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NASA confirms Perseverance Mars rover got its first piece of rock

Published on Sept 07, 2021 06:05 am IST

Perseverance uses a drill and a hollow coring bit at the end of its 7-foot-long (2-meter-long) robotic arm to extract samples.(AFP)

Nasa shares photo of sceptre-like object in space captured by Hubble telescope

The Herbig-Haro object captured by Hubble telescope.(Twitter/@NASA)

Published on Sept 06, 2021 05:01 pm IST

After six months on Mars, NASA’s tiny copter is still flying high

Hundreds of people contributed to the project, though only about a dozen currently retain day-to-day roles.

Published on Sept 06, 2021 08:16 am IST

Modular device developed to conduct extra-terrestrial experiments in space

Nasa Hubble Space Telescope snapshot reveals an unusual

Published on Sept 04, 2021 10:13 am IST

NASA thinks Mars rover succeeded in taking rock sample

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will abrade the rock at the center of this image, allowing scientists and engineers to assess whether it would hold up to the rover’s more powerful sampling drill.(NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Published on Sept 03, 2021 06:02 am IST

Is Mu variant of coronavirus vaccine resistant? WHO says it could be possible

Over 4,500 sequences (3,794 B.1.621 sequences and 856 B.1.621.1 sequences), genome sequences and analysed samples of the virus which were taken from patients were designated as Mu in the past four weeks. Scientists work at a laboratory at Covid-19 Genomics UK, on the Wellcome Sanger Institute's 55-acre campus south of Cambridge, Britain. (Reuters/Representative Photo)

Published on Sept 02, 2021 04:05 pm IST

SpaceX’s cargo mission deferred by a day over bad weather

Saturday’s launch was supposed to be SpaceX’s 23rd cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).(Twitter/@NASAKennedy)

Published on Aug 28, 2021 02:08 pm IST

Rare, supermassive black holes spotted by Indian reseachers

A black hole is a celestial object that compresses a huge mass into an extremely small space.(AFP)

Updated on Aug 28, 2021 04:34 am IST

Nasa's Perseverance rover locks new target on Mars after failed sample attempt

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will abrade the rock at the center of this image, allowing scientists and engineers to assess whether it would hold up to the rover’s more powerful sampling drill.(NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Published on Aug 27, 2021 06:07 pm IST

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin blasts off fourth flight for New Shepard programme

Blue Origin blasted off its New Shepard (NS-17) cargo mission into space for a 10-minute 15-second ride. (Screengrab from Blue Origin website)

Published on Aug 26, 2021 10:33 pm IST

DNA from teenage girl who died 7,200 years ago reveals previously unknown humans

According to the study, the hunter-gather teen is the first known skeleton from an early foraging culture called the Toaleans.(University of Hasanuddin)

Published on Aug 26, 2021 03:31 pm IST

Virgin Hyperloop releases new video of pods that can travel at 1000 kmph

Josh Giegel, co-founder and CEO of Virgin Hyperloop, walks next to a hyperloop tube at the company's hyperloop facility near Las Vegas, Nevada.(Reuters / File)

Published on Aug 26, 2021 02:28 pm IST

Blue Origin to launch New Shepard spacecraft today

New Shepard is a 60-foot-tall and fully autonomous rocket-and-capsule combo that cannot be piloted from inside the spacecraft (AFP)

Updated on Aug 26, 2021 06:42 am IST

Moon gracing the skies today will be ‘blue’. All you need to know

This Sunday might be your one chance to catch a ‘once in a blue moon’ event as the next one will happen in August 2023.(Reuters file photo)

Published on Aug 22, 2021 07:30 am IST

Asteroid bigger than Empire State Building to pass Earth today

The asteroid will be travelling at a massive speed of 94,208 kilometres per hour. (Nasa Photo)

Updated on Aug 21, 2021 07:54 am IST

New enzyme that infects plants identified, says new study

Every year the ZSI and BSI, both headquartered in Kolkata, come up with annual publications listing the few hundred animal and plants that are discovered. (Image used for representation). (HT ARCHIVES.)

