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  Astronomers detect new planet orbiting Proxima Centauri -- closest star to Sun

  February 14, 2022 10:06 IST

  Proxima d orbits between the star and the habitable zone -- the area around a star where liquid water can exist at the surface of a planet -- and takes just five days to complete one orbit around Proxima Centauri.

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  Countdown starts for ISRO's first launch mission of 2022: Time, where to watch

  February 14, 2022 1:46 IST

  The launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, which will also carry two small co-passenger satellites, is scheduled at 05:59 hours on Monday, from the First Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

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  International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022: History, theme and participation

  February 11, 2022 10:21 IST

  Celebrated on Feb 11, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science was declared by United Nations General Assembly.

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  International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2022: 5 Indian women scientists who made history

  February 11, 2022 8:50 IST

  On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, here are a few women that made our nation proud with their contribution to the field of science, innovation, and development.

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  SpaceX satellites falling out of orbit after solar storm | Watch

  February 10, 2022 21:23 IST

  Up to 40 of the 49 small satellites launched last week have either reentered the atmosphere and burned up, or are on the verge of doing so, the company said in an online update Tuesday night.

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  60 potentially habitable planets found using new AI-based algorithm devised in India

  February 10, 2022 12:49 IST

  It is a tedious job to scan thousands of planets manually and to identify planets potentially similar to Earth. Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be utilized effectively to find habitable planets.

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  ISRO to launch Chandrayaan-3 in August 2022

  February 03, 2022 17:10 IST

  A total of 19 missions are planned during January to December 2022, including eight 'Launch Vehicle Missions', seven 'Spacecraft Missions' and four 'Technology Demonstrator Missions'.

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  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reaches final destination -- a million miles away from Earth

  January 25, 2022 7:20 IST

  Considered the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, which orbits 330 miles (530 kilometers) up, Webb is too far away for emergency repairs. That makes the milestones over the past month — and the ones ahead — all the more critical.

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  NASA studying Tonga eruption to understand landforms on Mars, Venus

  January 24, 2022 7:45 IST

  The violent explosion, last week, was preceded by a series of small eruptions starting in December, which increased the size of the island.

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  Scientists develop Covid diagnosis using AI-based X-rays with 98% accuracy, may replace PCR tests

  January 20, 2022 17:22 IST

  The technology developed by experts at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS), is capable of accurately diagnosing Covid-19 in just a few minutes -- far more quickly than a PCR test, which typically takes around 2 hours -- and with 98 per cent accuracy.

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  Giant asteroid larger than 'Burj Khalifa' to pass through Earth | Here's how to track

  January 18, 2022 18:51 IST

  After today, the asteroid won't pass through our planet for another century. Today's approach will be the closest for this asteroid for at least the next 200 years for which astronomers have calculated its orbit.

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  NASA citizen scientist finds Jupiter-like planet

  January 16, 2022 23:46 IST

  The exoplanet, called TOI-2180 b, was discovered in data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

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  Rocket scientist S Somanath to take over new ISRO chairman, succeeding K Sivan

  January 19, 2022 16:48 IST

  Somanath, who is currently Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in the Kerala state capital, will be fourth Keralite to occupy the topmost post in the Indian space sector.

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  Debris chokes NASA's Perseverance while collecting rock sample from Mars

  January 12, 2022 12:28 IST

  This is only the 6th time in human history a sample has been cored from a rock on a planet other than Earth, NASA said, adding they take it slow when they see something anomalous. 

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  NASA's Webb Telescope reaches major milestone as 'Mirror Unfolds'

  January 09, 2022 7:31 IST

  The Webb mission will explore every phase of cosmic history - from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe.

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  World's most powerful space telescope James Webb fully deployed in space

  January 08, 2022 23:38 IST

  The last portion of the 21-foot (6.5-meter) mirror swung into place at flight controllers’ command, completing the unfolding of the James Webb Space Telescope.

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  NASA nails trickiest job on newly launched space telescope

  January 05, 2022 7:44 IST

  The $10 billion telescope is more than halfway toward its destination 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometres) away, following its Christmas Day send-off. It is the biggest and most powerful observatory ever launched — 100 times more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope — enabling it to peer back to almost the beginning of time.

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  Gaganyaan Crew Module to have two landing choices, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal

  January 04, 2022 17:21 IST

  The CM would be splashing down near the Indian coast in 2023 after the week-long mission, and the Arabian Sea, which is comparatively calmer, is the primary choice, but the Bay of Bengal is also being considered as a backup option, writes Dr. Unnikrishnan Nair S, Director, Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC), ISRO, Bengaluru, in an article.

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  Recap 2021 - A year of space tourism, launch of biggest telescope and many milestones | Pics, Videos

  December 30, 2021 17:49 IST

  2021 was a big year in the world of science. The world witnessed millionaires conduct space explorations, NASA launch James Webb Telescope, China bringing back a sample to earth from the moon, and many more milestones. Here is a list of the biggest moments in science with mind-blowing pictures and videos from out of the world (literally).

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  6 Naxals killed in encounter on Chhattisgarh-Telangana border

  December 27, 2021 11:32 IST

  Six ultras, including four women, were killed in the gun-battle with the special anti-Naxal Greyhounds unit of the Telangana Police, a senior police official posted in Bastar said.

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  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches on mission to unlock secrets of universe | WATCH

  December 25, 2021 18:57 IST

  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope soared from French Guiana on South America’s northeastern coast, riding a European Ariane rocket into the Christmas morning sky.

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  ISRO helping send man 6,000 metres deep into ocean

  December 17, 2021 13:48 IST

  Under the 'Deep Ocean Mission' launched by the government, a manned scientific submersible has been proposed to be developed for deep ocean exploration and the project is named 'Samudrayaan', Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Minister, Dr Jitendra Singh told Rajya Sabha in a written reply.

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  For first time in history, NASA spacecraft touches Sun | Watch

  December 16, 2021 17:14 IST

  Launched in 2018 to explore the mysteries of the Sun, the Parker Solar Probe has, so far, completed nine full orbits of the Sun. Before its prime mission ends in 2025, it will complete another 15 orbits.

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  Extended Range Pinaka rocket system successfully test-fired | WATCH

  December 11, 2021 13:50 IST

  While the Pinaka MK-I rocket system has a range of around 40 km, the Pinaka II variant can hit targets at a distance of 60 km. The range of the Pinaka-ER (MK-I variant is not immediately known.

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  Solar Eclipse, Dec 4 2021: Total Solar Eclipse begins | Watch LIVE

  December 04, 2021 13:43 IST

  Solar Eclipse, Dec 4 2021: The celestial event will last for over four hours before the Moon moves out of the Sun’s path. Watch live

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  NASA's Hubble telescope captures stunning image of star-forming Prawn Nebula

  November 28, 2021 13:22 IST

  The Prawn Nebula is a massive stellar nursery located in the constellation Scorpius, about 6,000 light-years from Earth.

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  NASA launches DART spacecraft that will deliberately crash into asteroid. Here's why

  November 24, 2021 14:28 IST

  The mission aims to see if intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid is an effective way to change its course, if an Earth-threatening asteroid is discovered in the future.

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  Barrier separating centre of Milky Way from cosmic ray sea discovered

  November 22, 2021 8:09 IST

  The team investigated a map of radioactive gamma-rays -- the highest-energy form of light in the universe, which can arise when extremely high-speed particles called cosmic rays crash into ordinary matter -- blasting in and around the center of our galaxy.