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  Know from where does all the Earth's gold come from

  World | July 19, 2013 6:29 IST

  New 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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  India launches navigation satellite, enters new era of space applications

  India | July 02, 2013 9:33 IST

  Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), July 2: India's first navigation satellite was successfully placed in orbit by an Indian rocket Monday midnight in copy book style.With the successful launch of the first of the seven satellites planned

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  China to send second woman into space tomorrow

  World | June 10, 2013 18:28 IST

  Beijing, Jun 10: China will send its second woman astronaut into space tomorrow as part of its longest mission yet, as the country works towards building a Spacelab of its own to rival Mir, being

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  Sun shoots solar flares into space

  World | May 17, 2013 10:04 IST

  Washington, May 17: The sun has put on a spectacular light show in recent days, firing off solar flares and coronal mass ejections that have sent particles from the sun hurtling into space at speeds

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  Seven interesting facts about Solar System

  World | April 23, 2013 6:56 IST

  New Delhi: Solar System was formed around 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of a giant molecular cloud.  The overall structure of the charted regions of the Solar System consists of the Sun,

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  Sunita Williams greets happy Diwali to all Indians from space

  World | November 13, 2012 17:34 IST

  New York, Nov 13: Indians around the world got a special Diwali message from outer space as Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams sent out warm wishes on the occasion from the International Space Station.Floating upside down

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  Brightman pays 30 mn pounds for travelling in space

  Hollywood | October 12, 2012 10:21 IST

  Los Angeles, Oct 11: Singer Sarah Brightman has reportedly paid 30 million pounds to go to space.The 52-year-old will go on a two-week trip to the International Space Station in the Soyuz rocket in 2014,

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  PM watches as 100th Indian space mission blasts off

  India | September 09, 2012 23:21 IST

  Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Sep 9: An Indian rocket carrying two satellites blasted off from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here in Andhra Pradesh Sunday, with the launch being witnessed by

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  Sunita Williams hoists Indian flag in space

  World | August 14, 2012 22:54 IST

  Houston, Aug 14: Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams today displayed the tricolour on board the International Space Station and wished Indians on the eve of their 66th Independence Day."I wish India a very happy Independence Day

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  Chinese astronauts successfully complete first manual docking

  World | June 24, 2012 19:15 IST

  Beijing, Jun 24: China today successfully achieved its first-ever manual docking, a great leap forward in setting up of a space lab by 2020, even as it offered to send foreign astronauts, possibly a Pakistani,

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  China to send first woman into space on Saturday

  World | June 15, 2012 18:20 IST

  Beijing, Jun 15: China will send its first woman into space when an airforce pilot joins a three-member team of astronauts on the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft which blasts off tomorrow.Liu Yang, a pilot who successfully averted

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  United's cash reserves halved in space of 3 months

  Football | May 17, 2012 20:42 IST

  London, May 17: Manchester United's cash reserves have been halved within the space of three months, the cost of exiting Europe early, wage increases and Old Trafford's redevelopment.Quarterly accounts show they dropped from 50.9 million

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  Mysterious Metal Sphere From Space Crashed In Remote Area Of Namibia

  World | December 24, 2011 19:09 IST

  London, Dec 24: A mysterious ball-like metal sphere from space fell to the ground in a remote area of northern Namibia, Africa, reports Daily Mail.It weighs around 13 pounds (5.9 kg) , has a diameter

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  Anupam Kher To Share Screen Space With Robert De Niro

  Hollywood | October 20, 2011 16:14 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 20: Veteran actor Anupam Kher's dream of acting alongside Hollywood star Robert De Niro is all set to come true in the new film ‘The Silver Linings Playbook'. Kher, 56, who has

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  Watch The Smallest, Faintest Moon Today

  India | October 12, 2011 13:30 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 12: Stargazers will witness the smallest and faintest full moon of this year as the celestial body reaches the farthest position from the earth on Tuesday.Wednesday's full moon will appear around 12.5%

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  Endeavour Astronauts Make History Above Earth

  World | May 28, 2011 17:13 IST

  Houston, Texas, May 28: Two astronauts made history on Friday as the final spacewalkers of NASA's 30-year shuttle program, completed construction of the International Space Station with the smooth addition of an extension boom.Astronauts Gregory

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  As Lights Turned Off, Stars Lit Up The Night Sky

  India | March 27, 2011 19:29 IST

  New Delhi, Mar 27: Sixty minutes of Earth Hour gave Delhiites an opportunity to get a real gaze of the night sky dotted with thousands of stars, which they normally cannot view due to light

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  Shuttle Discovery Ends Flying Career, Museum Next

  World | March 10, 2011 7:32 IST

  Cape Canaveral, Florida, Mar 10: Discovery ended its career as the world's most flown spaceship Wednesday, returning from orbit for the last time and taking off in a new direction as a museum piece. After

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  Where Next For NASA? Scientists Draw Up Wish List

  World | March 08, 2011 10:46 IST

  Los 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

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  Canadian Circus Tycoon Lifts Off Into Space

  World | September 30, 2009 9:18 IST

  A spacecraft carrying Canadian circus tycoon Guy Laliberte and two crew mates lifted off from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on schedule Wednesday headed for the International Space Station.The Soyuz capsule carrying the Cirque du Soleil