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ISRO’s maiden home-made dust detector detects interplanetary dust particles striking Earth every 1,000 seconds- Earth’s new Quasi-Moon might be a Russian satellite; Why this Harvard astrophysicist thinks so and what is its Venus connection
- Bus-size asteroid races towards Earth today. Will it pass by or endanger our planet? Here's its name, size, distance from Earth, orbital path
- Three 'invisible' city-killer asteroids could strike earth within weeks, scientists warn- here’s all about themAstronomers are warning about three massive asteroids orbiting Venus with unstable paths that could potentially strike Earth within weeks. ...29 May, 2025, 01.52 AM IST
- Three massive asteroids hidden in Venus’ shadow could hit Earth with force a million times greater than Hiroshima bombScientists have identified three massive asteroids, hidden near Venus, that pose a significant impact threat to Earth. These city-killers, ...28 May, 2025, 09.02 PM IST
- 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
- Is a failed Soviet spacecraft from the Cold War era about to crash into Earth; and where could it land?A defunct Soviet spacecraft from 1972, originally built to land on Venus, is now hurtling back to Earth after over 50 years in orbit. Expec...01 May, 2025, 04.08 PM IST
- NASA found seven more dark comets, the weird celestial objects that may have brought life to earthNASA researchers have discovered seven more dark comets, bringing the total to 14. These objects resemble asteroids but behave like comets,...10 Dec, 2024, 01.14 PM IST
- Why does Jupiter have 95 moons and Earth only one? Why moons are not pulled in by sun? Mystery unraveled, details hereJupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are much larger than Earth, Mars, Mercury and Venus and they have larger Hill sphere radii. They are al...01 Jul, 2024, 08.00 PM IST
- ‘Planet killer’ asteroid found hidden in Sun’s glare. Read to know details“2022 AP7” is a planet killer found in the twilight by Scott Sheppard and his team.03 Nov, 2022, 12.15 AM IST
- Why is everyone so obsessed with going to Mars? Here are some other worlds ripe for explorationLast year the United States, the United Arab Emirates and China all launched missions to Mars, taking advantage of the relatively short jou...16 Jun, 2021, 11.32 AM IST
- What has Japan's Hayabusa2 mission accomplished?Launched on Dec. 3, 2014, the unmanned Hayabusa2 spacecraft touched down twice on the asteroid Ryugu, more than 300 million kilometres (190...07 Dec, 2020, 05.34 PM IST
- India, France holding discussions for inter-planetary missions to Mars, VenusISRO and French National Space Agency had agreed to work together on autonomous navigation of rovers on Moon, Mars and other planets.15 Apr, 2018, 09.58 PM IST
- Remember that Tesla Elon Musk shot into space? It may crash back to EarthWhile rocket test flights usually have a dummy payload, SpaceX founder Musk sent up his personal Tesla Roadster instead.19 Feb, 2018, 01.38 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
- NASA probe to search for rare asteroids sharing Earth's orbitWashington, Dec 13 (IANS) While heading towards asteroid Bennu, NASA said its first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to the Earth ...13 Dec, 2016, 10.54 AM 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
- US looks to work with India in deep space explorationThe unthinkable is already happening in space, India and America are together planning to explore the last unknown frontier. Until recently...19 Jul, 2015, 03.15 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
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