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If you miss this one, the next blue Moon total lunar eclipse will happen on December 31, 2028.

There's a -"super blue blood Moon' on the rise

The blood red colour happens when the Earth enters between the Moon and the Sun, cutting off light rays that brighten...

31 Jan 2018 5:46 PM IST

The data showed less dimming in the stars red light than in its blue light, and a large opaque object would dim all colours of light equally when passing in front of a star. (Photo: Reuters)

Sorry, sci-fi fans: star's oddness not due to alien mega-structure

The dimming could be due to some sort of dust, though the cause remains uncertain.

4 Jan 2018 9:32 AM IST

In deep space, accurate timekeeping is vital to navigation, but not all spacecraft have precise timepieces aboard.

NASA planning to test deep space atomic clock

NASA is gearing up to launch an atomic clock into space, which will help the space agency understand methods.

8 Feb 2018 4:32 PM IST

This photo available by NASA shows technicians with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). (Photo: AP)

NASA Tess spacecraft to prowl for planets as galactic scout

Scheduled for an April 2018 launch, the spacecraft will prowl for planets around the closest, brightest stars.

13 April 2018 1:38 PM IST

Because its light has taken so long to reach Earth, looking at this star is like peering back in time to when the universe was less than a third of its current age. (Photo: NASA)

Most distant star ever detected sits halfway across the universe

The star spotted in this study is formally named MACS J1149+2223 Lensed Star-1.

3 April 2018 8:35 AM IST

Of Jupiters 79 moons, 26 remain unnamed, including nine of the 10 new ones. (Photo: NASA)

Ten newly found moons of Jupiter include a 'wrong-way driver'

A research team in Washington has identified 12 small Jovian moons, including the 10 described here.

18 July 2018 8:54 AM IST

Kepler has been searching for planets outside our solar system for nearly a decade. (Photo: NASA)

Kepler Telescope almost out of fuel, goes in to hibernation

Kepler will remain asleep before scientists switch it on for one last time to point it towards the Earth for sending...

10 July 2018 7:51 AM IST

The solar power generation unit will use the latest technology and will have a mechanism to track the movement of the sun for maximum energy output. (

Rooftop solar systems could help reduce power bills, says study

Residents buying power from community rooftop solar photo voltaic plant, could also save up to 35 per cent of their...

3 July 2018 8:19 PM IST

JAXA officials said earlier that the probe appeared to have landed successfully, but confirmation came only after Hayabusa2 lifted back up from the asteroid and resumed communications with the control room. (Photo: AFP)

Japan's USD 270 million craft makes second touchdown on distant...

The successful touchdown was greeted with cheering and applause in the JAXA mission control room, with officials...

11 July 2019 11:06 AM IST

BZ orbits in the opposite direction of all the planets and nearly everything else in the solar system, called a retrograde orbit. (Photo: AFP)

Oldest object in the solar system could be 'Alien asteroid'

The asteroid, called (514107) 2015 BZ509 or BZ for short, measures nearly 2 miles (3km) wide.

22 May 2018 8:14 PM IST

The Carnegie Institutions Scott Sheppard said the object is so far away and moving so slowly it will take a few years to determine its orbit. (Photo: AP)

Scientists spot solar system's farthest known object

Farout is about 120 astronomical units away that's 120 times the distance between Earth and the sun, or 11 billion...

18 Dec 2018 12:47 PM IST

New NASA research is helping to refine our understanding of candidate planets beyond our solar system that might support life. (Photo: NASA)

Solar system's first interstellar immigrant discovered

All of the planets in our solar system, and the vast majority of other objects as well, travel around the Sun in the...

22 May 2018 12:37 PM IST