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  Uncharted waters: Scientists to explore Indian Ocean depths

  January 25, 2019 17:47 IST

  The Nekton Mission, supported by over 40 organizations, will conduct further dives in other parts of the Indian Ocean over three years. The research will contribute to a summit on the state of the Indian Ocean planned for late 2021.  

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  NASA's Opportunity rover completes 15 years on Mars

  January 25, 2019 16:14 IST

  NASA's golf-cart-sized Opportunity rover has completed 15 years of its touchdown on the surface of Mars, the US space agency said.

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  Scientists drill record West Antarctic hole

  January 24, 2019 19:41 IST

  Scientists have for the first time successfully drilled over two kilometres through the ice sheet in West Antarctica using hot water, an advance they say will help understand how the region will respond to a warming climate.

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  DRDO imaging satellite to be launched today, 16-hour countdown begins

  January 24, 2019 0:00 IST

  The PSLV that would be flying on January 24 with Microsat R and Kalamsat will be a two strap-on motors configuration and is designated as PSLV-DL.

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  China conducts mock intercontinental ballistic missile strike exercise

  January 23, 2019 14:30 IST

  China Central Television (CCTV), which carried the news, however, did not disclose the details about the location and time of the exercise.  

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  Body heat can be used to power 'smart garments', scientists say

  January 23, 2019 12:05 IST

  Many wearable biosensors, data transmitters and similar tech advances for personalised health monitoring have been "creatively miniaturised," said Trisha Andrew from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the US.  

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  NASA replaces astronaut for 1st Boeing mission to ISS

  January 23, 2019 10:43 IST

  NASA announced late Tuesday that astronaut Eric Boe will no longer fly on the mission owing to unspecified "medical reasons." NASA astronaut Mike Fincke has been added to the crew.  

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  Scientists discover new shark species with 'spaceship-shaped' teeth

  January 22, 2019 14:17 IST

  Over two dozen teeth belonging to the new shark species have been recovered.

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  NASA to collaborate with China for Moon exploration

  January 20, 2019 15:50 IST

  The US space agency held discussions with the China National Space Administration (CNSA) last month to explore the possibility of observing a signature of the landing plume of their lunar lander, Chang'e 4, which landed on the Moon earlier this month.  

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  Total lunar eclipse meets super blood wolf moon tonight: When and where to watch

  January 20, 2019 9:00 IST

  Some places, including the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles will be live streaming the phenomenon. 

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  Asteroid collision with Earth, Moon increased in last 290 mn years | Watch video

  January 20, 2019 8:49 IST

  The team studied the surface of the Moon using thermal data and images collected by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), and compiled the ages of all lunar craters younger than about a billion years.

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  Scientists finally know how long a day is on Saturn. Read details

  January 19, 2019 19:14 IST

  Christopher Mankovich, a graduate student in astronomy and astrophysics at the varsity, analysed the wave patterns within the rings.  

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  Scientists finally find answer to the 'Saturn' mystery, know what time it is on the Ring Planet | DEETS INSIDE

  January 19, 2019 13:49 IST

    It was a mystery that eluded scientists and astronomers for decades, because the Saturn planet has no solid surface with landmarks to track as it rotates.

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  India nowhere less than China in arena of space: ISRO

  January 18, 2019 18:55 IST

  India is nowhere less than China in the arena of space, and after the success of human space mission project 'Gaganyaan', it will be equal to its neighbour in all aspects related to the field, ISRO Chairman K Sivan said on Friday.

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  Astronauts on Gaganyaan likely to be pilots, hints ISRO

  January 18, 2019 16:36 IST

  ISRO Chairman K Sivan said the Indian Air Force and other agencies will play a major role during the selection of astronauts for the human space mission project.

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  Hubble Telescope camera back in action after 1-week shutdown

  January 18, 2019 15:29 IST

  The Space Telescope Science Institute says the camera resumed observations Thursday. It stopped working Jan. 8.  

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  Asteroids pummelled Earth, Moon beginning 290 million years ago: Study

  January 18, 2019 15:12 IST

  The team studied the surface of the Moon using thermal data and images collected by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), and compiled the ages of all lunar craters younger than about a billion years.  

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  Saturn's iconic rings are 'very young': Study

  January 18, 2019 15:08 IST

  The finding, published in the journal Science, show that the rings are relatively recent, having originated less than 100 million years ago and perhaps as recently as 10 million years ago.  

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  'Crew module, service design of Gaganyaan to be unveiled soon': ISRO chief

  January 18, 2019 12:46 IST

  "The design work relating to the proposed manned mission is underway and will be finalised soon," K. Sivan, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) told IANS.

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  Scientists find evidence of rainfall on Saturn's moon Titan

  January 17, 2019 13:54 IST

  If compared to Earth's yearly cycle of four seasons, a season on Titan lasts seven Earth years.

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  SpaceX to build test versions of Mars spaceships in Texas, not Los Angeles

  January 17, 2019 9:32 IST

  SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted that development of Starship will continue in Hawthorne, but prototypes will be built in south Texas. 

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  Scientists create artificial 'Venus flytrap' plant to capture small objects in response to environmental cues

  January 16, 2019 12:13 IST

  Other potential applications could include sensors in remote, harsh environments, such as deserts, mountains, or even other planets. 

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  Antarctica melting away at alarming rate: Study

  January 15, 2019 9:27 IST

  The study released on Monday led by Eric Rignot from the University of California at Irvine, found that the rate of that ice loss has not been consistent, with ice disappearing faster in each successive decade. 

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  Super Blood Wolf Moon Lunar Eclipse 2019: Stargazers all set to witness yet another visual treat on Jan 20, 21

  January 14, 2019 17:18 IST

  The Super Blood Moon is a phenomenon wherein the Moon appears particularly large and bright with a reddish glow.

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  Believe it or not! Scientists may have seen birth of black hole | DETAILS INSIDE

  January 14, 2019 16:15 IST

  Researchers from Northwestern University in the US are getting closer to understanding the mysteriously bright object that burst in the northern sky this summer.

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  SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft released from International Space Station, to reach Earth tonight

  January 14, 2019 14:41 IST

  The commercial cargo vessel will bring home a variety of critical space research, including ISS hardware to extracted for analysis, refurbishment or discarding, NASA said.

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  Oceans warming faster than previously thought, says new research

  January 13, 2019 17:39 IST

  Ocean heating is critical marker of climate change because an estimated 93 per cent of the excess solar energy trapped by greenhouse gases accumulates in the world's oceans.  

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  Plant membrane adapted to extract hydrogen fuel from water

  January 13, 2019 17:01 IST

  Researchers from the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory adapted a chemical reaction pathway, central to plant biology, to form the backbone of the process to extract into hydrogen fuel from water.