New study revealed that some of Saturn’s moons formed less than 100 million years ago, when dinosaurs were still roaming Earth. The study can help in assessing ages of other moons.
Ritwik Roy
Mar 27, 2016
Mars became inhabitable due to a lack of a magnetic field protection like that of Earth. Mars is barren and vulnerable to Sun’s intense solar winds.
Ritwik Roy
Mar 18, 2016
The astronomers used High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS) telescopes in Namibia to detect the high-energy gamma ray source. The gamma rays act as a “tracer” for cosmic rays.
Ritwik Roy
Mar 17, 2016
The exciting Mars mission may be extremely dangerous as any form of life discovered on mars and brought back to earth may contaminate our home.
Ritwik Roy
Mar 14, 2016
American astronaut Scott Kelly, along with his Russian cosmonaut companion Mikhail Kornienko, landed on Earth last week after spending 340 days in space, the longest US space mission on record.
Ritwik Roy
Mar 14, 2016
Asteroid 2013 tx68 may pose a threat if new observations made during this month’s pass reveal its diameter to be larger than expected. This time, it’s not hitting Earth, though.
Ritwik Roy
Mar 03, 2016
The strange, mysterious music lasted almost an hour, and the astronauts discussed whether they should discuss this experience with the Mission Control once radio contact was regained with Earth.
Ritwik Roy
Feb 22, 2016
Jeff Bezos owned Blue Origin fired its New Shepard rocket, which reached a height of 333,000 feet and landed safely for a second time on their Texas launch pad.
Ritwik Roy
Jan 25, 2016
Researchers have traced the space debris that fell into the Indian Ocean in November 2015 to NASA’s 1998 lunar mission.
RENU RANGELA
Jan 15, 2016
The Indian government has decided to leverage space technology and drones to monitor and manage its national highways and road assets.
RENU RANGELA
Jan 15, 2016
Space could actually become a battleground for mining companies that venture into the deep space.
RENU RANGELA
Jan 15, 2016
New research shows that dark matter could be creating waves at the outer edges of the Milky Way.
RENU RANGELA
Jan 14, 2016
Life on the Earth is possible only because the giant Jupiter and Saturn planets helped stabilise the solar system, suggest new simulations.
RENU RANGELA
Jan 13, 2016
The dwarf planet Pluto continues to tantalise the world with new discoveries, the latest being a 'giant snail’ and a 'lava lamp’ on its surface.
RENU RANGELA
Jan 13, 2016
Spaceport America has a new venue and event brand that promises visitors a more exciting experience of the outer space.
RENU RANGELA
Jan 12, 2016
A NASA team has found five twins of the massive Eta Carinae star, and each of them is 100 times bigger than the Sun.
RENU RANGELA
Jan 12, 2016
Russia plans to reduce its funding for the International Space Station over the next 10 years.
RENU RANGELA
Jan 12, 2016
Despite speculation, LIGO says that it is still analysing data and did not confirm if the experiment has discovered finally gravitational waves.
Vittorio Hernandez
Jan 12, 2016
With space tourism set to become a reality, medical experts are studying the various health risks associated with it, as well as the ways to tackle medical emergencies in space.
RENU RANGELA
Jan 11, 2016
From space, NASA satellites have captured the environmental damage caused by ISIS attack on oil facilities in Libya on Jan. 4-6, 2016.
RENU RANGELA
Jan 11, 2016
Fungus attacks are no longer confined to the Earth. NASA recently reported fungus attacks on plants on its International Space Station.
RENU RANGELA
Jan 11, 2016
California-based SpaceX plans to land Falcon 9 rocket on a Pacific drone ship after the company successfully landed a booster on the ground in December 2015.
Donald Acosta
Jan 11, 2016
It was touch and go for Australian scientists who had to race against time to recover a meteorite older than Earth before it got washed away by heavy rain.
RENU RANGELA
Jan 07, 2016
Astronauts are trying to learn how to live and remain sane in the barren space above the Earth from exposure to the rough and tough Arctic terrain.
RENU RANGELA
Jan 06, 2016
You don't need to be a geek or a nerd to admire these top scientific discoveries of 2015 that have the possibility of affecting human lives for the good.
Ritwik Roy
Jan 04, 2016
Scientists have come up with a new method to measure gravity on distant stars, which could help identify planets capable of harbouring life.
RENU RANGELA
Jan 04, 2016
NASA scientists have discovered an unusually large galaxy, whose tail alone is more than twice the diameter of the Milky Way.
RENU RANGELA
Dec 23, 2015
A new research suggests that ancient Egyptian documents are a mine of information on some of the major astronomical events of those times, such as the period of eclipsing binary Algol.
RENU RANGELA
Dec 21, 2015
New findings by NASA show a history of glacial activity on Pluto over the past several years.
RENU RANGELA
Dec 21, 2015
Russia is reportedly using its next-generation satellites and mighty space power to attack the ISIS and other militants in Syria.
RENU RANGELA
Dec 17, 2015
