NASA secretly sends two spacecraft toward Mars, and they are traveling a bold new wayNASA is sending two small spacecraft to Mars in a new and different way. The Escapade mission will help scientists learn more about Mars’ a...
10 Nov, 2025, 07.31 PM IST
From 7 minutes to 74 minutes: How a supersonic jet Concorde made day turn to night for over an hourOn 30 June 1973, Concorde 001 was turned into a flying laboratory and sent across the Sahara to chase the Moon’s shadow. Aboard were scient...
31 Aug, 2025, 12.30 PM IST
NASA sounds alarm: Solar flare hits Earth, more expected; What to expectA powerful solar storm is sweeping toward Earth, raising the risk of blackouts, GPS disruption, and dazzling auroras. NASA has warned that ...
20 May, 2025, 11.21 AM IST
Why NASA planes will chase the April 8 solar eclipse, from an altitude of 50,000 feetOn April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will occur over parts of North America, providing a unique research opportunity to study the Sun an...
03 Apr, 2024, 02.12 PM IST
Indian-origin NASA scientist to lead rocket mission into 2023 solar eclipseNASA is set to launch a mission called APEP to study how a solar eclipse affects the upper atmosphere. During an eclipse, the sudden drop i...
05 Oct, 2023, 03.27 PM IST
Chandrayaan-3: Payload ILSA records movements on lunar surface, appearing to be a natural one, says ISROThe Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has provided an update on the activities of the Vikram lander and Pragyaan rover on the lunar...
01 Sep, 2023, 01.03 PM IST
China launches new meteorological satellite to improve weather forecast, monitor sea temperatureIt is designed with a lifespan of eight years and will mainly obtain the atmospheric temperature, humidity and other meteorological paramet...
05 Jul, 2021, 03.37 PM IST
US-developed weapon system may cause global warming: Government"The US has developed a type of weapon called High Frequency Active Auroral Research Programme. HAARP strikes the upper atmosphere with a f...
14 Jul, 2018, 05.04 PM IST
- NASA launches two missions to explore nearest space
Washington, Jan 5 (IANS) NASA has announced that it would launch two missions to explore a little-understood area 96 km above Earth's surfa...
05 Jan, 2018, 09.22 AM IST
- MAVEN reveals how Sun stripped Mars' atmosphere
New York, June 17 (IANS) NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) that completed 1,000 Earth days in orbit around the ...
18 Jun, 2017, 01.11 PM IST
- MAVEN reveals how Sun stripped Mars' atmosphere
New York, June 17 (IANS) NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) that completed 1,000 Earth days in orbit around the ...
18 Jun, 2017, 01.09 PM IST
Hot hydrogen atoms found in Earth's atmosphereIn order to extract information about the upper atmosphere from such measurements, one needs to calculate exactly how the solar photons are...
08 Dec, 2016, 04.37 PM IST
- Why satellites sometimes lose their GPS connection
London, Oct 31 (IANS) 'Thunderstorms' in the ionosphere are to blame for loss of GPS signals on low-orbiting satellites, says a study that ...
31 Oct, 2016, 03.20 PM IST
- Don't miss amazing ultraviolet view of Mars
Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) NASA's MAVEN mission has returned images showing the ultraviolet glow from the Martian atmosphere in unprecedente...
18 Oct, 2016, 02.10 PM IST
New scientific findings may improve space weather forecastsResearchers have been monitoring the electric current systems in the magnetosphere - specifically currents that connect to the ionosphere.
23 May, 2016, 01.31 PM IST
- Animals can predict earthquakes: Study
For the first time scientists have been able to capture and document how the behaviour of wild animals changes prior to an earthquake - a d...
01 Apr, 2015, 05.52 PM IST
How Mars lost its atmosphere decodedThe findings are among the first returns from NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, which entered its science phas...
16 Dec, 2014, 04.42 PM IST