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‘Earth is warming at its fastest pace in 10,000 years — business leaders must heed the Anthropocene’The 25th ET Awards for Corporate Excellence featured a special address by Mrs Meera Jain. She highlighted the pressing need to address clim...- NASA's Kepler telescope spots over 200 new planet candidatesThe new data is the most comprehensive and detailed catalogue of candidate exoplanets, which are planets outside our solar system, from Kep...
- NASA moves up launch of mission to metal asteroidWashington, May 25 (IANS) NASA has announced plans to launch its mission to a unique metal asteroid a year ahead of the original schedule.
- Cassini's first dive between Saturn and its rings successful: NASAWashington, April 27 (IANS) Cassini's first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings on April 26 was succes...
- NASA may send robotic probe to Europa in search of lifeIn early 2016, NASA's Planetary Science Division began apre-Phase A study to assess the science value and engineering design of a future Eu...
- NASA's Cassini probe sees seasonal changes on TitanWashington, Oct 21 (IANS) Scientists have said NASA's Cassinis mission has allowed them to observe the pattern of seasonal changes on Satur...
- NASA probe finds hint of cloud on PlutoNew York, Oct 19 (IANS) Scientists from NASAs New Horizons mission claim to have identified some cloud candidates on Pluto after examining ...
- Don't miss amazing ultraviolet view of MarsWashington, Oct 18 (IANS) NASA's MAVEN mission has returned images showing the ultraviolet glow from the Martian atmosphere in unprecedente...
- NASA's tiny 'shoe box' satellites to study Earth's atmosphereNASA has selected four new miniature satellites to be developed, built and launched into low-Earth orbit to test emerging technologies.
- Landing site of China's first lunar lander named "Moon Palace"China today named the landing site of its first moon lander Chang'e-3 as "Guang Han Gong" or "Moon Palace", more than two years after the s...
- NASA launches online tools to let users explore MarsMars Trek is a free application that provides high-quality, detailed visualisations of the planet using data from 50 years of exploration.
- NASA testing Mars lander for 2016 missionExamining the planet's deep interior could reveal clues about how all rocky planets, including Earth, formed and evolved, NASA said.
- NASA probe beams back its first colour image of PlutoThe uncertainty should clear up this summer, when New Horizons gets history's first good look at the two frigid, faraway objects, 'Space.co...
- NASA spacecraft set for first Pluto encounterThe spacecraft is entering the first of several approach phases that culminate on July 14 with the first close-up flyby of Pluto.
- New Mars route may make manned mission cheaper and easierAlthough launch and cruise costs remain the same, the big burn to slow down and hit the Martian bull's-eye - as in the Hohmann scenario - i...
- Mars Curiosity rover reaches its primary destinationAfter more than two years of touching down on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover has finally reached the foothills of Mount Sharp, the primary de...
- 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...
- CBDT can't decide if organisation is involved in research: HCTax authorities cannot decide on whether an organisation can be considered a `scientific research organisation' so as to avail tax concessi...
- ‘I-T dept can’t tax research work’The Bombay High Court, in a recent order, came down heavily on the Income-Tax Department, which unilaterally injected an application for ex...
- India signs agreement with US to carry out lunar explorationIndia, along with seven other countries, has signed a landmark agreement with the United States to carry out lunar exploration.
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