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WHAT! NASA plans to send naked pictures of humans to space in hope of 'attracting aliens'
offbeat | May 04, 2022, 07:13 PM ISTScientists think the pixelated illustration of a naked man and woman waving hello could help us make contact with aliens. Along with DNA depiction, scientists have also tried to depict gravity.
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NASA scientists crack 60-yr-old mystery of explosions on Sun
Science | May 02, 2022, 04:00 AM ISTAn explosive process called magnetic reconnection triggers solar flares, which can, in just minutes, release enough energy to power the whole world for 20,000 years. Scientists have spent the last half-century trying to understand how this process happens.
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India has 217 space objects orbiting earth; working towards reducing space debris: Report
Science | Apr 10, 2022, 08:56 PM ISTAccording to Orbital Debris Quarterly News issued in March by NASA, India had 103 spacecraft, including active and defunct satellites, and 114 space debris objects, including spent rocket bodies orbiting the earth. So, the country has a total of 217 space objects orbiting the earth.
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Astronomers discover super bright, giant, farthest star that formed 13 billion years ago
Science | Mar 31, 2022, 07:07 AM ISTWhile Hubble has spied galaxies as far away as 300 million to 400 million years of the universe-forming Big Bang, their individual stars are impossible to pick out.
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NASA confirms existence of over 5,000 exoplanets including small, rocky worlds like Earth
Science | Mar 23, 2022, 07:47 AM ISTThe discovery of exoplanets, which began in 1992 is opening an era of discovery that will go beyond simply adding new planets to the list, the scientists said.
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Space Station "largely isolated" from tensions over Ukraine
World | Feb 24, 2022, 08:42 AM ISTScott Pace, who served as executive secretary of the space council under President Trump and is now the director of the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, said the space station “has been largely isolated” from political events.
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NASA's new space telescope sees 1st starlight, takes selfie
World | Feb 12, 2022, 07:42 AM ISTAll 18 segments of the primary mirror on the James Webb Space Telescope seem to be working properly 1 1/2 months into the mission, officials said on Friday.
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reaches final destination -- a million miles away from Earth
Science | Jan 25, 2022, 07:20 AM ISTConsidered 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
Science | Jan 24, 2022, 07:45 AM ISTThe 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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Giant asteroid larger than 'Burj Khalifa' to pass through Earth | Here's how to track
Science | Jan 18, 2022, 06:51 PM ISTAfter 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
Science | Jan 16, 2022, 11:46 PM ISTThe exoplanet, called TOI-2180 b, was discovered in data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
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Debris chokes NASA's Perseverance while collecting rock sample from Mars
Science | Jan 12, 2022, 12:28 PM ISTThis 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'
Science | Jan 09, 2022, 07:31 AM ISTThe 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
Science | Jan 08, 2022, 11:38 PM ISTThe 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 shows two storms brewing on Jupiter's surface, Dia Mirza reacts to viral photo
Trending | Jan 05, 2022, 01:37 PM IST"Bright “pop-up” clouds are visible above the lower storm, casting shadows on the cloud bank below. As small as they appear in comparison to the large storm below, these clouds are typically 31 miles (50 km) across," NASA said.
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NASA nails trickiest job on newly launched space telescope
Science | Jan 05, 2022, 07:44 AM ISTThe $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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Recap 2021 - A year of space tourism, launch of biggest telescope and many milestones | Pics, Videos
Science | Dec 30, 2021, 05:49 PM IST2021 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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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launches on mission to unlock secrets of universe | WATCH
Science | Dec 25, 2021, 06:57 PM ISTNASA'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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For first time in history, NASA spacecraft touches Sun | Watch
Science | Dec 16, 2021, 05:14 PM ISTLaunched 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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Indian-origin US Air Force doctor among 10 chosen by NASA for as astronauts future missions
World | Dec 07, 2021, 10:16 PM ISTIn a statement, NASA announced that it has chosen 10 new astronaut candidates from a field of more than 12,000 applicants to represent the US and work for humanity’s benefit in space. The list includes an Indian-origin doctor.