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NASA gone wrong? New study classifies 11 asteroids as potentially hazardous

NASA had previously classified these space rocks as non-hazardous objects, but the new study dismissed the space agency's calculations

Feb 17, 2020

By Nirmal Narayanan

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Lunar sample conservation: Scientist can gather valuable information with just a speck of Moon dust

Scientists have developed a new way of studying lunar samples by just using a single speck of Moon dust

Feb 17, 2020

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Science

NASA's orbiting spacecraft captures amazing photo of massive dust devil on Mars

The space research agency's MRO mission was able to capture a rare photo of an active dust devil on the surface of Mars

Feb 17, 2020

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Space

Science

Singaporeans and Malaysians witness mysterious astronomical incident; NASA, ESA have no records

A mysterious astronomical phenomenon was captured in a video while many Singaporeans and Malaysians claimed that they saw the bright light in the night sky

Feb 15, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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NASA re-releases earth's image taken by Voyager probe where the blue planet is just a speck of dust

The original image was taken by the Voyager probe just 30 minutes before its official shut down happened

Feb 14, 2020

By Nirmal Narayanan

Science

Presence of alien life on Saturn's moon Titan not likely after failing a crucial test

Saturn's Earth-like moon Titan failed an important test that could determine the possibility of the presence of alien life

Feb 14, 2020

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Space

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NASA asteroid warning: Space rock capable of causing massive destruction to whiz past earth tomorrow

Asteroid 2002 PZ39 which has a size of 3280 feet is at present traveling across space at a speed of 34,000 miles per hour

Feb 14, 2020

By Samhati Bhattacharjya

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NASA captures beautiful cosmic butterfly produced by dying star's outburst

The Hubble Space Telescope was able to photograph a nebula shaped like a butterfly that was created by a dying star

Feb 14, 2020

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Space

Science

Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier lost iceberg twice the size of Washington DC

After Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier lost a huge size of ice chunk, scientists worried about its speedy collapse along with Thwaites 'Doomsday' Glacier

Feb 13, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Science

When a NASA scientist assured the existence of life after death (Throwback)

The scientist believes that the guiding principles of the universe assure the existence of God and afterlife

Feb 12, 2020

By Nirmal Narayanan

Science

SpaceX hires ex-NASA expert, prepares to launch astronauts

William Gerstenmaier, the former leader of NASA's human spaceflight programme, is reporting to SpaceX Vice President of mission assurance Hans Koenigsmann, as per reports

Feb 12, 2020

By IANS

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With Moon and Mars in sight, Trump ready to raise NASA budget to $25 billion

Almost half of the proposed amount would be meant for sending humans to the Moon and then to the red planet

Feb 11, 2020

By IANS

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NASA 2020 Mars Mission: Next rover to have rock-vaporizing laser to hunt down hidden aliens

NASA's Mars 2020 rover will head to the Red Planet with a new laser instrument that can find signs of alien life

Feb 11, 2020

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Space

Weird World

Fact check: Is NASA behind the viral Broomchallenge? Netizens post pictures, videos of brooms standing

Netizens are posting videos and pictures of brooms standing on its own without any support and trending the broomchallenge worldwide. Here is the truth about the challenge

Feb 11, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca