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Halloween is a festival celebrated every year on October 31. The festival marks the beginning of the Allhallowtide a time to remember dead saints, martyrs, and other loved ones.

NASA gets into 'Halloween' mood, releases spooky soundtrack playlist

NASA has shared a SoundCloud playlist of creepy space sounds to double the celebration of 'Halloween'.

30 Oct 2017 1:12 PM IST

Planet Nine does exist, and may be 10 times the mass of the Earth and 20 times away from the Sun than Neptune, NASA scientists say

Ice giant Planet Nine a reality: NASA

Konstantin Batygin says there are now five different lines of observational evidence pointing to the existence of Planet...

16 Oct 2017 4:43 PM IST

Astronomers estimate that an interstellar asteroid similar to Oumuamua passes through the inner solar system about once per year. (Photo: NASA)

First Interstellar visitor from solar system dazzles scientists

New data reveal the interstellar interloper to be a rocky, cigar-shaped object with a somewhat reddish hue.

30 Nov 2017 1:43 PM IST

Interstellar visitor shaped like giant fire extinguisher

Interstellar visitor shaped like giant fire extinguisher

The scientists report that our solar system could be packed with 10,000 such interstellar travellers at any given time.

17 Nov 2017 4:08 PM IST

The planet is believed to border the so-called habitable zone. (Photo: AP)

Close new Earth-size world, where year lasts under 10 days

At a distance of 11 light-years, Ross 128 b is the second-closest planet to be detected yet outside our solar system.

16 Nov 2017 11:54 AM IST

To lighten the mood as New Horizons aims for a 2019 flyby, the research team is holding a naming contest. (Photo: NASA)

NASA seeks nickname for New Horizons next flyby target

Scientists at NASA have started a campaign inviting the public to choose an informal name for the New Horizons mission's...

8 Nov 2017 6:23 PM IST

Small stars can readily form rocky planets but do not gather enough material together to form Jupiter-sized planets. (Photo: Facebook/UniversityOfWarwick)

Monster planet discovery challenges formation theory

Scientists have discovered a monster planet orbitting a small, distant star.

4 Nov 2017 2:46 PM IST

This illustration provided by Dan Durda shows the exoplanet Kepler-1625b with a hypothesized moon. On October 4, 2018, two Columbia University researchers reported their results that the potential exomoon would be the size of Neptune or Uranus. The exoplanet, about 8,000 light-years away, is as big as Jupiter. (Dan Durda via AP)

Have astronomers found 1st moon outside our solar system?

Two Columbia University researchers presented their tantalising evidence for a moon.

4 Oct 2018 9:38 AM IST

This illustration from NASA shows the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. Launched in August 2018, the spacecraft will get a gravity assist on October 3, 2018, as it passes within 1,500 miles of Venus. (Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP)

NASA's Parker Solar Probe swinging by Venus on way to sun

The flyby is the first of seven that will draw Parker ever closer to the sun.

3 Oct 2018 9:28 AM IST

A round frozen world just 186 miles (300 kilometres) across, the Goblin was spotted by astronomers in 2015 around Halloween, thus its spooky name. (Photo: AP)

Scrawny dwarf planet, named Goblin, found well beyond Pluto

A scrawny dwarf planet nicknamed the Goblin has been discovered well beyond Pluto.

3 Oct 2018 9:22 AM IST

This image made available by NASA shows the planet Mars. This composite photo was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s. The attraction is sure to grow on Monday, November 26 with the arrival of a NASA lander named InSight. (NASA via AP, File)

New lander will add to humans' long fascination with Mars

In our solar system family, Mars is Earth's next-of-kin, the next-door relative that has captivated humans for...

26 Nov 2018 2:23 PM IST

(Photo credit: NASA)

NASA probe beams back image of Jupiter's moon Io

Slightly larger than Earth's moon, Io is the most volcanically active world in the solar system.

19 Nov 2018 2:07 PM IST