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Daphnis, measuring just eight kilometres across, orbits within the 42-kilometre wide area known as the Keeler Gap. (Photo: NASA)

NASA's Saturn probe beams back image of wavemaker moon Daphnis

The little moon's gravity raises waves in the edges of the gap in both the horizontal and vertical directions.

23 Jan 2017 7:57 AM IST

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Sushant Singh Rajput to fly to Nasa for training

The actor, who is playing an astronaut in the space adventure movie Chanda Mama Door Ke, is prepping up for his role...

23 Jan 2017 1:56 AM IST

Six carefully selected scientists have entered a man-made dome on a remote Hawaii volcano as part of a human-behaviour study. (Photo: University of Hawaii via AP)

Nasa drill to test possibility for Mars stay

Nasa hopes to send humans to an asteroid in the 2020s and Mars by the 2030s.

22 Jan 2017 4:47 AM IST

The participants will not be confined but will wear spacesuits whenever they step outside for geological expeditions, mapping studies or other tasks.

Freeze-dried food and 1 bathroom: 6 simulate Mars in dome

Crammed into a dome with one bathroom, six scientists will spend eight months munching on mostly freeze-dried foods.

21 Jan 2017 9:51 AM IST

Joshua Ehrlich, Laura Lark, Sam Payler, Brian Ramos, Jay Bevington, Ansley Barnard In this photo provided by the University of Hawaii, scientists Joshua Ehrlich, from left, Laura Lark, Sam Payler, Brian Ramos, Jay Bevington and Ansley Barnard, pose for a photo before they enter a geodesic dome called Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation, or HI-SEAS located 8,200 feet above sea level on Mauna Loa on the island of Hawaii, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The four men and two women moved into their new simulated space home Thursday afternoon, as part of a human-behavior study that could help NASA as it draws up plans for sending astronauts on long missions to Mars.(AP)

Scientists enter Hawaii dome in eight-month Mars space mission study

Scientists enter Hawaii dome in eight-month Mars space mission study

21 Jan 2017 9:42 AM IST

Nasa will refrain from sending commands to its three orbiters and two rovers on Mars later this month, as movement of planets will curtail communication between planets.

No signals to Mars from Nasa

Data will keep coming from Mars to Earth, although loss or corruption of some bits is anticipated and the data will be...

18 July 2017 2:04 AM IST

The Suns magnetic poles flip every 11 years in a cycle determined by its rotation rate and luminosity, like other nearby, solar-type stars. (Photo:AFP)

Study finds our Sun is like other stars, resolving mystery

The report aims to lay to rest the controversy over whether our solar system's star is cyclic, like other nearby,...

14 July 2017 8:11 AM IST

This NASA handout image depicts the Cassini unmanned spacecraft above Saturns rings

Cassini probe finds vast void between Saturn's rings

Scientists had hoped to find space dust in the region befor sending Cassini to Saturn forever.

6 May 2017 10:32 AM IST

The kid controls on Kindle and the kids-only Fire tablet are cited as examples.

Smartphones, tablets may cause speech delays in kids

RAISE images are used to create a data product called a spectrogram.

5 May 2017 3:56 PM IST

Could micro organisms survive space travel?

New study conducted by researchers from Chicago university of technology simulates whether organisms could survive space...

2 May 2017 2:27 PM IST

This picture released by NASA shows the Great Red Spot on Jupiter -- one of a number of breathtaking images taken by the Juno Spacecraft on a July 11 flyby of the solar systems largest planet. (photo: AFP)

NASA releases series of new stunning images of raging storm on Jupiter

NASA's Juno spacecraft flew over the storm late Monday, offering humanity's closest look yet at the iconic feature of...

13 July 2017 7:58 AM IST

Jupiter is at its closest to the Earth and the hemisphere facing our planet is fully illuminated by the Sun

NASA spacecraft peers into Jupiter

"My latest Jupiter flyby is complete!" said a post on the @NASAJuno Twitter account.

12 July 2017 7:52 AM IST