Mars
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No sign of life detected on Mars, says NASA
World | Sep 20, 2013, 11:32 AM ISTWashington: The US space agency said Thursday that its Curiosity rover has revealed no trace of methane, a potential sign of life, on the Martian surface.NASA's Curiosity rover, which landed on the Red Planet in
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Life on Mars? We will seek to reveal: ISRO
India | Sep 12, 2013, 10:07 AM ISTBangalore: India's upcoming Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) seeks to reveal whether there is methane, considered a “precursor chemical” for life, on the Red Planet, key officials behind the ambitious venture said yesterday. A Methane Sensor,
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ISRO Mars Orbiter will reveal whether there can be life on red planet
India | Sep 11, 2013, 06:24 PM ISTBangalore: India's upcoming Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) seeks to reveal whether there is methane, considered a “precursor chemical” for life, on the Red Planet, key officials behind the ambitious venture said today.A Methane Sensor, one
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Nearly 1,800 Indians apply to settle on Mars
India | Aug 18, 2013, 09:31 AM ISTMumbai: Nearly 1,800 Indians want to settle down on Mars permanently and several of them are from Bangalore, says Aashima Dogra, spokesperson of a not-for-profit organisation in the Netherlands.The outfit Mars One is planning a
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US to launch next Mars mission
World | Aug 06, 2013, 05:08 PM ISTWashington, Aug 6: The US is set to launch its next mission to Mars in November and the spacecraft has already arrived at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space agency NASA said.A US Air
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Mars could have supported life, claims NASA
World | Mar 13, 2013, 06:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Curiosity rover has found the best evidence yet that Mars was once a habitable planet.The rover made the discovery by collecting rock samples using its on-board drilling tool and analyzing them using
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'Marsageddon' comet could hit Mars in 2014
World | Mar 12, 2013, 12:02 PM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 11: A massive comet heading towards Mars is providing a stark reminder of the dangers we face from space.In the wake of the recent Russian meteor more people than ever are now
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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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Astronomers discover remnants of 1500 km long river on Mars
World | Jan 19, 2013, 08:22 AM ISTLondon, Jan 19: New astonishing pictures by the European Space Agency have revealed a 1500 km long and 7 kilometre wide river that once ran across Mars.The agency's Mars Express imaged the striking upper part
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From ferrying ISRO rockets on cycles to eyeing Mars
India | Sep 09, 2012, 11:34 AM ISTChennai, Sep 9 : From the days of having a church as control room, the bishop's house as office, a bicycle as ferry, naked eyes to track the smoke plume at Thumba in Kerala, converting
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Shooting mars Quebec separatist victory
World | Sep 06, 2012, 09:34 PM ISTQuebec, Sep 6: A gunman was arrested after shooting two people, one of them fatally, at the victory speech of Quebec's Pauline Marois, whose separatist party is projected to win polls in the Canadian province.
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Mars rover Curiosity sends pics of strange white light, dots on horizon creating UFO buzz
World | Aug 24, 2012, 12:53 PM ISTPasadena, California, Aug 23 : The American space agency NASA has received images from its Mars rover Curiosity showing a strange white light on the Red Planet's horizon and several dots in the Martian sky
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NASA rover Curiosity shoots a Mars rock with laser
World | Aug 20, 2012, 06:37 PM ISTPasadena (Calig.), Aug 20: NASA's Curiosity rover has zapped its first Martian rock, aiming its laser for the sake of science.During the target practice on Sunday. Curiosity fired 30 pulses at a nearby rock over
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Nasa Rover Curiosity successfully lands on Mars
World | Aug 06, 2012, 02:32 PM ISTPasadena, California, Aug 6: In a show of technological wizardry, the robotic explorer Curiosity blazed through the pink skies of Mars, steering itself to a gentle landing inside a giant crater for the most ambitious
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Mars To Glow At Its 'Brightest' On Monday
India | Mar 04, 2012, 09:02 AM ISTNew Delhi, Mar 4: Red planet Mars will be brightest and closest “it can get” to earth tomorrow, giving sky gazers an opportunity to see it with naked eyes.“On March 3, Mars was at opposition
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Scientists See Red On NASA Cuts Of Mars Missions
World | Feb 27, 2012, 02:49 PM ISTWashington, Feb 27: NASA is making a cosmic U-turn on the road to Mars. For the past two decades, the U.S. space agency has been practically obsessed with Mars. It has hardly missed an opportunity
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NASA Rover Curiosity Blasts Off Towards Mars
World | Nov 26, 2011, 10:14 PM ISTCape Canaveral, Florida, Nov 26: The world's biggest extraterrestrial explorer, NASA's Curiosity rover, rocketed toward Mars on Saturday on a search for evidence that the red planet might once have been home to itsy-bitsy life.It
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NASA Unveils Rocket Design For Journey To Mars
World | Sep 15, 2011, 12:13 PM ISTCape Canaveral, Florida, Sept 15 : US Space agency Nasa has unveiled plans for the “most powerful rocket in history” which it hopes will take men to Mars and beyond. The massive rocket will supersede
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Mars May Have Flowing Salt Water: NASA
World | Aug 05, 2011, 07:19 AM ISTWashington: Scientists have spotted dark stripes on some slopes on Mars in the warmer months, and they believe it may be evidence of flowing salt water, NASA researchers said on Thursday.If confirmed, it would be
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Where Next For NASA? Scientists Draw Up Wish List
World | Mar 08, 2011, 10:46 AM ISTLos Angeles, Mar 8: Land a rover on Mars to collect rocks and soil samples that could later be returned to Earth. If that's a budget-buster, then orbit Jupiter's moon Europa, which may have a