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China publishes lunar orbiter photos of the Earth and Moon together
World | Nov 11, 2014, 12:12 PM ISTBeijing: China on Monday published photographs of the Earth and Moon together taken by the orbiting service module of the country's first unmanned lunar orbiter, which returned to Earth earlier this month.The photos were taken
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NASA telescope to measure Earth's elevation from space
World | Nov 04, 2014, 11:13 AM ISTWashington: In a pioneering work, NASA scientists have fitted the laser-catching telescope of the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) into its place that will measure the elevation of Earth from space.The telescope will
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Mysterious space plane lands on California coast after 674 days in Earth's Orbit
World | Oct 18, 2014, 01:10 PM ISTCalifornia: A top-secret space plane landed today at an Air Force base on the Southern California coast.The plane spent nearly two years circling Earth on a classified mission. Known as the X-37B, it resembles a
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Earth to have nearly 11 bn people by 2100: UN
World | Sep 19, 2014, 10:53 AM ISTWashington: The Earth is going to have 11 billion people by 2100, with the rising population exacerbating global problems such as climate change, spread of infectious diseases and poverty, says a significant joint study by
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3 space station astronauts return to Earth
World | Sep 11, 2014, 08:54 AM ISTCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: Three space station astronauts are back on Earth.An American and two Russians landed early Thursday in Kazakhstan after 5½ months aboard the International Space Station. They returned in a Russian Soyuz capsule
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"Like a Diamond in the space"
World | Aug 07, 2014, 12:43 PM ISTNew Delhi: The largest diamond ever found is not on Earth, but faraway across the galaxy. Scientists at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory tracked down the very cold and dim star.It's so cold, its carbon
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Top 10 creepiest places on earth
World | Jul 01, 2014, 11:52 AM ISTNew Delhi: Do you believe in haunting or ghosts? If you will go and hang out in these places, then you will surely start believing in those. Here is a list of 10 creepiest places
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India's Mars Orbiter ready to part with earth
India | Nov 30, 2013, 10:16 PM ISTBangalore: India's maiden spacecraft to Mars is ready to part with earth an hour after Saturday midnight and get into the sun's orbit for its long voyage to the red planet, scientists said Friday."The Mars
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NASA releases stunning new image of Saturn and Earth
World | Nov 13, 2013, 03:36 PM ISTWashington: NASA has released the first-ever natural-colour portrait of Saturn, in which the planet, its seven moons and rings, and Earth, Venus and Mars, all are visible.The new panoramic mosaic of the majestic Saturn system
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Now Earth is more prone to meteor risk, say scientists
World | Nov 07, 2013, 02:42 PM ISTWashington : After a surprise meteor hit Earth at 42,000 mph and exploded over a Russian city Chelyabinsk in February, smashing windows and causing minor injuries, scientists studying the aftermath say the threat of space
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Earth to be habitable for another 1.75 billion years
Sep 19, 2013, 03:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: Earth will remain habitable for at least another 1.75 billion years, a new study suggests.After this point, our planet will be in the 'hot zone' of the Sun, with temperatures so high that
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Know from where does all the Earth's gold come from
World | Jul 19, 2013, 06:29 AM ISTNew Delhi: Researchers at the University of Bristol have provided clear evidence that the planet's accessible reserves of gold are the result of a bombardment of meteorites more than 200 million years after Earth was
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Large asteroid to swing past the Earth today
World | May 31, 2013, 11:51 AM ISTWashington, May 31: Astronomers getting their first close-up glimpse of a giant asteroid about to whiz by Earth found a surprise bonus rock. A smaller moon asteroid is circling the larger space rock, an unusual
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Al Hajjara, the most alien-looking place on earth
World | May 04, 2013, 06:49 AM ISTNew Delhi: This mysterious city in the foggy Yemen's Haraz Mountains can surely fire up imagination of anybody who decides to explore it.Al Hajjarah sometimes spelled Al Hajarah or Al Hajjara, is a village in
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Asteroid could fly 8,600 km from Earth in 2026
World | Apr 26, 2013, 11:36 AM ISTMoscow, Apr 26: A celestial body 20 metres in diameter will pass dangerously close -- 8,620 km -- to the Earth's surface in 13 years, an Italian astronomer has said.The flyby of the asteroid 2013
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Two asteroids to pass near Earth Saturday
World | Mar 09, 2013, 06:53 AM ISTMoscow, March 9: Two asteroids, one of them bigger in size than the celestial body that burst over Russia last month, will fly by the Earth Saturday, though not as close as to threaten collision.The
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Five innovative ways for Interplanetary Communication
World | Mar 02, 2013, 06:50 AM ISTImagine that you're an astronaut who's been sent to establish a colony on Mars, where you spot something really incredible, and want to show it to your partners on earth. You might be able to
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Asteroid to have a close brush with Earth on Feb 16
India | Jan 31, 2013, 02:05 PM ISTKolkata, Jan 31 : A piece of rock will have a close encounter with the Earth Feb 16, coming closer than some of the geostationary satellites orbiting the planet, said an official.The near earth asteroid,
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All set for Kumbh, biggest gathering on earth
India | Jan 12, 2013, 07:00 AM ISTLucknow: With less than ten days left for Kumbh -- the largest congregation of people on the planet -- to begin Jan 14 on Makar Sankranti in the Sangam city of Allahabad, the state administration
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Earth will be closest to Sun on Jan 2
India | Jan 01, 2013, 08:17 PM ISTNew Delhi, Jan 1 : The Earth will be closest to the Sun tomorrow at 10:10 am IST at a distance of 147 million kilometres, Planetary Society of India General Secretary N Sri Raghunandan Kumar