3I/ATLAS Interstellar Comet: When will it return — and did NASA detect signs of life beyond Earth after its October 29 observation?As interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS races away from the Sun, astronomers are working to decode its story. Each observation adds to the understan...
31 Oct, 2025, 11.18 PM IST
Rocket launch today: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches 3 spacecraft for NASA and NOAARocket launch today: SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched three spacecraft from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The mission includes...
25 Sep, 2025, 02.28 AM IST
NASA launches three spacecraft to study space weatherThe United States has launched three spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to enhance space weather monitoring. These probes, includin...
24 Sep, 2025, 05.39 PM IST
October skywatching: Two new comets, a meteor shower visible to the naked eye under the dark new Moon’s sky, best dates to watchSkywatchers are in for a treat this October. Two comets, C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), may become visible to the naked eye. Both...
20 Sep, 2025, 01.33 PM IST
Confident of Aditya L1’s insertion in halo orbit around L1: Nigar ShajiAditya was launched from the Sriharikota spaceport on September 2 and the spacecraft has traversed a distance of 1.5 million km from Earth....
08 Jan, 2024, 10.06 AM IST
Aditya L1, India's first space-based solar observatory, reaches destinationAditya L1, India's first space-based solar observatory has successfully reached an orbit around its intended destination: the Sun-Earth Lag...
06 Jan, 2024, 10.17 PM IST
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...
30 Sep, 2023, 08.32 PM IST
Solar exploration: A sunrace of significant global missionsProba-2 is the second of the Proba series, building on nearly eight years of successful Proba-1 experience, even as Proba-1 was not a solar...
02 Sep, 2023, 05.09 PM IST
Aditya L-1 launch: How Europe is assisting ISRO's solar missionThe spacecraft, after travelling about 1.5 million km from the Earth over 125 days, is expected to be placed in a Halo orbit around the Lag...
02 Sep, 2023, 03.15 PM IST
Aditya-L1: India may be the fourth to take a trip to L1 Halo orbitAditya’s estimated journey time from launch date to its designated orbit is four months, according to the scientists who said the mission’s...
02 Sep, 2023, 10.18 AM IST
Isro wants a place in the Sun, sets September 2 date for Aditya-L1Aditya L1 shall be the first space based Indian mission to study the Sun. The spacecraft shall be placed in a halo orbit around the Lagrang...
29 Aug, 2023, 09.01 AM IST
No, Voyager 2 is not dead! NASA establishes contact with spacecraft after brief communication breakdown; all about the missionNASA's Voyager 2 probe regains contact with mission control after a communication glitch. Launched in 1977, the spacecraft is exploring int...
01 Aug, 2023, 09.32 PM IST
Huge 'alien' comet continues to move towards sun. See what may happenAccording to scientists, a comet is heading towards the sun. This 3.7-mile-wide space iceball may be an interloper from another solar syste...
01 Feb, 2023, 01.43 AM IST
- Scientists recreate solar eruption in 3D
New York, March 10 (IANS) Scientists have combined data from three NASA satellites to develop a 3D model that simulates how shocks followin...
10 Mar, 2018, 02.42 PM IST
Sun's core rotates four times faster than its surface: StudyThe rotation of the solar core may give a clue to how the Sun formed. After the Sun formed, the solar wind likely slowed the rotation of th...
02 Aug, 2017, 01.07 PM IST
- Sun's core rotates four times faster than its surface
Washington, Aug 2 (IANS) An international team of astronomers has found that the Sun's core rotates nearly four times faster than the solar...
02 Aug, 2017, 11.12 AM IST
Citizen scientist discovers 3000th comet from NASA dataIn its two decades in orbit, SOHO has opened up a new era of solar observations, dramatically extending our understanding of the star we li...
16 Sep, 2015, 05.38 PM IST