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  China's moon rover to measure lunar freezing night temperature

  January 13, 2019 16:23 IST

  Chang'e-4, named after a Chinese moon goddess and comprising a lander and a rover, touched down on the dark side of the moon on January 3, the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon by any country.  

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  Collapse of star captured for first time, say scientists

  January 13, 2019 12:38 IST

  This rare event will help astronomers better understand the physics at play within the first moments of the creation of a black hole or neutron star.

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  India keen to fly a woman in maiden manned space mission

  January 12, 2019 16:53 IST

  There will be two unmanned flights by the space agency onboard a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) before the manned mission 'Gaganyaan'.  

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  Gaganyaan to be completed by December 2021 | ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INDIA'S FIRST MANNED MISSION TO SPACE

  January 11, 2019 14:43 IST

  Announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 15, the total fund requirement for the Gaganyaan Programme is within Rs 10,000 crore.

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  Gaganyaan | India's first manned space mission to be sent by December 2021: ISRO

  January 11, 2019 19:09 IST

  Describing Gaganyaan as a major turning point for India’s space agency, Sivan confirmed that the preparations for the mission are underway.

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  Ocean warming is accelerating faster than thought, suggests research

  January 11, 2019 11:57 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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  Citizen scientists find new planet using NASA telescope

  January 10, 2019 17:28 IST

  The new world, known as K2-288Bb, could be rocky or could be a gas-rich planet similar to Neptune. Its size is rare among exoplanets -- planets beyond our solar system, according to the study published in the Astronomical Journal.  

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  Repeated fast radio bursts from space make 'alien life' theories alive

  January 10, 2019 16:49 IST

  A Canadian-led team of scientists found the second repeating fast radio burst (FRB) from the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) telescope located in the mountains of British Columbia's Okanagan Valley.  

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  Prolonged space missions may affect size, density of spinal muscles

  January 10, 2019 16:45 IST

  In the study, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) analysed computed tomography (CT) scans of the lumbar (lower) spine in 17 astronauts and cosmonauts who flew missions on the ISS.   

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  NASA confirms suspension of Hubble's most advanced camera following hardware problem

  January 10, 2019 12:32 IST

  Hubble is the first major optical telescope to be placed in space, providing an unobstructed view into the universe.

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  Scientists discover second fast radio burst in space, far outside Milky Way galaxy

  January 10, 2019 12:14 IST

  This is one of the very first detections made by the new Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment, or CHIME. 

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  Asteroid-circling spacecraft grabs cool snapshot of home

  January 09, 2019 17:14 IST

  NASA’s Osiris-Rex spacecraft took the picture days before going into orbit around asteroid Bennu on New Year’s Eve.  

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  Stellar wind disrupting star formation in Orion Nebula: NASA

  January 09, 2019 17:09 IST

  This is surprising because until now, scientists thought that other processes, such as exploding stars called supernovae, were largely responsible for regulating the formation of stars. 

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  Study proves against microbes mutating into dangerous superbugs in space

  January 09, 2019 13:09 IST

  As the conversation about sending travellers to Mars gets more serious, there has been an increasing interest in understanding how microbes behave in enclosed environments, researchers said.

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  NASA Probe discovers third new planet outside Solar System

  January 08, 2019 17:14 IST

    The new planet named HD 21749b, orbits a bright, nearby dwarf star about 53 light years away in the constellation Reticulum.

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  End of the world? Home galaxy headed towards catastrophic galactic collision

  January 08, 2019 15:34 IST

  Researchers led by astrophysicists at Durham University in the UK predict that the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) could hit the Milky Way in two billion years' time.

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  Nobel Laureates bury time capsule in earth for descendents

  January 06, 2019 16:41 IST

  This burying, or rather mummifying, took place at the Lovely Professional University (LPU) here, which is hosting the 106th Indian Science Congress and for which the three Nobelist - - third one being American-German biochemist Thomas Sudhof-- were invited to give lectures to students and other scientists.  

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  Chinese rover powers up devices in pioneering moon mission

  January 06, 2019 16:34 IST

  The Jade Rabbit 2 rover has succeeded in establishing a digital transmission link with a relay satellite that sends data back to the Beijing control center, the space agency said in a posting late Friday on its website.  

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  Scientists create novel planters for astronauts to grow beans in space

  January 06, 2019 14:18 IST

  The European Space Agency plans to build a lunar base in 2030 as a stopover on the way to Mars. NASA plans to fly directly to the planet with a target landing date of 2030.

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  Science body condemns 'Kauravas were test tube babies' claim at Indian Science Congress

  January 06, 2019 7:05 IST

  In the 2015 ISC event, claims were made on the existence of aircraft in ancient India, but the observation was rebuffed by the science community. 

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  Surya Grahan 2019: First solar eclipse of year today. All you need to know about time, locations

  January 06, 2019 9:43 IST

  During a partial solar eclipse, the Moon covers the Sun’s disk only partially, which is why it is called Partial Solar Eclipse and not a total Solar Eclipse.

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  Surya Grahan 2019: Sky gazers set to witness first solar eclipse of the year on Sunday; time in India, locations

  January 05, 2019 23:23 IST

  The world will be witnessing this year's first Partial Solar Eclipse on January 6.

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  China's Chang'e-4 lunar rover leaves first-ever 'footprint' on moon's far side

  January 04, 2019 20:00 IST

  The Chang'e-4 spacecraft scripted history on Thursday when it made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon. Named after a Chinese moon goddess, the spacecraft comprises a lander and a rover.  

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  China develops its own 'Mother of All Bombs': Report

  January 04, 2019 18:55 IST

  China's defence industry giant NORINCO for the first time showcased the aerial bomb, the country's largest non-nuclear bomb, state-run Global Times reported.  

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  SpaceX launches India's first private satellite built by Mumbai-based startup

  January 03, 2019 17:43 IST

  Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched India’s first privately built satellite ExseedSat-1 along with 63 other satellites recently.

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  'Telescope to detect cosmic X-rays launched from Antarctica'

  January 03, 2019 17:08 IST

  The X-Calibur instrument, launched by Washington University in the US from the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, is carried aloft on a helium balloon intended to reach an altitude of 130,000 feet.   

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  If Ram temple can't be built during BJP government tenure, when will it be, asks Shiv Sena

  January 03, 2019 16:49 IST

  In a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Shiv Sena on Thursday said it wondered when the Ram temple could be constructed in Ayodhya if not during the tenure of the current BJP-led majority government.

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  ISRO working towards Chandrayaan-2 mission launch next month

  January 03, 2019 16:12 IST

  "We are all trying hard. Definitely, it should be possible to launch the mission in February," a senior ISRO official told PTI.