Indian-origin astronaut Raja Chari, who docked to the International Space Station (ISS) in November last year, is all set to return home to planet Earth later this month after spending almost six mon… [+2012 chars]
Telescopes that observe the universe in the most energetic form of light may help scientists detect the "fingerprints" of gravitational waves, new research reveals. Gravitational waves form when m… [+2427 chars]
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WASHINGTON On the eve of the release of the planetary science decadal survey likely to place a decreased emphasis on Mars, scientists and NASA officials are planning how to continue exploration of th… [+5232 chars]
World-renowned Greek astrophysicist, Stamatios Krimigis, says that a human settlement on Mars is a distant dream.Unlike Elon Musk who claims that colonization of the Red Planet is feasible in the not… [+5035 chars]
A new study led by the University of Leicester and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has revealed a more complete picture of trends in Neptunes temperatures than ever before. The scientists comb… [+2655 chars]
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Light on, light off — this is how one could describe the behavior of the nova, which goes by the name RS Ophiuchi (RS Oph). Every 15 years or so, a dramatic explosion occurs in the constellation of t… [+2530 chars]
Telescopes that observe the universe in the most energetic form of light may help scientists detect the "fingerprints" of gravitational waves, new research reveals. Gravitational waves form when m… [+2427 chars]
It's confirmed: The hottest rock ever discovered in Earth's crust really was super-hot. The rock, a fist-sized piece of black glass, was discovered in 2011 and first reported in 2017, when scientis… [+3366 chars]
