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Over time, energized particles in the solar wind stripped off Mars atmosphere, leaving a thin and still-shrinking envelope of gases around the planet (Photo: NASA)

Mars spacecraft's first missions face delays, NASA says

NASA will probably delay the first two missions of its Orion deep-space capsule.

14 April 2017 4:54 PM IST

Cassini does not have on-board instruments capable of finding signs of life on any of Saturns moon or Saturn itself.

Saturn moon has necessary conditions to harbor life: NASA

NASA's old Cassini detects plumes of hydrogen molecules emanating from cracks in the surface of ocean-moon -"Enceladus-"

14 April 2017 8:06 AM IST

Phobos, the largest and closest of two moons circling the Red Plane (Photo: AFP)

France, Japan aim to land probe on Mars moon

Phobos, the largest and closes of the two moons circling around Mar's moon, is 17kms in diameter

14 April 2017 7:44 AM IST

On April 8, one of the exciting celestial events of the year â€œJupiter Opposition with Sunâ€ will occur and because of which Planet Jupiter will be closest to Earth on April 9 than in any part of 2017.

Earth-sized 'Tatooine' planets may be habitable: study

In a particular range of distances from two sun-like host stars, a planet covered in water would remain habitable and...

13 April 2017 8:57 PM IST

Almost all spiders are venomous, but very few are dangerous to humans.

New species of cave dwelling spiders identified

The Sierra Cacachilas wandering spider named Califorctenus cacachilensis has thick, fang-like structures

13 April 2017 8:51 PM IST

The planet, located about 4.2 light-years from Earth, or 25 trillion miles (40 trillion km), is the closest of some 3,500 planets that have been discovered beyond the solar system since 1995.

Earth-sized 'Tatooine' planets may be habitable: study

An Earth-sized 'Tatooine' like planet could be quite hospitable if located at the right distance from its two stars.

13 April 2017 5:31 PM IST

A galaxy includes not only stars, planets, moons, gases, dust and other objects and material, but also a big helping of dark matter, a mysterious and invisible form of matter that is not yet fully understood.

First 'image' of dark matter web captured

Dark matter, a mysterious substance that comprises around 25 per cent of the universe, does not shine, absorb or reflect...

13 April 2017 4:44 PM IST

The fact there were so many of them is a testament to just how well the dinosaurs were doing right up until the end (Photo: AFP)

Early dinosaurs were similar to crocodiles: study

Teleocrater did not look much like a dinosaur. It resembled the monitor lizards alive today, researchers said.

13 April 2017 4:36 PM IST

The image was made possible by the satellite possible by the satellite day-night band of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite

NASA releases stunning images of India wrapped in night lights

Tthe NASA team is now automating the processing so that users will be able to view night-time imagery within hours of...

13 April 2017 2:52 PM IST

The Hudson River is seen on May 29, 2015 in New York City (Photo: AFP)

US scientists track fish migration using DNA in water samples

The researchers' data largely corresponded to findings from years of migration

13 April 2017 8:10 AM IST

Theoretical astronomy tells us that when a black hole absorbs matter, a brief flash of light is visible as depicted in this artists rendering (Photo: AFP)

Astronomers piece together first image of black hole

The targeted black hole is hidden in plain sight, lurking in the centre of the Milky Way in a region called Sagittarius...

13 April 2017 7:57 AM IST

Expedition 49 Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov, left, and Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos

Russian cosmonaut says he has taken relics of saint to space

Space exploration in atheist Soviet society was often portrayed as the debunking the existence of God.

12 April 2017 5:40 PM IST