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350 years later Newton's Law of Gravity just got put to the ultimate test — here's how it didNewton’s Law of Gravity just survived its biggest cosmic test. Scientists studied nearly 686,000 galaxies spread across 7 billion light-yea...
Scientists hunt for origins of the mysterious 'sun goddess' particleScientists have new insights into the Amaterasu particle, one of the strongest ever detected. Initial observations suggested it came from a...
Earthquake mystery: What were the glowing lights in the Turkey sky? Here’s the science behind itFollowing a 4.2-magnitude earthquake in Turkey, unusual floating lights were observed, now being studied as rare 'earthquake lights' (EQL)....
Uranus Spins Sideways, the Stranger Story Is What That Does to the Space Around ItUranus spins on its side, creating a wild magnetosphere. Unlike Earth's stable bubble, Uranus's magnetic field is lopsided and constantly s...
Those Northern Lights Aren’t Just Pretty, They’re Telling Us Something About SpaceAuroras are more than just beautiful lights. Scientists now use three-dimensional maps to understand auroras as monitors of space weather. ...
ISRO gives an update on Aditya-L1; says solar wind particle experiment payload starts opsThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has confirmed that the Aditya Solar wind Particle Experiment payload on India's solar satelli...
Extremely high energy "Sun Goddess" particles baffle scientists. Here is all you need to knowNamed 'Amaterasu' after the sun goddess in Japanese mythology, these are one of the highest-energy cosmic rays ever detected. Know everythi...
Aditya L1 escapes Earth's sphere of influence: ISROThe Aditya-L1 Mission spacecraft has travelled beyond a distance of 9.2 lakh kilometres from Earth, successfully escaping the sphere of Ear...
Solar mission Aditya takes STEPS to collect info on energetic particles from spaceIndia's solar mission, Aditya L1, has begun studying energetic particles in the solar wind from space. STEPS has been functioning from with...
ISRO's solar mission successfully performs another manoeuvre, craft on course to reaching Sun-Earth L1 pointThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully performed the Trans-Lagrangean Point 1 Insertion (TL1I) manoeuvre for its ma...
Aditya-L1 starts collection of scientific data: IsroThe sensors of the Supra Thermal & Energetic Particle Spectrometer (STEPS) instrument have begun measuring supra-thermal and energetic ions...
Aditya-L1 starts collection of scientific data: ISROIndia's first-ever space expedition to study the Sun, the Aditya-L1, has started collecting scientific data. The Supra Thermal & Energetic ...
- Submit your name to go onboard NASA's new solar mission
Washington, March 30 (IANS) NASA is inviting people around the world to submit their names online to be placed on a microchip aboard NASAs ...
Student satellite helps solve major space mysteryThe CubeSat mission, called the Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment (CSSWE), houses a small, energetic particle telescope to measure ...
- 'Trip to Mars could cause dementia in astronauts'
Washington, Oct 11 (IANS) Astronauts travelling to Mars might be at risk of long-term brain damage and even dementia due to galactic cosmic...
Scientists confirm the existence of cosmic neutrinosA team of Antarctic scientists has just verified the existence of cosmic neutrinos - tiny, energetic particles that might hail from far rea...
Mars-bound astronauts face dementia risk from cosmic raysAstronauts could develop irreversible dementia because their brains will be bombarded with destructive space radiation, researchers, includ...
NASA spacecraft finds mysterious dust cloud on MarsThe presence of the dust at orbital altitudes from about 150 kilometres to 300 kilometres above the surface was not predicted, NASA said.
Irregularities in Earth's atmosphere can distort GPS signalsSignals travelling between Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and electronic devices, especially at high latitudes, can get distort...
Proposed in 1960s, theoretical cousin of the Higgs Boson foundThe particle, which was first proposed in the 1960s, finally appeared at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN near Geneva, in 2012.