the spacecraft in Earth's orbit. No...
06 May, 2025, 01.17 PM IST
NASA spacecraft 'safe' after closest-ever approach to SunNASA's Parker Solar Probe successfully completed its closest-ever approach to the Sun on December 24. The spacecraft, which flew 3.8 millio...
27 Dec, 2024, 11.52 AM IST
Venus has likely signs of life, claims research paper. Details hereSigns of life in Venus planet? A research paper has found elements that are linked to life.
01 Aug, 2024, 08.27 AM IST
Intriguing lights on Venus revealed: Meteors, not lightningA recent study challenges the belief that lightning is responsible for the mesmerizing light shows on Venus. Instead, researchers propose t...
17 Sep, 2023, 02.35 PM IST
NASA report finds no evidence that UFOs are extraterrestrialNASA's independent study team has released a report on UFOs, now referred to as UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena), characterizing the...
16 Sep, 2023, 05.40 PM IST
Nasa has announced two missions to Venus by 2030: Here's why that's excitingIn the latest announcement from Nasa's solar system exploration programme, two missions have been given the go-ahead - and they're both bou...
06 Jun, 2021, 11.29 AM IST
NASA gets ready to head to Venus - first time in decades - with two new missionsVenus has lately received less scientific attention than Mars.
03 Jun, 2021, 06.33 PM IST
How long is the solar system's longest day? Venus has the answerThe study also measured the tilt of the Venusian axis and size of the planet's core, allowing for a deeper understanding of an enigmatic wo...
03 May, 2021, 11.02 PM IST
- Venus' clouds could harbour microbial life: Study
New York, March 31 (IANS) While the surface conditions on Venus are known to be inhospitable, with temperatures soaring above 450 degrees C...
31 Mar, 2018, 05.42 PM IST
NASA's 2018 to do list includes mission to 'touch' SunNASA Probe is scheduled for launch in 2018 to explore the Sun's outer atmosphere. The probe will use Venus' gravity over nearly 7 years to ...
31 Dec, 2017, 03.42 PM IST
- What will be NASA's next big solar system mission?
Washington, May 6 (IANS) A new mission to Saturn's moons Titan or Enceladus to find signs of life beyond Earth cannot be ruled out as NASA ...
06 May, 2017, 11.20 AM IST
Venus mission: ISRO invites proposals for space experimentsThough no time-frame has been set by the ISRO for the ambitious mission, indications are that the Indian Venusian orbiter mission may not h...
24 Apr, 2017, 07.19 PM IST
2016: A year that unlocked mysteries of our solar system!A newly discovered "great valley" in the southern hemisphere of Mercury provided more evidence that the small planet closest to the Sun is ...
27 Dec, 2016, 02.27 PM IST
Strong 'electric wind' removed water components from Venus' atmosphere: studyScientists discovered electric field is so strong that it can accelerate the heavy electrically charged component of water-oxygen to speed ...
21 Jun, 2016, 03.17 PM IST
Mars mission: Indian origin researcher wins NASA contest for conceptThe 2016 portfolio of Phase I concepts cover a wide range of innovations selected for their potential to revolutionise future aerospace mis...
09 Apr, 2016, 05.53 PM IST
Five projects on shortlist for NASA's next planetary missionThe NASA Discovery Program is sorting through suggestions for the agency's next spaceflight investigation. NASA released a shortlist of jus...
01 Oct, 2015, 02.31 PM IST
NASA, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in talks to set up Joint Mars Working GroupBoth the missions of NASA & ISRO will arrive at Mars just in time to join the fleet of Mars-based spacecraft that could witness the effects...
11 Sep, 2014, 02.10 PM IST