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The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket with the NASA Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) onboard is seen shortly after the mobile service tower at SLC-2 was rolled back at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The ICESat-2 mission will measure the changing height of Earths ice. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

NASA satellite launched to measure Earth's ice changes

The mission is a successor to the original Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite that operated from 2003 to 2009.

16 Sept 2018 11:02 AM IST

Mars as seen by the webcam on ESAs Mars Express orbiter in 2016. (Photo: AFP)

Mars weather: 'Cloudy, chance of nighttime snowstorm'

The new findindgs suggest that ice-water particles swirling in a storm hit the ground within minutes.

23 Aug 2017 7:35 AM IST

Phases of Mondays total solar eclipse as seen in Madras, Oregon, among the first places to experience the celestial phenomenon. (Photo: AFP)

Moon trolls sun on solar eclipse

Millions of people watched the first coast-to-coast total eclipse in the United States in nearly a century.

22 Aug 2017 8:11 AM IST

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Should we keep looking for aliens?

Would we even know it if we did encounter an alien life form?

22 Aug 2017 3:49 AM IST

The entire United States will fall into shadow as a solar eclipse passes on August 21 (Photo: AFP)

Google stationed volunteers to creat 'megamovie' on Aug 21 solar...

The solar eclipse will begin at Oregon coast (at 9.36 pm IST on Sunday) and end at the South Carolina coast (at 1.36 am...

21 Aug 2017 3:13 PM IST

Christian numerologist David Meade has warned that the mysterious planet Nibiru is about to smash into Earth. (Photo: Pixabay)

Conspiracy theorist claims Earth will end next month

Conspiracy theorist claims mysterious planet Nibiru is about to destroy Earth, and says the clues are written on the...

30 Aug 2017 11:41 AM IST

Cooper smitten by Waterhouse

Cooper smitten by Waterhouse

Actor Bradley Cooper, who went out on a date with British model Suki Waterhouse recently, is said to be smitten by her...

13 March 2013 10:17 PM IST

Gaga gets 24-carat gold wheelchair

Gaga gets 24-carat gold wheelchair

A 24-carat gold plated wheelchair with a black leather seat complete with a removable leather canopy has been created...

13 March 2013 10:17 PM IST

A team of researchers from Montana State University has partnered with NASA to participate in the Space Grant Ballooning Project to send more than 50 high-altitude balloons 80,000 feet up to capture the solar eclipse as it crosses the country on Aug. 21. (representational image)

Solar eclipse to be streamed live for first time, from balloons

The eclipse shadow was expected to move at 2,000 miles per hour in Oregon and slow down to 1,500 miles per hour in South...

21 Aug 2017 8:25 AM IST

In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 18, 2017, Poureal Long, a fourth grader at Clardy Elementary School in Kansas City, Mo., practices the proper use of eclipse glasses in anticipation of Mondays solar eclipse. Schools around the country preparing for the solar eclipse are reacting in a variety ways, with some using the event for a full day of science lessons and others closing to avoid the crush of crowds expected in their towns. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Eclipse eve: Millions converge across US to see sun go dark

The Earth, moon and sun line up perfectly every one to three years, briefly turning day into night for a sliver of the...

21 Aug 2017 8:02 AM IST

Total solar eclipses occur somewhere on Earth every year or so, but most cast their shadow over oceans or remote land. (representational image

What's a total solar eclipse and why this one is so unusual

The last time a total solar eclipse swept the whole width of the US was in 1918.

19 Aug 2017 8:46 AM IST

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, with NASAs Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-M aboard, in a NASA handout photo obtained on August 18, 2017. (Photo: AFP)

NASA launches satellite to help astronauts communicate with Earth

The satellite will "support critical space communication into the mid-2020s," NASA said in a statement.

19 Aug 2017 8:02 AM IST