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NASAs Curiosity Mars rover examined a mudstone outcrop area called Pahrump Hills on lower Mount Sharp, in 2014 and 2015. This view shows locations of some targets the rover studied there. The blue dots indicate where drilled samples of powdered rock were collected for analysis. (NASA Image)

Evidence of wide diversity of minerals discovered on Mars

NASA scientists have found a wide diversity of minerals in the initial samples of rocks collected by the Curiosity...

12 Jun 2017 1:23 PM IST

Saturns atmosphere seen closer than ever before was captured by NASAs Cassini spacecraft during its first Grand Finale dive past the planet on April 26 and released on April 27, 2017. (Photo: NASA)

Space might hold the key to beating cancer

Researchers are growing lung cancer cells with gold in space, which might hold the key to beating cancer.

9 Jun 2017 5:12 PM IST

ISROs GSLV-MkIII D1 rocket as seen from Sriharikota, Tamil Nadu. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

NASA rocket creates colourful artificial clouds

The NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket was successfully launched from the US space agency's Wallops Flight...

30 Jun 2017 3:02 PM IST

Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been repeatedly pummelled by space rocks that have caused anything from an innocuous splash in the ocean to species annihilation.

Are asteroids humanity's 'greatest challenge'?

Astrophysicists monitoring the risk classify objects into sizes ranging from a few millimetres to behemoths 10...

28 Jun 2017 5:03 PM IST

Consensus has long been that the Earths core is about 85 percent iron and 10 percent nickel, with sulphur, oxygen and silicon prime candidates for the other five percent

Large asteroid to pass close to Earth today: NASA

The next scheduled close encounter with a big rock will not happen before 2027

19 April 2017 8:32 AM IST

A European Space Agency artists impression of the debris field in low-Earth orbit (Photo: AFP)

Space debris problem getting worse: scientists

Scientists have sounded the alarm over the problems posed to space missions from orbital junk

19 April 2017 8:08 AM IST

The unmanned Cygnus resupply ship operated by the US company OrbitalATK is show making a delivery to the International Space Station in October 2016 (Photo: AFP/NASA)

Orbital to launch cargo to space station today

The Cygnus resupply ship slowly approaches the International Space Station in October 2016

18 April 2017 7:52 AM IST

Consensus has long been that the Earths core is about 85 percent iron and 10 percent nickel, with sulphur, oxygen and silicon prime candidates for the other five percent

Adopt a piece of Earth through NASA's new campaign

NASA is celebrating Earth Day through their Adopt the Planet campaign, wherein users can virtually adopt a piece of...

17 April 2017 3:52 PM IST

Google CEO Sundar Pichai

Planet Labs bags Google's satellite imaging business Terra Bella

The deal will help Planet Labs broaden its available data and add new customers.

4 Feb 2017 11:18 AM IST

The 700 metre long space tether was due to be extended out from a Japanese cargo ship that was launched in December 2016. (Photo: NASA)

Japan 'space junk' collector in trouble

Over 100 million pieces of garbage are thought to be whizzing around the planet.

1 Feb 2017 7:37 AM IST

The researchers said the results show pigeons process space and time in ways similar to humans and other primates. (Photo: Pixabay)

Pigeons can discriminate both space, time: study

Humans are able to perceive space and time, even without the aid of inventions such as a watch or a ruler.

5 Dec 2017 4:08 PM IST

The spatial scale in this image is 7.75 miles/pixel (12.5 kilometres/pixel).

New images of Jupiter captured by Juno spacecraft

The Juno spacecraft captured image when the spacecraft was only 11,747 miles (18,906 kilometres) from the tops of...

2 Dec 2017 5:35 PM IST