Proto-Earth: Ancient Rocks Reveal Clues From Before Earth Fully FormedGeologists have detected a unique chemical signature, a deficit of potassium-40, in ancient mantle rocks. This anomaly suggests that remnan...
13 Mar, 2026, 06.22 PM IST
What’s Causing Cracks on the Moon’s Surface?Once thought dormant, the Moon is now revealed to be a dynamic world. Cooling and contracting, its crust fractures, creating cliffs and gen...
23 Feb, 2026, 03.54 PM IST
NASA study reveals why the Moon’s near and far sides tell very different stories and how it influences EarthNASA's GRAIL mission reveals the Moon's two sides are strikingly different, with the nearside being warmer and more volcanically active tha...
15 May, 2025, 02.30 PM IST
NASA's Juno probe discovers powerful volcanic activity on Jupiter’s moon IoNASA’s Juno probe has discovered a massive volcanic hot spot on Jupiter’s moon Io. The hot spot emits 80 trillion watts of energy — six tim...
29 Jan, 2025, 07.28 PM IST
Samples obtained by Chinese spacecraft show moon's ancient volcanismChina's Chang'e-6 mission brought back the first-ever samples from the moon's far side, revealing volcanic activity lasting at least 1.4 bi...
15 Nov, 2024, 08.55 PM IST
China's lunar lander brings back something astonishing from the moon, everything we knowChina's Chang'e-5 lunar lander that returned to the Earth after exploring the far end of the moon, has come back with some interesting arte...
28 Jun, 2024, 11.28 PM IST
NASA's Earth telescope captures miraculous photo of Jupiter's Monn Io, watch giant lava lake of its volcanoPictures of outer space and unexplored lands are always very special and if it is taken under challenging conditions and the outcome is phe...
07 Jun, 2024, 09.01 PM IST
China says lunar samples offer new clues to volcanic activityChina in December brought back the first rocks from the moon since missions by the U.S. and former Soviet Union in the 1970s. On Saturday, ...
19 Oct, 2021, 04.17 PM IST
- NASA to send submarine to seafloor next week: Report
Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) NASA is set to send a submarine to the seafloor near Hawaii on August 20 in an effort to find an environment anal...
14 Aug, 2018, 01.02 PM IST
Mars study offers clues to origin of life on EarthResearchers examined observations by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) of massive deposits in a basin on southern Mars.
07 Oct, 2017, 04.52 PM IST
Hidden lava tubes on Moon, Mars can serve as human habitatsLava tubes are environments shielded from cosmic radiation and protected from micrometeorites flux, potentially providing safe habitats for...
26 Sep, 2017, 01.04 PM IST
Moon once spun on a different axis: StudyThe icy patches are opposite each other - the line between them passes through the middle of the Moon - so it appears that this used to be ...
27 Mar, 2016, 12.11 PM IST
Pluto may have giant icy volcanoes: NASAThe two cryovolcano candidates are large features measuring tens of kilometres across and several kilometres high, NASA said.
10 Nov, 2015, 01.18 PM IST
Unique volcanic process found on MoonA giant mound near the Moon's south pole appears to be a volcanic structure unlike any other found on the lunar surface.
18 Oct, 2015, 04.36 PM IST
'Misplaced' volcanoes on Jupiter's moon due to magma oceansTides flowing in a subsurface ocean of molten rock, or magma, could explain why Jupiter's moon Io appears to have its volcanoes in the 'wro...
11 Sep, 2015, 06.06 PM IST
Chinese rover: Moon's geological history 'complex'In an interesting find, Chinese scientists say the Moon could have at least nine layers beneath its surface.
13 Mar, 2015, 10.29 PM IST
Moon's volcanic activity slowed down gradually: NASAScores of distinctive rock deposits observed by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) are estimated to be less than 100 million years old.
13 Oct, 2014, 04.21 PM IST