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NASA pushing for near-earth object detection satellite

NASA has sought advice from the committee regarding techniques that could be used to determine the sizes of asteroids.

Jan 5, 2019

By Micah Ong

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Cosmic collision can awake supermassive black hole that sits at the Milky Way's centre

The scientists believe that in two billion years there would be a collision between our home galaxy and Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).

Jan 4, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Space

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NASA's Juno spacecraft spots volcanic plume erupting from Jupiter's moon Io

Jupiter's moon Io is one of the most volcanically active bodies in the solar system, and its surface is dipped with hot lava most of the times

Jan 4, 2019

By Nirmal Narayanan

Science

NASA Probe succeeds in most distant exploration of solar system

Mission operations manager Alice Bowman confirmed that their spacecraft is "healthy" and has succeeded in zooming past the primordial planetary body intact.

Jan 2, 2019

By Micah Ong

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Mars reality show? 2032 mission to tend people to planet with 'No Return Ticket'

Mars One mission team is still continuing their search for potential astronauts to man the rocket.

Jan 2, 2019

By Micah Ong

Space

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NASA New Year's Flyby: How To Watch New Horizons Spacecraft Explore Distant World

The mission team will then show the images taken by the spacecraft before the flyby after receiving the signal.

Dec 31, 2018

By Micah Ong

Space Universe

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Dr Nancy Grace Roman, known as the 'mother' of Hubble, dies at 93

Dr Nancy Grace Roman was the first woman to hold an executive role at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Dec 30, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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Former NASA astronaut calls Mars mission ridiculous and stupid

Bill Anders revealed that the upcoming manned missions to Mars which will be executed by NASA are stupid and ridiculous

Dec 25, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Science

Celebrating 50th anniversary of Apollo 8's launch

Apollo 8 was supposed to be a test flight to simulate atmospheric re-entry from the Moon but never meant to go there.

Dec 23, 2018

By IBTimes SG Desk

Space

'Brightest Comet' to pass earth on Sunday; You can watch it without telescope

The phenomena will be one of the 10 closest comet flybys of the earth in 70 years and people can watch it with nacked-eye.

Dec 15, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Serena Auñón-Chancellor

NASA astronauts work aboard the station.

Dec 15, 2018

By IBTimes SG Desk

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Hubble telescope spots evaporating planet at astonishing speed

Using Hubble telescope, astronomers spotted a medium-sized planet that evaporated at an astonishing speed

Dec 15, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

The Instrument Deployment Camera (IDC), located on the robotic arm of NASA's InSight lander, took this picture of the Martian surface on Nov. 26, 2018, the same day the spacecraft touched down on the Red Planet. The camera's transparent dust cover is stil

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NASA records the sound of smooth breeze on Mars

The sound recording was made when winds that blew at a speed of 15 miles per hour moved over Insight's solar panel

Dec 8, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

A Soyuz booster rocket launched the Soyuz MS-11 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, carrying Soyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, and astronauts Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadia

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Crew launches for the International Space Station

Commander Oleg Kononenko of Roscosmos, astronauts Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency launches for ISS.

Dec 6, 2018

By IBTimes SG Desk

Space

The Fairy of Eagle Nebula

Here is the image of The Fairy of Eagle Nebula, along with a brief explanation.

Dec 3, 2018

By IBTimes SG Desk

Space

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NASA's InSight's landing site on Mars couldn't have been more perfect

NASA's InSight team were hoping to land the vehicle at a sandy area on the Red Planet that had a fewer number of rocks and the actual result is even better.

Dec 2, 2018

By Poulami Nag

Space