Comet 3I/ATLAS is the largest, fastest-moving, oldest object ever seen: Can probes catch the tail of Manhattan-sized space visitor?Two space probes, Hera and Europa Clipper, are ideally positioned to fly through the debris trail of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. This offe...
27 Oct, 2025, 09.22 AM IST
NASA alert: Giant jet-sized Asteroid to whiz past Earth tomorrow at shocking speed of 28,000mphA newly discovered asteroid, 2025 QD8, roughly the size of a commercial jet, is set to pass Earth at a distance of 135,465 miles. While cla...
03 Sep, 2025, 12.34 AM IST
NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxiesNASA's Spherex observatory launched into orbit to map the entire sky in infrared, aiming to explain galaxies' formation and universe expans...
12 Mar, 2025, 10.04 AM IST
Step into Space with NASA's latest 3D video as it takes you through the cosmic 'Pillars of Creation'NASA has unveiled a stunning 3D visualization of the 'Pillars of Creation' located in the Eagle Nebula, combining images from the Hubble an...
29 Jun, 2024, 12.26 PM IST
Blue spiral gets spotted in Hawaii’s night sky. See what was itThe residents of Hawaii were in for a freaky surprise when a blue spiral was spotted in the night sky in the area.
01 Feb, 2023, 12.54 AM IST
Largest payload on board mission to study Sun will be handed over to ISRO tomorrowThe VELC payload would be formally handed over to ISRO Chairman S Somanath at IIA's CREST campus on Thursday. "It's a milestone in the deve...
25 Jan, 2023, 05.20 PM IST
New asteroid strike images show impact 'a lot bigger than expected'The James Webb and Hubble telescopes on Thursday revealed their first images of a spacecraft deliberately smashing into an asteroid, as ast...
30 Sep, 2022, 05.46 PM IST
- NASA's flying telescope to study Saturn's moon, comets
Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) NASA has said its flying observatory Sofia is preparing for its 2018 campaign, which will include, among others, ...
30 Dec, 2017, 12.52 PM IST
- Asteroid to pass by Earth on Thursday
Washington, Oct 11 (IANS) A small asteroid will safely pass by Earth on Thursday at a distance of approximately 42,000 kilometres, just abo...
11 Oct, 2017, 11.27 AM IST
- Asteroid flyby to help NASA test global tracking network
New York, July 30 (IANS) A small asteroid that is expected to fly close to the Earth in October will help NASA to test its network of obser...
30 Jul, 2017, 01.57 PM IST
- Astronomers find methanol around Saturn moon Enceladus
London, July 5 (IANS) Using a ground-based telescope, astronomers have detected large quantities of methanol around Saturn moon Enceladus -...
05 Jul, 2017, 01.32 PM IST
- NASA, Italian Space Agency to probe cosmic X-ray mysteries
Washington, June 21 (IANS) NASA has signed an agreement with Italian Space Agency for the launch of a probe that will provide important clu...
21 Jun, 2017, 06.13 PM IST
Large asteroid to hurtle past Earth on April 19"Although there is no possibility for the asteroid to collide with our planet, this will be a very close approach for an asteroid this size...
14 Apr, 2017, 09.02 PM IST
- Big asteroid to fly 'very close' to Earth in mid-April: NASA
Washington, April 8 (IANS) A large near-Earth asteroid discovered nearly three years ago will fly safely past Earth on April 19th, US space...
08 Apr, 2017, 05.00 AM IST
Robots could assemble extremely large telescopes in spaceDesign of a modular space telescope may allow telescope components to be launched incrementally, enabling the design and deployment of extr...
14 Jul, 2016, 12.55 PM IST
NASA's 'flying' telescope begins studying asteroids, starsNASA's "flying" telescope aboard a highly modified Boeing 747SP jetliner has begun its fourth series of flights to map planets, asteroids, ...
22 Feb, 2016, 03.15 PM IST
Giant asteroid to whizz past Earth on October 31A potentially hazardous giant asteroid with an 'extremely eccentric' orbit is set to fly past the Earth on October 31 at over 125,529 kilom...
19 Oct, 2015, 06.10 PM IST