'A 4-day drive from Delhi to Mars’: Why this cold desert in India is becoming a training ground for Martian experimentsLadakh’s harsh and unique environment is now central to India’s analogue space research, replicating conditions on Mars and the Moon. With ...
28 Nov, 2024, 01.00 PM IST
Moon had oceans? ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 uncovers lunar's oceanic mysteryISRO's Chandrayaan-3 mission data supports the Moon's once molten state, suggesting it was covered in a magma ocean. Measurements from the ...
22 Aug, 2024, 02.21 PM IST
Moon's surface once an ocean of magma, Chandrayaan-3 data suggestsData from ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the theory that the Moon was once covered in a magma ocean. Analysis of the lunar soil by t...
21 Aug, 2024, 10.04 PM IST
This NASA satellite is exploring a goldmine worth $100,000 quadrillion in spaceNASA’s Psyche mission aims to explore the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche, potentially worth $100,000 quadrillion. The mission, expected to r...
29 Jul, 2024, 09.47 AM IST
Psyche: NASA spacecraft embarks on mysterious mission to find rare metal asteroidNASA's Psyche spacecraft has begun its six-year journey to a metal-covered asteroid. This will be the first exploration of a metal world, w...
14 Oct, 2023, 04.18 PM IST
Formation of Moon brought water to Earth: StudyThe Earth is the only terrestrial planet with a large amount of water and a relatively large moon, which stabilises the Earth's axis. Both ...
22 May, 2019, 11.44 AM IST
- NASA's Dawn mission to asteroid belt nears end
Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) After 11 years of gathering breathtaking imagery, and performing unprecedented feats of spacecraft engineering, Da...
08 Sep, 2018, 02.32 PM IST
'Meteorites brought water to Earth in first two million years'Different sources of water in the solar system are commonly compared to Earth's water by measuring the ratio of the hydrogen isotope deuter...
21 Jan, 2018, 12.39 PM IST
New images shows earliest stages of planet formationScientists have captured new images of a young star, located about 450 light-years away from Earth, which show the very earliest stages in ...
18 Mar, 2016, 07.25 PM IST
NASA's Dawn spacecraft maps Ceres in unprecedented detailNASA's Dawn spacecraft has provided the closest-yet views of Ceres, mapping its features in detail, including the 6 km high 'pyramid' spott...
26 Aug, 2015, 01.12 PM IST
NASA's Dawn spacecraft spots pyramid-shaped peak on CeresNASA has captured more images of mysterious bright spots on Ceres, and also spotted a baffling pyramid-shaped peak towering over a flat lan...
24 Jun, 2015, 06.35 PM IST
Moon formed 4.47 billion years ago: studyResearch indicates numerous kilometre-sized fragments from the giant impact struck main belt asteroids at much higher velocities to form th...
17 Apr, 2015, 12.59 PM IST
NASA's Dawn spacecraft begins approach to dwarf planet CeresNASA's Dawn spacecraft has entered an approach phase in which it will continue to close in on Ceres, a Texas-sized dwarf planet never befor...
01 Jan, 2015, 05.25 PM IST