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Thanks to NASA telescope, ‘corona’ got sharper

23 July 2012 6:19 AM IST
NASA has captured the highest resolution images ever taken of the sun’s million-degree atmosphere called the corona.The super high-definition images...

Mission to Mars

17 July 2012 10:12 AM IST
With the Indian space department having made it clear that India is all set for the ambitious mission to Mars, the exciting interplanetary spaceflight...

NASA cancels space telescope project

9 Jun 2012 3:11 PM IST
NASA has announced the cancelling of its new space telescope project designed to seek out black holes and other cosmic mysteries through X-ray light...

Indian imprint on largest radio telescope

4 Jun 2012 7:19 AM IST
The world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope, being built in South Africa and Australia, will have a distinct Indian imprint. Every movement...

On track of water on Mars

24 May 2012 6:19 PM IST
Excitement is building up as the scientists in-charge of NASA’s Mars Rover Curiosity have begun operational readiness tests of the vehicle, this...

Life-bearing planets possible

15 May 2012 1:28 PM IST
A few hundred thousand billion free-floating life-bearing earth-sized planets may exist in the space between stars in the Milky Way, says a study. The...

Astronomers discover 'hidden planet'

12 May 2012 12:26 PM IST
Astronomers have discovered what they claim is a 'hidden planet' outside our solar system, using a 150-year-old technique used to find Neptune. A team...

Spitzer detects new planet

10 May 2012 11:09 AM IST
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a 'super-Earth' planet beyond our solar system for the first time. 'Spitzer has...

Black hole devours unlucky star

4 May 2012 5:01 AM IST
Scientists have witnessed the rare spectacle of a supermassive black hole devouring a star that had ventured too close - an event that occurs about...

Neutrinos 'may soon be measured accurately'

1 May 2012 6:52 PM IST
Planetary scientists claim that their new research would for the first time help astronomers accurately measure neutrinos, the lightest known...
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