Published on Aug 16, 2021 10:23 am IST

2 new species of dinosaurs, as big as the blue whale, found in China

An artistic rendering of the Hami Pterosaur Fauna, with Silutitan sinensis on the left and Hamititan xinjiangensis on the right. (China’s Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology)

Published on Aug 14, 2021 01:41 pm IST

Asteroid the size of Empire State Building may hit Earth, in the 2100s: Report

Scientists said they have a better handle on asteroid Bennu's whereabouts for the next 200 years. The bad news is that the space rock has a slightly greater chance of clobbering Earth than previously thought. But don't be alarmed: Scientists reported that the odds are still quite low that Bennu will hit us in the next century.(AP)

Published on Aug 12, 2021 06:45 pm IST

Chandrayaan-2 orbiter detects water molecules on lunar surface

The Vikram module of Chandrayaan-2 is seen ahead of its landing on lunar surface, in September 2019. (PTI File Photo)

Published on Aug 12, 2021 12:59 pm IST

Isro’s satellite launch fails due to technical glitch

ISRO's earth observation satellite EOS-03 on-board GSLV-F10 blasts off from Sriharikota on Thursday. (PTI)

Updated on Aug 13, 2021 06:17 am IST

Perseid Meteor Shower 2021: How to watch the celestial event

This NASA handout photo shows a 30 second exposure,as a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower on August 11, 2021, in Spruce Knob, West Virginia.(AFP)

Updated on Aug 11, 2021 11:16 pm IST

Annual Perseid meteor shower to be visible today, peak just before dawn

A meteor dashes above Tvrtkovac mountain during the Perseid meteor shower seen from Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina.(Reuters Photo)

Published on Aug 11, 2021 06:49 am IST

Annual Perseid meteor shower from August 11: Check details

A Perseids meteor streaking across the night sky over the remains of St. Ilia Roman basilica near the town of Pirdop in Bulgaria.(AFP File Photo)

Published on Aug 10, 2021 09:44 am IST

NASA Mars rover fails to collect rock in search of alien life

The mission took off from Florida a little over a year ago and Perseverance, which is the size of a large family car, landed on February 18 in the Jezero Crater.(NASA/JPL-Caltech)

Published on Aug 07, 2021 07:05 am IST

Nasa scientists spot unusual set of rings around black hole with companion star

V404 Cygni Rings(X-ray: NASA/CXC/U.Wisc-Madison/S. Heinz et al.; Optical/IR: Pan-STARRS)

Published on Aug 06, 2021 08:40 pm IST

Researchers working to develop test that could detect Covid faster than RT-PCR

The team is led by Jennifer Doudna who shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the invention of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing. David Savage and Patrick Hsu are also part of the team.(iStock)

Updated on Aug 06, 2021 06:13 pm IST

Quartz could be primary reason behind durability of Stonehenge megaliths

Stonehenge ancient stone circle is seen at dawn, near Amesbury, Wiltshire, Britain. (REUTERS)

Published on Aug 05, 2021 07:08 pm IST

'Galactic siblings fight, too': Nasa shares photo of 3 galaxies in tug-of-war

The post was shared with a picture of three sparkling intertwined galaxies shaped like an axe.(Photo: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Dalcanton)

Published on Aug 04, 2021 12:57 pm IST

540 degree spin, then a forward flip: How serious was Space Station mishap

The Nauka (Science) Multipurpose Laboratory Module is seen docked to the International Space Station (ISS) next to next to Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft on July 29, 2021.(via REUTERS)

Updated on Aug 04, 2021 12:50 pm IST

Saturn, Earth to come the closest today. Check time here

Saturn and Earth will be closest to each other at 11.30am Indian Standard Time (IST). (Representative Photo)

Published on Aug 02, 2021 09:41 am IST

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