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European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter launching today to reveal Sun's secrets

Scientists say the craft, developed in close cooperation with NASA, is expected to provide unprecedented insights into the Sun's atmosphere, its winds and its magnetic fieldsThe mission, due to blast off from the Kennedy Space Center at 0403 GMT Monday, is set to last up to nine years

1 min read9 Feb 2020
News

Two months after India lost contact, NASA locates Chandrayaan's Lander Vikram

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said the Lander Vikram has been found by its moon orbiter - Lunar Reconnaissance OrbiterThis was only achieved after an Indian computer programmer, Shagufta Subramanian who studied the mosaic images released by NASA on September 26 and contacted the agency

2 min read3 Dec 2019
Science

Mars liquid water hopes drying up as ‘flowing streams’ may be sand

A new study suggests that dark streaks on Mars appear more like dry, steep flows of sand, rather than water trickling downhill, at or near the surface

2 min read25 Nov 2017
Science

Nasa probe MRO spots possible source of sand on Mars

Nasa’s Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter (MRO) has beamed back an image of Southern highlands and Northern lowlands on Mars showing possible place where sand grains are being produced

1 min read11 Oct 2017
Science

Large solar storm sparks global aurora on Mars

Large strong solar storm hit Mars, sparking a global aurora and doubling radiation levels on the red planet, Nasa scientists say

2 min read1 Oct 2017
Science

Isro’s Mars Orbiter Mission completes 3 years in orbit

Isro says as the Mars Orbiter Mission has completed three years and the satellite is in good health and continues to work as expected

2 min read25 Sep 2017
Science

Citizen scientists discover landforms on Mars, find spider formation

As many as 10,000 citizen scientists have helped discover landforms known as 'spiders' on south pole of Mars where they were previously thought not to exist

1 min read1 Sep 2017
Science

Nasa unveils stunning image of snow-covered dunes on Mars

Nasa's Mars orbiter has beamed back a stunning image of the red planet's snow-covered dunes creating beautiful patterns over the rust coloured background

1 min read25 Aug 2017
Politics

News in Numbers: Punjab farm loan waiver to benefit 10.25 lakh farmers

In other news, Sahara Group will bring around Rs615 crore to India towards refunding the Rs24,000 crore to investors

2 min read20 Jun 2017
Science

Isro’s Mars mission completes 1,000 Earth days in orbit

ISRO says the Mars Orbiter Mission has completed 1,000 Earth days in its orbit, well beyond its designed mission life of 180 days

2 min read19 Jun 2017
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