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NASA astronaut who set female space record back on Earth

Koch in December set a new record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, eclipsing the record of 288 days set by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson in 2016-17

Feb 6, 2020

By IANS

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Elon Musk takes pot shots at mission to return to Moon

NASA said it was working to accelerate humanity's return to the lunar surface by all means necessary

Feb 4, 2020

By IANS

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What space debris can do? A test using just a light-gas gun reveals how huge it could be

An image was posted on Reddit stating that a test has revealed how much damage a tiny amount of space debris can do

Feb 3, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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A spinning binary radio pulsar proves Einstein's theory

A team led by Australian scientist Matthew Bailes observed a binary radio pulsar that consists of a neutron star and white dwarf, located 10,000 to 25,000 light-years away

Feb 2, 2020

By IANS

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Google Earth app now allows you to view the earth from 30,000 miles up in space

Google has updated the Google Earth app with the ability to let you zoom out and see the cosmos in the palm of your hand

Jan 30, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

UFO or satellite? Mysterious sightings over English town leave residents baffled

Residents of the English town of Wigan have reported a series of UFO sightings over the years and still don't have a logical explanation behind the mysterious flying objects.

Jan 28, 2020

By Manthan C.

Astronomers use cyclical changes in the brightness of Cepheid stars to determine astronomical distances. The arrow points to a Cepheid star in the Andromeda galaxy observed by Hubble

Large amounts of oxygen detected in ancient star's atmosphere

The teams behind the discovery were from the University of California San Diego, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), and the University of Cambridge

Jan 24, 2020

By IANS

Artist's impression visualising the ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), with its thrusters firing, beginning its entry into Mars orbit on 19 October 2016.

China to launch Mars probe in July

This is the first disclosure by the country regarding the launch month of its Mars exploration programme

Jan 24, 2020

By IANS

NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe passes by sample site Nightingale

The primary goal of the Nightingale flyover was to collect the high-resolution imagery required to complete the spacecraft's Natural Feature Tracking image catalogue

Jan 24, 2020

By IANS

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DirecTV's satellite is a ticking time-bomb that is set to explode due to damaged batteries

The company is working against the clock to move its Spaceway-1 satellite out of the geostationary arc after it suffered a battery malfunction that could cause it to explode

Jan 23, 2020

By Manthan C.

Space

Deep space threat: Astronomers spot potentially hazardous asteroid approaching earth

When the astronomer captured the potentially hazardous asteroid, it was 1.9 million miles away from the earth

Jan 20, 2020

By Nirmal Narayanan

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NASA to build homes using fungi for astronauts to live in on alien planets, moon

Future astronauts will have to be concerned about other needs such as medicines, and learning to adapt to the challenging and harsh conditions on alien planets

Jan 19, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

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Jupiter moon Titan lander Huygens' spin mystery solved 15 years after

It remained a mystery as to why Huygens spun in the 'wrong' direction during its descent on Saturn's moon Titan

Jan 17, 2020

By Soorya Kiran NN

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NASA records first eclipse of ancient North Star which played key role in building Egypt pyramids

Astronomers believe that observing Thuban during the eclipse can reveal more accurate measurement of the masses and size details of the stars

Jan 8, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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What do you need to build a city on Mars? Just 20 years and 1000 Starships, says Elon Musk

The Space X founder and CEO is as optimistic as ever that humans will soon be calling Mars home.

Jan 2, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

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NASA astronaut who set female space record back on Earth

Elon Musk takes pot shots at mission to return to Moon

What space debris can do? A test using just a light-gas gun reveals how huge it could be

A spinning binary radio pulsar proves Einstein's theory

Google Earth app now allows you to view the earth from 30,000 miles up in space

UFO or satellite? Mysterious sightings over English town leave residents baffled

Large amounts of oxygen detected in ancient star's atmosphere

China to launch Mars probe in July

NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe passes by sample site Nightingale

DirecTV's satellite is a ticking time-bomb that is set to explode due to damaged batteries

Deep space threat: Astronomers spot potentially hazardous asteroid approaching earth

NASA to build homes using fungi for astronauts to live in on alien planets, moon

Jupiter moon Titan lander Huygens' spin mystery solved 15 years after

NASA records first eclipse of ancient North Star which played key role in building Egypt pyramids

What do you need to build a city on Mars? Just 20 years and 1000 Starships, says Elon Musk

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