In 2010, a 36-minute routine telescope session captured hidden giant rings in Venus' atmosphere: Archived images reveal mysterious planet-wide atmospheric waves after 16 yearsIn 2010, astronomers captured 36 minutes of Venus imagery while waiting for sunset in the Canary Islands. The data sat forgotten in archive...
30 Jul, 2026, 07.28 PM IST
LHS 1140 b Distance, Temperature, Gravity: What we know about an Earth-like place that has atmosphere, rocksLHS 1140 b: Astronomers have confirmed an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet. This planet, LHS 1140 b, orbits within its star's habitable ...
18 Jul, 2026, 01.45 PM IST
Uranus Spins Sideways, the Stranger Story Is What That Does to the Space Around ItUranus spins on its side, creating a wild magnetosphere. Unlike Earth's stable bubble, Uranus's magnetic field is lopsided and constantly s...
08 Mar, 2026, 03.42 PM IST
The May 2024 Superstorm Didn’t Just Glow, It Reshaped the IonosphereA powerful G5 geomagnetic storm in May 2024 caused auroras visible globally and significantly altered the ionosphere. This electrically cha...
17 Feb, 2026, 03.22 PM IST
Fastest Jetstream Ever Measured on Exoplanet WASP-127bScientists have discovered the fastest atmospheric jet stream on exoplanet WASP-127b. Winds reach nearly 9 kilometers per second. This gas ...
10 Feb, 2026, 03.03 PM IST
NASA satellite GOLD makes startling discovery. What are these X- and C-shaped formations around Earth? Details hereNASA's GOLD satellite discovered unexpected shapes in Earth's ionosphere, challenging existing beliefs and emphasizing the need for further...
08 Jul, 2024, 11.33 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
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
Polar satellite, experimental heat shield for enabling humans' presence on Mars travel to space aboard Atlas V rocket. See detailsThe polar satellite launched earlier in the day from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, California, looks to reveal promising informati...
10 Nov, 2022, 09.49 PM IST
- Solar activity doubles radiation levels on Mars
New York, Oct 1 (IANS) A solar event has sparked a global aurora at the Martian surface and caused the radiation level to double than highe...
01 Oct, 2017, 12.32 PM IST
- NASA rockets to create glowing white artificial clouds next week
Washington, Aug 24 (IANS) A NASA rocket mission to study disturbances in the upper atmosphere that interfere with communication and technol...
24 Aug, 2017, 11.02 AM IST
Mars loses 10 times more hydrogen when closest to sunMAVEN has been tracking the hydrogen escape without interruption over the course of a Martian year, which lasts nearly two Earth years.
20 Oct, 2016, 07.04 PM IST
Destructive electrons streaking into Earth's atmosphereResearchers have now launched a project in Antarctica to record X-rays produced as falling electrons collide with the Earth's atmosphere.
27 Jul, 2015, 05.11 PM IST
Scientists find evidence of plasma tubes floating above for the first timeResearchers using a radio telescope to see in 3D detected the existence of tubular plasma structures in the inner layers of the magnetosphe...
02 Jun, 2015, 03.47 PM IST
Mysterious warm layer discovered in Venus' atmosphere"On the night side of the planet, temperatures normally fall with altitude, but we noticed a peak in the chart in the 90 to 100 kilometre r...
26 Mar, 2015, 04.04 PM IST
Irregularities in Earth's atmosphere can distort GPS signalsSignals travelling between Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and electronic devices, especially at high latitudes, can get distort...
01 Mar, 2015, 06.35 PM IST
Air waves could behave as optical cablesHoward Milchberg, professor at University of Maryland used an "air waveguide" to enhance light signals collected from distant sources.
23 Jul, 2014, 05.12 PM IST