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Black Hole: Scientists one step closer to unlocking secrets of darkest space entity

Scientists believe that the shape of the gases surrounding the black hole is like a 3D fountain, and is not doughnut shaped.

Dec 5, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Science

From Geminid meteors to Saturn's cosmic pairing: Five celestial events to look forward in December

Here are the list of those five celestial events that you should not miss this December 2018.

Dec 3, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

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

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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

Nasa

Science

Astronomer claims alien artefacts could be lurking inside solar system

Abraham Loeb believes that there could be tens of alien artifacts lurking inside the solar system, within in the reach of humans

Dec 1, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Space

NASA's Kepler receives 'goodnight' command; Is exoplanet-hunting mission over?

Here's now NASA said goodbye to the Kepler but looking forward to the success of most promising James Webb Space Telescope.

Nov 19, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Exoplanet

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Space may witness ice age due to dropping sunspot activity

A scientist at NASA has warned that space will witness a mini ice age due to the decline in sunspot activity.

Nov 18, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Nasa

Astronomers sifting through data from the Gaia spacecraft have found a previously unseen dwarf galaxy lurking near the Milky Way. In this artist’s impression, the Large Magellanic cloud can be seen to the left of the Milky Way, center, while the newly dis

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Astronomers discover new 'ghost galaxy' next to Milky Way by using ESA's Gaia

A team of astronomers can't fully explain the "ghost" galaxy that they spotted about 130,000 light-years from the edge of the Milky Way.

Nov 14, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Science

Three massive asteroids set to pass earth this weekend; Halloween asteroid may appear on Sunday

Skull-shaped Halloween asteroid is expected to fly by earth on Sunday, November 11, while three other asteroids will pass earth on Saturday.

Nov 8, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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Space

SpaceX's Starman has crossed Mars in his Tesla Roadster

Elon Musk used to go to work in that Tesla Roadster before the car embarked upon its space journey.

Nov 5, 2018

By Poulami Nag

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Science

NASA's Hubble Telescope spots cute smiling face in space

Hubble Telescope captured this smiling image while exploring the space to know how new stars spring to life throughout the cosmos

Nov 4, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Nasa

Science

Why October month's full moon is called Hunter's Moon?

Every full moon has a different name and many of these names date back to hundreds of years when the Native Americans had come up with them

Oct 26, 2018

By Poulami Nag

Science

World's largest amphibious aircraft made by China completes flight test; What is New Moon project?

After the successful launch, it stayed airborne for about 15 minutes and four crew members have piloted the aircraft.

Oct 20, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

atom 'trap' used to create the Bose-Einstein condensate

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Scientists create Bose-Einstein condensate in space after 71 years since its prediction

The MAIUS 1 experiment was launched on January last year on board a sounding rocket from Esrange Space Center near Kiruna in northern Sweden.

Oct 19, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Nasa

Artist's concept of Chandra X-ray Observatory

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NASA's Chandra put on Safe Mode after malfunction

NASA is yet to fully describe what really happened to the telescope that they had to go through with this step.

Oct 15, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Nasa

New mysterious radio signals detected coming from a star 11 million light years away

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Australian observatory picks up mysterious space signals that baffle experts

Alien enthusiasts believe that advanced extraterrestrial civlizations are sending fast radio bursts to catch our attention.

Oct 11, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

Science

Just not a rock: Doorstop turns out to be most valuable meteorite worth $100,000 [VIDEO]

The examiner of the meteorite stated that it is the most valuable material that "I have ever held in my life."

Oct 8, 2018

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

How far away is spiral galaxy NGC 4921? Although presently estimated to be about 310 million light years distant, a more precise determination could be coupled with its known recession speed to help humanity better calibrate the expansion rate of the enti

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University of Toronto astronomers record ghostly traces of cosmic explosion

Astronomers have successfully recorded a sonic boom emitted by a very strong cosmic explostion which remained unseen

Oct 8, 2018

By Nirmal Narayanan

This graphic shows the position of the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes relative to the heliosphere, a protective bubble created by the Sun that extends well past the orbit of Pluto. Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause, or the edge of the heliosphere, in 2012.

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NASA Voyager 2 enters nearest interstellar space

Voyager 1 experienced a similar spike in cosmic rays in 2012, when it exited the heliosphere.

Oct 8, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

Nasa

Science

Black holes, not the dark matter physicists are looking for

For a brief while, physicists around the world did consider attributing dark matter to black holes, right after gravitational waves were detected in 2015.

Oct 3, 2018

By Immanuel Jotham

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