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  NASA plans to land astronauts on Mars by 2033

  April 04, 2019 8:41 IST

  Last month, US Vice President Mike Pence urged NASA to return American astronauts to the Moon within five years (by 2024) and warned that if NASA cannot do it, it is NASA, not the mission, that must change.

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  Scientists discover potential source of methane on Mars

  April 03, 2019 8:42 IST

  The apparent presence of methane on Mars has fuelled intense speculation that the gas could emanate from microbial Martians beneath the surface.

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  NASA spots ravioli-like moons nestled in Saturn's rings

  April 01, 2019 17:10 IST

  NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which conducted closest-ever flybys of Saturn, beamed back detailed images of tiny moons which resemble raviolis nestled in the planet's rings.  

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  Mars still has active deep groundwater: Scientists

  April 01, 2019 7:33 IST

  The team studied the characteristics of Mars' Recurrent Slope Linea, which are akin to dried, short streams of water that appear on some crater walls on Mars.

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  Next on ISRO launchpad: PSLV-C45 carrying EMISAT, 28 international satellites on Monday

  March 30, 2019 23:31 IST

  ​Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch PSLV-C45 carrying EMISAT and 28 international satellites on Monday.  

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  Mars Helicopter ready to fly to Red Planet: NASA

  March 30, 2019 19:12 IST

  NASA's Mars Helicopter has successfully completed a series of tests and is ready to take flight over the Red Planet, the US space agency said.

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  Spacewalking astronauts install better station batteries

  March 30, 2019 17:57 IST

  Spacewalking astronauts hustled through battery hookups outside the International Space Station on Friday in a major upgrade of the solar power grid.  

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  NASA and ESA project offers people 13 lakh rupees to lie in bed for 60 days

  March 29, 2019 17:39 IST

  The study will investigate the use of artificial gravity as a possible means of preventing the negative effects of weightlessness on the human body, DLR said in a statement.  

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  Mars had big rivers for billions of years: Study

  March 29, 2019 10:36 IST

  The study by scientists at the University of Chicago catalogued these rivers and found that significant river runoff persisted on Mars later into its history than previously thought. 

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  Spacesuit issue stalls NASA all-woman spacewalk

  March 26, 2019 16:56 IST

  Citing lack of right sized spacesuit on the International Space Station (ISS), NASA on Tuesday cancelled the all-woman spacewalk that was scheduled for March 29.  

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  HWB to supply heavy water in India for non-nuclear use

  March 26, 2019 12:24 IST

  Presently deuterated compounds are imported in the country. We intend to make heavy water available for the Indian companies to produce them indigenously at much lower costs: HWB Chairman and Chief Executive U. Kamachi Mudali

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  NASA's Hubble space telescope captures birth of giant storm on Neptune

  March 26, 2019 11:58 IST

  The Hubble images also helped the researchers pinpoint how often Neptune gets dark spots and how long they last.

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  ISRO's Chandrayaan 2 to carry NASA's laser instruments to Moon

  March 25, 2019 16:25 IST

  During the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference held at Texas, US last week, NASA confirmed that Chandrayaan 2 and Israeli lander Beresheet, due to touch down April 11, will each carry NASA-owned laser retroreflector arrays. 

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  Chandrayaan 2 will carry NASA's laser instruments to Moon

  March 25, 2019 15:29 IST

  India's lunar mission Chandrayaan 2, scheduled to launch next month, will carry NASA's laser instruments that allow scientists to make precise measurements of the distance to the Moon, according to the US space agency officials.  

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  Spacewalking astronauts swap out space station’s batteries

  March 24, 2019 7:37 IST

  Changing batteries in orbit took some huffing and puffing and some intricate maneuvering by two spacewalkers Friday. But in the end, it went almost as smoothly as doing the chore back on Earth.  

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  Small solar storm coming to Earth but no big light show

  March 23, 2019 7:46 IST

  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientist says the flare is too weak and any light show would be limited to Alaska, Canada, Iceland, Norway and other far northern spots.  

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  NASA probe finds water-bearing minerals near-Earth asteroid Bennu

  March 20, 2019 19:42 IST

  Using early spectral data from NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft orbiting the asteroid, the team identified infrared properties similar to those in a type of meteorite called carbonaceous chondrites.

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  Scientists find a way to levitate objects with light

  March 20, 2019 10:58 IST

  In theory, this spacecraft could be patterned with nanoscale structures and accelerated by an Earth-based laser light. Without needing to carry fuel, the spacecraft could reach very high, even relativistic speeds and possibly travel to other stars.

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  Astronomers discover 83 super-massive black holes

  March 18, 2019 17:40 IST

  The study also provides new insight into the effect of black holes on the physical state of gas in the early universe in its first billion years. 

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  NASA spacecraft explored edges of Martian sea two decades ago

  March 17, 2019 15:10 IST

  The landing site is on the spillway of an ancient sea that experienced catastrophic floods released from the planet's subsurface and its sediments.Nearly half a century ago the Mariner 9 spacecraft returned images of some of the largest channels in the Solar System

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  Need to change country's image in science & technology: ISRO official

  March 15, 2019 19:02 IST

  An Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) official on Friday underlined the need to change the world's perception of India in the field of science and technology.

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  Robots could build future cities by mimicking nature: Study

  March 15, 2019 14:24 IST

  The researchers are also developing drones that are based on nature, through their design and the materials they are made from.

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  World's oldest eggs shed new light on dinosaur evolution

  March 15, 2019 13:43 IST

  The eggs laid by a group of stem sauropods long-necked herbivores that ranged in size from four to eight meters in length and were the most common and widely spread dinosaurs of their time.

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  US-Russian crew blasts off to International Space Station

  March 15, 2019 6:26 IST

  A Russian-American crew of three blasted off to the International Space Station early Friday, making a second attempt to reach the outpost after October’s aborted launch.  

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  NASA might use commercial rockets for Moon mission

  March 14, 2019 15:29 IST

  NASA is likely to use a commercial rocket to launch its Orion crew capsule around the Moon next year, instead of the agency's future multibillion-dollar Space Launch System (SLS), administrator Jim Bridenstine said.

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  83 supermassive black holes found in early universe

  March 14, 2019 13:59 IST

  "It is remarkable that such massive dense objects were able to form so soon after the Big Bang," said Michael Strauss, a professor at Princeton University in the US

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  NASA to study Moon samples from Apollo missions

  March 13, 2019 19:04 IST

  By studying these precious lunar samples for the first time, a new generation of scientists will help advance our understanding of our lunar neighbour

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  First person on Mars likely to be a woman: NASA chief

  March 13, 2019 14:54 IST

  "It is also true that the first person on Mars is likely to be a woman," Bridenstine said during a recent interview on the science and technology radio talk show "Science Friday."