Aurora watch! 10 states may see Northern Lights light up skies tonight—here's when to look upNorthern lights may be visible across up to 10 northern U.S. states and Canada on Friday, April 10, into Saturday, April 11, due to a G1-cl...
10 Apr, 2026, 05.48 PM IST
A space odyssey: Artemis 2 has been a spot check to see if humans can be safely operational for weeks in deep spaceThe Artemis 2 crew is returning to Earth after a historic journey. This mission tested NASA's spacecraft and life support systems in deep s...
09 Apr, 2026, 11.09 PM IST
Astronauts to witness rare Total Solar Eclipse on Artemis II today: Will it be visible from EarthThe Artemis II crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—are poised to reach a historic milestone. During the fly...
06 Apr, 2026, 06.30 PM IST
It's time for Artemis II to break Apollo 13's distance record. What to know about the moon flybyArtemis II astronauts are setting a new distance record from Earth, surpassing Apollo 13's maximum range during their lunar flyby. The miss...
06 Apr, 2026, 07.12 AM IST
ISRO seeks minds to decode the Sun through Aditya L1 mission dataExciting update from ISRO! Indian scientists are encouraged to submit proposals for access to valuable data from the Aditya-L1 solar missio...
02 Apr, 2026, 02.43 PM 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
Very important day, say astronomers on Aditya-L1 solar missionISRO's Aditya-L1 mission, set to launch today, will study the corona of the Sun, according to astronomer and Professor RC Kapoor. The space...
02 Sep, 2023, 11.06 AM IST
ISRO completes launch rehearsal of Aditya-L1 solar missionISRO has completed the launch rehearsal and internal checks for its Aditya-L1 mission to study the Sun. The spacecraft, scheduled to be lau...
30 Aug, 2023, 06.48 PM IST
ISRO sets date for maiden sun voyage Aditya-L1 for Sept 2The spacecraft that will be designed for the solar mission will help to receive remote observations of the solar corona and in situ observa...
28 Aug, 2023, 04.48 PM IST
ISRO gearing up for mission to study Sun, satellite arrives at Sriharikota for launchAditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is getting ready for its launch soon, ISRO said on Monday. The satell...
14 Aug, 2023, 02.11 PM 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
Chandrayaan instrument gives outstanding science results on solar coronaAn instrument on board India's Chandrayaan-2 mission has provided outstanding science results on the solar corona and heliophysics, the Ind...
23 Jun, 2021, 01.23 PM IST
Novel technique for tracking eruptions from sun to be used in India's first solar missionA software named Computer Aided CME Tracking Software based on a computer vision algorithm was so far used to detect and characterise such ...
01 Apr, 2021, 06.08 PM IST
NASA's 'Sun-kissing' Parker spacecraft unlocks solar mysteryThe data from the probe, published in the journal Nature, offers clues to long-standing mysteries, including why the Sun's atmosphere, know...
05 Dec, 2019, 12.36 PM IST
- Scientists to capture sunspot images during solar eclipse
New York, Aug 19 (IANS) During the upcoming total solar eclipse on August 21, a team of solar physicists are planning to capture high-resol...
19 Aug, 2017, 02.17 PM IST
- Scientists use supercomputers to preview total solar eclipse
Washington, Aug 19 (IANS) Using supercomputers, researchers have forecast how the corona of the sun -- the aura of plasma that surrounds th...
19 Aug, 2017, 12.17 PM IST
Scientists to chase solar eclipse using NASA jetsAmir Caspi of the Southwest Research Institute in the US and his team will use two of NASA's WB-57F research jets to follow the darkness ac...
26 Jul, 2017, 01.30 PM IST