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Mining on Moon: NASA in Market for Lunar Rocks, to Pay up to $25,000 for Each Sample

To encourage commercial mining on Moon, NASA will pay up to $25,000 for each extracted lunar rock and even willing to bring the payload back to Earth

Sep 11, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Nasa

Science

Chinese Reusable Spacecraft Launched Mysterious Object Into Space Before Returning to Earth: Report

The Asian nation has not released any information about the object, with the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation giving very little information about the spacecraft

Sep 10, 2020

By Ishan Ghosh

Space

Scientists Clueless About Aliens Even After Completion of Scanning 10 Million Star Systems

The astronomers used Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) to carry out the most rigorous hunt for aliens yet

Sep 9, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Alien

Science

Rare Collision of Two Massive Black Holes Startles Scientists

The two black holes that collided had a solar mass of 85 and 66 respectively to create a supermassive black hole of about 150 solar mass

Sep 4, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Space

NASA Selects Potential Mission to Study Dynamics of the Sun

The proposals were selected based on the potential science value and feasibility of the development plans

Aug 30, 2020

By IANS

Nasa

Society

Mysterious Chinese Space Station in Argentina Raises Eyebrows in US

Experts have raised concerns over how this Chinese space station in Argentina will be used by Beijing

Aug 27, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Nasa

Society

Who Is John Shepherd? Michigan Man Tried Contacting Aliens from Grandma's Living Room for 30 Years

The self-taught electronics engineer was inspired by sci-fi TV shows and set out to contact aliens in mid-1960s with equipment that filled his grandmother's living room

Aug 23, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

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Science

Supernova Explosions Might Have Caused Mass Extinction 359 Million Years Ago, Says Study

Studies found that there was a long-term ozone layer depletion during the mass extinction event in late Devonian period 359 million years ago

Aug 19, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Space

Shooting Laser Beams at Moon Reveals Mysterious Phenomenon

The laser experiments showed that the Moon is drifting away from Earth about an inch and a half every year.

Aug 18, 2020

By Krishnendu Banerjee

Space

Dwarf Planet Ceres a Water-rich World, Finds NASA Probe

The new research confirms that the dwarf planet Ceres is a water-rich world like these other icy bodies

Aug 11, 2020

By IANS

Nasa

Science

How the Moon Is Going to Affect This Year's Perseid Meteor Shower

NASA revealed that skywatchers can see at least 30 to 50 meteors burning up in the atmosphere during this year's cosmic event

Aug 9, 2020

By Nirmal Narayanan

Nasa

Space

Some Solar Systems Can Contain at Least 7 Earth-Like Planets, Says Study

A new study says that several stars may have as many as seven Earth-like planets in the absence of giant gaseous planets such as Jupiter

Jul 31, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Space

China's Mars Spacecraft Spotted Zooming Away From Earth by NASA's Camera

The spacecraft contains a rover, an orbiter, and a lander, all packed together, and if it reaches Mars, it will become China's first successful mission to the Red Planet

Jul 26, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Nasa

Science

NASA To Use Stadium-sized Balloon To Study The Cosmos

NASA engineers are working on an ambitious new mission that will carry a cutting-edge, 2.5-metre telescope high into the stratosphere on a football stadium-sized balloon

Jul 24, 2020

By IANS

Nasa

Science

A Star Was Sent Hurtling Across Milky Way, Mostly by An Unusual Partial Supernova Explosion

A star named Dox traveling at high speed across the galaxy could have been ejected after an unusual supernova explosion

Jul 16, 2020

By Vinay B.S.

Nasa

Science

Tokyo Fireball Mystery Explained; Meteor Pieces Found in Japan

After the fireball incident that lit up Tokyo sky on July 2, many people claimed that they heard a loud noise

Jul 13, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Nasa

Science

NASA's Next Mars Rover Attached To Rocket Before July 30 Launch

NASA engineers have attached its Mars rover to the top of the rocket that will send it toward the Red Planet as the US space agency now targets July 30 for its launch

Jul 10, 2020

By IANS

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