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The discovery will involve findings from the Hubble Space Telescope and NASAs Cassini spacecraft, which is orbiting Saturn.

NASA to observe asteroid flyby to test planetary defense tech

Scientists are certain it will come no closer than 6,800 kilometres from the surface of Earth.

31 July 2017 8:57 AM IST

Scientists previously believed all stars in young nebulae formed simultaneously. (Photo: AFP)

Astronomers stunned by 3 different ages in a stellar 'nursery' in...

The European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope in Chile spotted three distinct groups of baby stars in...

28 July 2017 7:44 AM IST

A certain type of communicationsvery low frequency (VLF) radio communicationshave been found to interact with particles in space, affecting how and where they move. (Photo: NASA)

NASA probes spot man-made barrier around Earth

Humans have long been shaping Earth's landscape, but now scientists have found that we can shape our near-space...

19 May 2017 9:44 AM IST

Clocks to chime one second late for 2017

Clocks to chime one second late for 2017

A leap second' will be added to the world's clocks on New Year's Eve.

30 Dec 2016 6:35 AM IST

Representational image.

This year to last a second longer!

The extra second will be inserted at the US Naval Observatory's Master Clock Facility in Washington, DC.

29 Dec 2016 2:13 PM IST

Countries that use Coordinated Universal Time several West African nations, Britain, Ireland and Iceland will add the leap second during the midnight countdown to 2017, making the years final minute 61 seconds long. (Photo: NASA)

5. 4. 3. 2. 1. 1... An extra second to see out 2016

This extra second, or leap second, makes it possible to align astronomical time, which is irregular and determined by...

29 Dec 2016 7:57 AM IST

Nasa has pinpointed C/2016 U1 NEOWISE as a comet, which is set to fly close to Earth this week.

Close brush with comet

Nasa says mysterious object is set to fly close to Earth this week.

5 Jan 2017 5:21 AM IST

A trail of smoke can be seen from the 2013 eruption of the Pavlof volcano, which spewed an ash cloud 20,000 feet into the atmosphere that traveled southeastward over the North Pacific Ocean. The volcanos that may have contributed to snowball Earth spanned almost 2000 miles and erupted continuously for years. (Image courtesy of NASA)

What caused 'snowball Earth'?

A perfect storm of fire and ice may have led to snowball Earth.

15 March 2017 2:18 PM IST

The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) payload just prior to launch from Wanaka, New Zealand, on a NASA super pressure balloon in May 2016. (Photo: NASA)

NASA delays super pressure balloon launch due to bad weather

This was the third scheduled launch attempt for NASA's 2017 Wanaka Balloon Campaign from New Zealand.

11 April 2017 7:54 AM IST

A Soyuz MS-02 capsule brings Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko and US astronaut Shane Kimbrough back home after a 173-day mission to the International Space Station

US, Russian crew lands after six-month stay on space station

NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough was accompanied by Russian space agency cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Andrei Borisenko

11 April 2017 7:40 AM IST

The world was a different place when Thomas Pesquet arrived on the International Space Station (ISS) on November 20 for a six-month mission. (Photo: AFP)

Astronauts return after marathon ISS mission

Pesquet and Novitskiy arrived at the station on November 20 for a six-month mission with American Peggy Whitson.

3 Jun 2017 8:04 AM IST

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet is due to return to Earth on Friday after a marathon 196-day trip. (Photo: AFP)

Astronauts set to return after marathon ISS mission

Pesquet, 39, and Novitskiy, 45, are due to quit the ISS on Friday morning for a Soyuz MS-03 spacecraft

2 Jun 2017 8:40 AM IST