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NASA set to crash spacecraft into asteroid to protect Earth in future

NASA has a plan to save Earth from "killer" asteroids; it'll hit it with spacecraft [details]

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), a first such mission, was set to impact its target asteroid -- which poses no threat to Earth -- at 7.14 p.m. on Monday (4.44 a.m. on Tuesday IST).

Sep 26, 2022

Alien warning: British UFO spotter says 6-inch extraterrestrials targeting earth [details]

Conspiracy theorists strongly believe that an advanced alien species has been visiting earth for hundreds of thousands of years

Sep 24, 2022

James Webb Space telescope captures striking view of Neptune's rings

James Webb Space telescope captures stunning view of Neptune's rings

"It has been three decades since we last saw these faint, dusty rings, and this is the first time we've seen them in the infrared," Heidi Hammel, a Neptune system expert and interdisciplinary scientist for Webb, said in a statement.

Sep 22, 2022

Several firsts for Indian rocket GSLV MkIII while flying with OneWeb's 36 satellites

India has launched 345 foreign satellites belonging to 36 countries using its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket.

Sep 21, 2022

NASA lander 'hears' first impact sounds from space rocks on Mars

Space News: NASA lander 'hears' first impact sounds of space rocks on region 'Elysium Planitia'

NASA's InSight lander has detected impact sounds from four space rocks that crashed on Mars in 2020 and 2021. It marks the first time seismic and acoustic waves from an impact have been detected on Mars.

Sep 20, 2022

How private 5G, satellite internet services can cost dearly to companies

Satellite internet provider Hughes Communications India last week announced the commercial launch of India's first high-throughput satellite (HTS) broadband service powered by ISRO.

Sep 18, 2022

NASA, Google to help track air pollution at local level with AI

NASA and Google will develop advanced machine learning-based algorithms that link space data with Google Earth Engine data streams to generate high-resolution air quality maps in near real-time.

Sep 16, 2022

NASA gears up to address orbital debris, calls it "greatest challenge of our era"

"Maintaining our ability to use space is critical to our economy, our national security, and our nation's science and technology enterprise," Lal said in a statement.

Sep 15, 2022

India to launch maiden human space-flight mission 'Gaganyaan' in 2024

India's maiden human space-flight mission 'Gaganyaan' is expected to be launched in 2024, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology, Jitendra Singh said.

Sep 15, 2022

A Lord of the Rings Inspired New Zealand journey

Inspired by Lord of the Rings, New Zealand becomes a hot destination

A Middle-earth guided tour of New Zealand is inconceivable without beginning in Hobbiton, the hobbits' holiest site.

Sep 14, 2022

The Artemis I rocket sits on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Cente

Space News: NASA prepares to launch Artemis I Moon mission on Sep 27

NASA will attempt to launch its Artemis I moon mission on September 27 after two failures, with a potential backup opportunity of October 2 under review.

Sep 14, 2022

"Famous hum hi karte hain aur itna attitude": Kajol trolled for her choice of clothing and being rude to paparazzi

Bollywood actress Kajol is being brutally trolled by netizens after she refused to pose for the paparazzi at Mumbai airport.

Sep 10, 2022

Asteroid general artist's concept of a near-Earth object.

10 times faster than a bullet, supersonic asteroid "2022 QC7 " to pass Earth tomorrow: NASA

A small supersonic asteroid, travelling at ten times the speed of a bullet, will pass by the Earth on Tuesday, media reports said.

Sep 5, 2022

Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2): NASA, Axiom Space to send private astronauts to ISS in 2023

NASA and American space infrastructure developer Axiom Space have signed a pact for the second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, to take place in the second quarter of 2023.

Sep 2, 2022

NASA's Webb captures 1st direct image of distant exoplanet

Space: NASA captures first direct image of exoplanet "'HIP 65426 b"outside our solar system

For the first time, astronomers have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system.