Bus-sized asteroid approaching Earth today, Nasa says; Here's all we knowNASA has announced that asteroid 2024 TY21, measuring approximately 40 feet wide, will pass Earth safely today at a distance of 840,000 mil...
19 Oct, 2024, 04.29 PM IST
Can Jupiter's moon support life? NASA to launch mission in less than a month to uncover Europa's secretsNASA is set to launch the Europa Clipper mission on October 10 to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa. The mission aims to determine if Europa's...
15 Sep, 2024, 10.02 PM IST
NASA to reveal images and analysis of historic asteroid sample today. How important is it?NASA is set to reveal on Wednesday the first images of the largest asteroid sample ever collected in space, something scientists hope will ...
11 Oct, 2023, 08.40 AM IST
NASA scientist explores possibility of alien life in our solar systemRenowned NASA scientist Dr. Michelle Thaller has proposed a theory suggesting the possibility of alien life in our solar system, particular...
26 Aug, 2023, 11.54 AM IST
Bennu explorer, dearMoon project & SpaceX Starship: 5 space exploration missions to watch out for in 20232023 is set to be another busy year.
11 Jan, 2023, 05.39 PM IST
Moon may hold frozen water in more places than suspected, suggests data from NASA's SofiaWhile previous observations have indicated millions of tons of ice in the permanently shadowed craters of the moon's poles, a pair of studi...
27 Oct, 2020, 12.15 PM IST
Earth moonstruck with its new mini-moon: A look at some spectacular lunar miraclesJupiter’s Ganymede is the largest moon in our solar system.
11 Mar, 2020, 12.13 PM IST
'Meteorites brought water to Earth in first two million years'Different sources of water in the solar system are commonly compared to Earth's water by measuring the ratio of the hydrogen isotope deuter...
21 Jan, 2018, 12.39 PM IST
- Ceres may still have liquid water underground: NASA
Washington, Oct 27 (IANS) The dwarf planet Ceres may have had a global ocean in the past, and two new studies from NASA's Dawn mission sugg...
27 Oct, 2017, 01.37 PM IST
- Titan evolved more like Mars than Earth, show river maps
New York, May 19 (IANS) The origins of topography or surface elevations on Saturn's largest moon Titan may have more in common with the his...
19 May, 2017, 06.01 PM IST
Liquid water carved deep canyons on MarsThe team found the warming cycles would have lasted long enough, and produced enough water, to create the features.
02 Dec, 2016, 02.46 PM IST
- Climate cycles led to water carved features on Mars' surface
New York, Dec 2 (IANS) Dramatic climate cycles on early Mars, triggered by buildup of greenhouse gases, may be the key to understanding how...
02 Dec, 2016, 11.25 AM IST
Comets may have sparked life on Earth: StudyNow, for the first time, repeated detections at a comet have been confirmed by Rosetta in Comet 67P/C-G's fuzzy atmosphere, or coma.
29 May, 2016, 01.07 PM IST
We've taken another big step toward asteroid miningThe Arkyd 3, launched successfully from the International Space Station, begins a 90-day low-Earth orbit mission to test its software and c...
23 Jul, 2015, 01.31 PM IST
New technology enables mining for fuel from asteroids during Mars flightsThe E-sail could make asteroid mining feasible by providing essentially free logistics in the solar system outside of Earth's magnetosphere.
28 Apr, 2015, 02.14 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
Asteroid attacks significantly altered ancient EarthThe surface of Earth was heavily reprocessed as a result of giant asteroid impacts more than four bln years ago, according to new research.
01 Aug, 2014, 01.58 PM IST