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Stargazers witness another celestial marvel as Mars comes closest to Earth for first time in 15 years
Aug 01, 2018, 07:18 AM ISTMars, the fourth planet from the Sun approached 57.6 kilometres from the Earth, the closest it has been since 2003
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Mars to come closest to Earth in 15 years next month
Jun 18, 2018, 01:20 PM ISTStar gazers could have a good view of the Red Planet next month as Mars is set to come to the closest point to Earth since 2003 when it reaches opposition with the Sun in late July.
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Indian scientists discover planet 600 light years away from earth
Jun 08, 2018, 10:51 PM ISTThe host star itself is about 600 light years away from the Earth. The discovery was made by measuring the mass of the planet using the indigenously designed “PRL Advance Radial-velocity Abu-sky Search”
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Massive solar storm expected to hit earth today, tech blackout possible: All you need to know
May 06, 2018, 04:06 PM ISTThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said that the storm could cause an aurora or polar lights when it arrives. NOAA has classified the storm as G-1 or 'minor'.
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Giant asteroid 2018 GE3 makes surprise fly-by past Earth
Apr 17, 2018, 05:57 PM ISTNASA estimated that the asteroid measures 48 to 110 meters wide — 3.6 times the size of the one that levelled 2,000 square kilometers of Siberian forest when it exploded over Tunguska in 1908.
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Earth has a second magnetic field surrounding it: ESA's latest discovery
Apr 12, 2018, 02:56 PM ISTThe Swarm mission, which was launched in 2013, consists of three identical satellites.
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Defunct Chinese space lab Tiangong-1 may fall back to earth on Monday
Apr 01, 2018, 11:46 PM ISTAccording to the agency, the chances of someone being hit by a piece of the space lab is 10 million times less than the annual probability of being hit by lightning.
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Self-taught rocket scientist Mike Hughes launches himself into sky, hard-lands in Mojave Desert
World | Mar 25, 2018, 03:30 PM IST“Mad” Mike Hughes, the rocket man who believes the Earth is flat, propelled himself about 1,875 feet into the air Saturday before a hard landing in the Mojave Desert.
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Asteroid to smack into Earth in 2135? NASA says no need to worry
Mar 20, 2018, 02:04 PM ISTThough chances are there that a lot of living things on the planet might be destroyed due to this but forward-thinking astrophysicists have a plan to deal with this.
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Aaj Ka Viral: The Chinese Space Station is falling back to the Earth
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Chinese space station will crash to Earth within weeks, says report
Mar 06, 2018, 04:11 PM ISTIn 2016, China admitted that it had lost control of Tiangong-1 and would be unable to perform a controlled re-entry.
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Aliens could destroy life on Earth with just a ‘killer message’, says research
Feb 19, 2018, 09:02 PM ISTIn a surprising research, scientists at the University of Hawaii and Germany’s Sonneberg Observatory have warned that aliens could destroy Earth, and that too with a single message.
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What on Earth is an ‘Earth Sandwich’?
Trending | Feb 16, 2018, 10:13 PM ISTIt’s really astonishing to know that ‘Earth sandwich’ now exists in the world, all thanks to two guys from different corners of Earth.
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Meteorites brought water to Earth in first two million years: Study
Jan 21, 2018, 01:03 PM ISTA recent study has found that water may have been brought to Earth by meteorites during the first two million years of birth of the solar system.
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Can top-secret US satellite launched by SpaceX send 'unknown group' mystery messages?
Jan 03, 2018, 02:16 PM ISTAs per a report, the satellite will be launched from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket between 8 to 10 pm.
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Our Solar system could have been formed in a wind-blown bubble around a massive star: Study
Dec 27, 2017, 06:05 PM ISTThe general prevailing theory is that our solar system was formed billions of years ago near a supernova. However, the latest study, published in the Astrophysical Journal, begins with a giant type of star called a Wolf-Rayet star.
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Why meteoroids often blow up before hitting Earth
Dec 12, 2017, 06:47 PM ISTThe new research, published in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, suggests that Earth's atmosphere is a better shield from meteoroids than previously thought.
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Despite absence of Earth-like magnetic dipole, Mars atmosphere well protected from solar wind: Study
Dec 11, 2017, 06:20 PM ISTAccording to a new research, present-day Mars is a cold and dry planet with less than one per cent of Earths atmospheric pressure at the surface.
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Alien life on Jupiter's Moon Europa? Study reveals it has Earth-like tectonic plates
Dec 06, 2017, 02:03 PM ISTScientists are of the opinion that this may have important implications for the possibility of life in the ocean beneath the moon's surface.
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NASA unveils stunning 'farewell image' of Saturn
Nov 22, 2017, 10:20 PM ISTCassini ended its journey with a dramatic plunge into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15, this year, returning unique science data until it lost contact with Earth.