Blue Origin successfully launches New Glenn rocket for NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission-here's why the mission is importantBlue Origin's powerful New Glenn rocket has lifted off from Cape Canaveral. This marks the rocket's second flight and a significant attempt...
14 Nov, 2025, 04.21 AM IST
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
Earth’s ‘twin’ is not dead but very much ‘alive’; NASA's latest discovery explainedNASA's recent analysis of Magellan spacecraft data suggests Venus may possess a dynamic surface, challenging the long-held belief of a stat...
11 May, 2025, 05.19 PM IST
Meet Scott and Mark Kelly, the brothers who were at the centre of NASA's twins study on astronautsScott Kelly, a former astronaut, discussed the return of NASA astronauts from the International Space Station on Fox News. He holds the rec...
19 Mar, 2025, 08.13 AM IST
Straight out of a sci-fi film, NASA detects chirping noises that sound like birds emanating from space, 62000 miles awayNASA has detected bird-like chirping sounds, known as chorus waves, from 62,000 miles away. These cosmic waves interact with Earth's magnet...
23 Jan, 2025, 09.02 PM IST
Why humans become taller in space, Sunita Williams answersAstronaut Sunita Williams, currently on an eight-month mission aboard the ISS with Butch Wilmore, shares intriguing insights into how space...
07 Sep, 2024, 02.32 PM IST
NASA's Voyager 1 Returns: 46-year-old spacecraft is fully operational again, sends signals from 15 billion miles awayAfter facing a grave computer problem last year, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is now fully operational, sending back usable data about inter...
16 Jun, 2024, 01.25 PM IST
Documentary on Mars rover 'Good Night Oppy' released in theatresA documentary on Mars rover Opportunity, "Good Night Oppy," hit big screens on November 4.
04 Nov, 2022, 10.02 PM IST
Who is Artemis? NASA's latest mission to the Moon is named after an ancient lunar goddess turned feminist iconThe programme aims to increase women's participation in space exploration - 30% of its engineers are women. In addition, the Artemis I miss...
31 Aug, 2022, 02.08 PM IST
Leaks and possible crack threaten to delay NASA moon launchThe launch represents a major milestone in America's quest to put astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the Apollo ...
29 Aug, 2022, 05.24 PM IST
- Hubble spots farthest individual star ever seen
Washington, April 3 (IANS) Setting a new distance record, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have discovered an enormous blue ...
03 Apr, 2018, 09.57 AM IST
- NASA fires up Voyager 1 thrusters after 37 years
Washington, Dec 2 (IANS) US space agency NASA has said a set of thrusters aboard the Voyager 1 spacecraft, the only human-made object in in...
02 Dec, 2017, 07.42 AM IST
- Space travel sets off 'fireworks' of gene expression: NASA
Washington, Oct 25 (IANS) Space travel causes an increase in the process of turning genes on and off, leading to massive changes in their e...
25 Oct, 2017, 12.02 PM IST
- Space travel may cause genetic changes: NASA
Washington, Jan 28 (IANS) NASA scientists in an unprecedented study have found that space travel may alter gene expression.
28 Jan, 2017, 12.20 PM IST
NASA discovers five 'superstars' in other galaxiesA new study using archival data from NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes has found five similar objects in other galaxies for the fi...
07 Jan, 2016, 12.39 PM IST
A third of world's biggest groundwater basins are overstressedIndus Basin of NW India & Pakistan is the second-most overstressed groundwater basin in the world and is suffering rapid depletion from hum...
17 Jun, 2015, 05.04 PM IST
- NASA to launch 3-D mission to study Sun
NASA plans to launch on Wednesday a 3-D mission to study the Sun, using twin satellites in mirror orbits to trace the fiery star's streams ...
25 Oct, 2006, 10.30 AM IST