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Researchers discover stellar system with 3 super Earths

This "unusual family of super-Earths" around the star, named GJ9827, was spotted by researchers at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in the US.

Mar 6, 2018

By IANS

Science

Researchers find rare mineral in plants for first time

This is the first time that the rare and unstable mineral has been found to be associated with plants.

Mar 6, 2018

By IANS

Science

Exoplanet with 3 times Saturn water, hot atmosphere found

Using Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, scientists studied the "hot Saturn" called WASP-39b and by dissecting starlight filtering through the planet's atmosphere into its component colors, they found clear evidence for a large amount of water vapor, almost three times as much water as our Saturn does.

Mar 2, 2018

By Soorya Kiran NN

Exoplanet Nasa

An artist's concept of the ARTEMIS spacecraft in orbit around the Moon

Science

Vodafone, Nokia to provide first live streaming 4G communication from Moon in 2019

PTScientists, a Geman compnay will support the private lunar rover mission that will launch a lander and two small rovers to moon's surface via SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Mar 1, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Science

Another Time Traveler from 2075 surfaces, predicts nuclear war in 2019

Almost every prediction he has made is anybody's imagination based on what we know already. None of these revelations elicited any response from the US space agency NASA.

Feb 23, 2018

By Soorya Kiran NN

Nasa

Science

Kepler Space Telescope discovers nearly 100 new exoplanets

K2 searches for exoplanet transits by registering dips in light caused by the shadow of an exoplanet as it crosses in front of its host star.

Feb 17, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Nasa

Politics

Trump's NASA budget focuses on Moon with an eye towards Mars

The 2019 budget estimate for NASA announced by the Donald Trump puts the agency on a path to lead the return of Americans to the Moon with a goal to send humans to Mars.

Feb 13, 2018

By IANS

Nasa

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral

Science

Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster spotted floating in space

Tesla CEO Elon Musk's car is being tracked by the Virtual Telescope Project of Tenagra Observatory in Arizona.

Feb 10, 2018

By IANS

Elon musk

Space

NASA's New Horizons snaps farthest images ever taken

The routine calibration frame of the "Wishing Well" galactic open star cluster on December 5 was taken when New Horizons was 6.12 billion km from Earth -- making it, for a time, the farthest image ever made from Earth.

Feb 9, 2018

By IANS

Nasa

Lying around 20,000 light-years from us in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion)

Space

Planets beyond Milky Way galaxy discovered for first time, say experts

A team of scientists from University of Oklahoma has discovered for the first time a population of planets beyond the Milky Way galaxy.

Feb 6, 2018

By IANS

Nasa Milky way

Science

TRAPPIST-1 planets could hold more water than Earth's oceans

TRAPPIST-1e is the rockiest planet of them all, but still is believed to have the potential to host some liquid water.

Feb 6, 2018

By IANS

Nasa

Science

Texas, Morocco meteorite rocks contain life-forming elements, but alien life still untraceable

Recently scientists have found out, following thorough research, that the two meteorites that had crashed into earth, in Texas near a children's basketball match in March 1998; while the other had smashed near Morocco the same year in August contained ingredients required to form life.

Feb 4, 2018

By Poulami Nag

Asteroid

Space

Potentially Hazardous near-Earth asteroid to pass by at high speed today

A Potentially Hazardous near-Earth asteroid will pass by Earth at high speed on February 4 without causing any significant threat to the planet.

Feb 4, 2018

By Rahul K R

Nasa

Space

NASA completes 60 years of space exploration, starting with Explorer 1 in 1958

NASA is celebrating 60 years of the launch of its first satellite, Explorer 1.

Feb 2, 2018

By Rahul K R

Nasa

Space

NASA-JAXA join hands for strategic future earth science cooperation

NASA and JAXA have signed a strategic partnership agreement for cooperation in future space exploration.

Jan 31, 2018

By Rahul K R

Spacex

Space

NASA's InSight tests successfully extending solar arrays mid-way, what it means?

NASA has successfully completed tests to extend solar arrays in InSight mission to Mars.

Jan 26, 2018

By Rahul K R

Space

Gravitational pull diminishing in sun, impact on solar system far more: NASA Study

NASA's study on increasing size of Mercury's orbit finds the measure of loss of Solar mass which results in reduced effects of gravitation force on planets.

Jan 23, 2018

By Rahul K R