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NASA's Webb telescope captures Jupiter's faint rings, Great Red Spot
Science | Aug 24, 2022, 11:29 AM ISTThe Great Red Spot, a famous storm so big it could swallow Earth, appears white in these views, as do other clouds, because they are reflecting a lot of sunlight.
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What is the sound of a black hole? Check out in this NASA audio
Science | Aug 23, 2022, 05:34 PM ISTBlack Hole sound: In a 34-second audio clip, one can relate it to be a mixture of spooky sounds of cars racing in slow-mode, car taking a pickup, or wind-flow. The sound was produced through Data Sonification of a black hole at the Center of the Perseus Galaxy Cluster.
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Colourful pics of new galaxies by Webb telescope go viral; netizens wonder where Big Bang happened
Trending | Aug 04, 2022, 03:13 PM ISTThe Cartwheel Galaxy, located about 500 million light-years away in the Sculptor constellation, is a rare sight appearing much like that of the wheel of a wagon. See the photos here.
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James Webb telescope likely spots first supernova
Science | Aug 02, 2022, 03:00 AM ISTJames Webb telescope's actual aim is to solve mysteries in our solar system, look beyond distant worlds around other stars, and probe the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it.
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NASA to launch 2 more choppers to Mars to help return rocks
World | Jul 28, 2022, 07:29 AM ISTThe chopper weighs just 1.8 kilograms. The new versions would have wheels and grappling arms.
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NASA's new secret about asteroids is shocking! Know more
Science | Jul 25, 2022, 03:00 AM ISTThe team analysed rock fractures on asteroid Bennu from high-resolution images taken by the spacecraft OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer).
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NASA aiming for late August test flight of giant moon rocket
Science | Jul 21, 2022, 08:02 AM ISTThe 30-story Space Launch System rocket and attached Orion capsule are currently in the hangar at Kennedy Space Center, following repairs stemming from last month's countdown test.
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NASA shares spectacular rainbow-coloured picture of Pluto, confused netizens ask 'Is this real?'
Trending | Jul 20, 2022, 11:21 PM ISTNASA shared a colourful image of Pluto highlighting its various regions. However, netizens wondered if the image was real or photoshopped?
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NASA releases next wave of images from James Webb Space Telescope; scientists react
Science | Jul 12, 2022, 11:08 PM ISTJames Webb Space Telescope new images: The first batch of images from NASA’s new space telescope was unveiled on Monday. Those images showed the Cosmas brimming with galaxies.
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James Webb Space Telescope’s first cosmic view goes deep; Biden calls it 'historic moment'
Science | Jul 12, 2022, 10:56 AM ISTPresident Joe Biden marveled at the image that he said showed “the oldest documented light in the history of the universe from over 13 billion -- let me say that again -- 13 billion years ago. It’s hard to fathom.”
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Contact lost with $32.7 million spacecraft on way to test moon orbit, says NASA
Science | Jul 06, 2022, 12:22 PM ISTAfter one successful communication and a second partial one on Monday, the space agency said it could no longer communicate with the spacecraft called Capstone.
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'She was rare!': NASA shares photo of breathtaking celestial event involving Sun, Venus
Science | Jun 28, 2022, 02:54 PM ISTSolar transits are a planet's passage across the Sun's face, as seen from Earth's perspective, where the only observable transits are that of Mercury and Venus, NASA informed.
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Give us our 'moon dust' and 'cockroaches' back: NASA
Science | Jun 25, 2022, 02:32 PM IST“All Apollo samples, as stipulated in this collection of items, belong to NASA and no person, university, or other entity has ever been given permission to keep them after analysis, destruction, or other use for any purpose, especially for sale or individual display,” said NASA's letter dated June 15.
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NASA fuels moon rocket in countdown rehearsal despite fuel line leak
Science | Jun 21, 2022, 08:12 AM ISTThe previous attempts in April were thwarted by a fuel leak, as well as stuck valves and other technical issues.
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NASA on alien hunt! Space agency dedicates team to find about UFOs & mysterious sightings in the sky
Trending | Jun 10, 2022, 05:08 PM ISTNASA considers this a first step in trying to explain mysterious sightings in the sky known as UAPs, or unidentified aerial phenomena. The study will begin this fall and last nine months, costing no more than USD 100,000.
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NASA launches study of UFOs despite ‘reputational risk’
Science | Jun 10, 2022, 01:30 PM ISTNASA considers this a first step in trying to explain mysterious sightings in the sky known as UAPs, or unidentified aerial phenomena.
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NASA suspends routine spacewalks due to leaky spacesuit helmet
Science | May 22, 2022, 08:04 PM ISTWater was found in the helmet worn by European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Matthias Maurer following a March 23 spacewalk.
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First image of supermassive black hole at centre of Milky Way galaxy revealed
Science | May 12, 2022, 08:37 PM ISTScientists had previously seen stars orbiting around something invisible, compact, and very massive at the centre of the Milky Way.
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NASA records biggest ever 'Monster quake' on Mars, estimated to be magnitude 5
Science | May 10, 2022, 06:06 PM ISTThe quake was recorded when InSight was sent to Mars with a highly sensitive seismometer, provided by France’s Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), to study the deep interior of the planet.
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NASA releases new images comparing sharper view of Universe using MIRI vs Spitzer telescopes
Science | May 10, 2022, 04:28 PM ISTThe James Webb Space Telescope is the world’s largest, most powerful, and most complex space science telescope ever built. Webb’s image, taken by its MIRI instrument, features light from “polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons."