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In 1964, NASA first tracked a satellite with lasers; the method later helped measure sea-level rise and ice loss- Scientists turned Antarctic radio waves into music, and the strange sounds from Earth’s magnetic field are now becoming nine albums that could make space weather research feel unexpectedly close to home
- Astronomers Are Creating Stars With Lasers, and the Reason Might Lead to New Worlds
- Astronomers Can Make Stars on Demand, and the Reason Is Surprisingly CleverAstronomers are now creating 'artificial stars' using powerful lasers to overcome Earth's atmospheric distortions that blur telescope image...07 Mar, 2026, 04.06 PM IST
- Alien visitor on Mars? NASA finds 'unusual' 31-inches wide rock on red planet that didn't belong there, scientists stunnedNASA's Perseverance rover found a peculiar rock on Mars. Its composition suggests it may have originated from beyond our solar system. The ...20 Nov, 2025, 03.31 PM IST
- Where will the ‘city killer’ asteroid YR4 hit? These are the countries that are under its potential strike zoneNASA has identified a risk corridor in which the asteroid 2024 YR4 could collide with Earth in December 2032.15 Feb, 2025, 02.12 AM IST
- Laser on NASA’s LRO successfully ‘pings’ Chandrayaan-3 Moon landerThe Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) on the Vikram lander of India's Chandrayaan-3 mission was involved in the experiment, which now opens ...19 Jan, 2024, 06.12 PM IST
- India over the moon as ISRO goes the distanceAfter the US, Russia and China, India becomes the fourth country to make a soft landing on the moon's surface and the first to reach near i...24 Aug, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
- ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 endeavour receives ground support from space agencies of US, EU and AustraliaIndia launched its third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, in collaboration with various international space agencies including the European Sp...17 Jul, 2023, 05.42 PM IST
- To study Moon from its surface, Earth from orbitChandrayaan-3, India’s third Moon mission, has an added ‘desi’ element to it. “Unlike Chandrayaan-2, when the landing was tracked through a...14 Jul, 2023, 11.56 AM IST
- NASA's DART mission first step to prevent possible armageddon, say Indian scientistsIn a first-of-its-kind mission, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft successfully crashed into an asteroid on Tuesday to ...27 Sep, 2022, 05.29 PM IST
- $2.1 mn hypercar Venom F5 with 1,817 HP engine all set to break the world speed recordThe $2.1 million coupe is considerably faster than the Hennessey Venom GT .16 Dec, 2020, 05.55 PM IST
- NASA to launch satellite tracking Earth's melting ice on SaturdayWashington, Sep 12 (IANS) NASA is set to launch its Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2 -- that will track Earth's melti...12 Sep, 2018, 02.02 PM IST
- Nasa set to launch space laser to track Earth's melting ice30 Aug, 2018, 03.04 PM IST
- NASA launching laser satellite to study Earth's changing iceWashington, Aug 24 (IANS) NASA is launching a laser-armed satellite next month that will measure -- in unprecedented detail -- changes in t...24 Aug, 2018, 10.27 AM IST
- NASA scientists to survey unexplored stretch of Antarctic iceWashington, Dec 15 (IANS) NASA scientists are set to embark on a 756-kilometre expedition in one of the most barren landscapes on Earth to ...15 Dec, 2017, 01.52 PM IST
- Gravitational waves from neutron stars' merger just the beginningWashington, Oct 17 (IANS) In yet another interstellar feat, scientists at the LIGO detectors and the world over detected the first "ripples...17 Oct, 2017, 08.17 AM IST
- Hot Mercury could harbour more ice than previously thoughtNew York, Sep 20 (IANS) There could be much more ice on Mercury's surface than previously thought, suggests new research adding to previous...20 Sep, 2017, 03.42 PM IST
- Isro sows seeds of future interstellar missionsThe sprites, once accelerated by laser, will reach up to 15% to 20% of the speed of light. Even with such great speeds, it will take over 2...31 Jul, 2017, 09.10 AM IST
- NASA stopwatch can measure billionth of secondEngineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre in the US built the timer for for the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) ...28 Mar, 2017, 05.54 PM IST
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