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‘My first look at my forever home’: Perseverance sends home its first pictures

Updated on Feb 19, 2021 03:10 IST

NASA Mars rover

New look at first black hole detected shows it is bigger than expected

An artist's impression of the Cygnus X-1 system, with a so-called stellar-mass black hole orbiting a companion star some 7,200 light years from Earth.

Published on Feb 19, 2021 01:45 IST

NASA nails historic Mars landing in hunt for ancient life

The first images arrive moments after NASA's Perseverance Mars roverspacecraft successfully touched down on Mars, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, US.

Published on Feb 19, 2021 24:39 IST

World's oldest DNA sheds light on how mammoths evolved: Study

Until this discovery, the oldest genomic data recovered so far was from a horse specimen dated to 780–560 thousand years ago, the study, published in the journal Nature, noted.

Published on Feb 18, 2021 12:01 IST

Russian Progress cargo spacecraft successfully reaches ISS

NASA in a blogpost said that the Russian Progress 77 spacecraft is carrying these items to aid Expedition 64 crew members.

Updated on Feb 17, 2021 09:18 IST

Nasa rover prepares for first flight on Red planet Mars

The aeroshell containing Nasa’s Perseverance rover guides itself towards the Martian surface as it descends through the atmosphere in this illustration.

Published on Feb 17, 2021 01:00 IST

Researchers accidentally discover extreme life beneath Antarctica’s ice shelves

The discovery appears to go against all previous theories of what kind of life could survive in such an extreme condition.

Published on Feb 16, 2021 12:25 IST

China’s space probe performs orbital adjustment around Mars

The probe, including an orbiter, a lander and a rover, successfully entered the Mars orbit on February 10 after a nearly seven-month voyage from Earth.

Published on Feb 15, 2021 13:06 IST

China's Mars probe sends back video of Red Planet

A view of the planet Mars is captured by China's Tianwen-1 Mars probe from a distance of 2.2 million kilometres.

Updated on Feb 15, 2021 04:22 IST

United Arab Emirates publishes first photo from Mars probe

This illustration provided by NASA shows the Perseverance rover landing on Mars.

Published on Feb 14, 2021 10:43 IST

Jezero Crater: Why Nasa chose it as landing site for Perseverance rover

Nasa has chosen Jezero Crater, a geologically rich terrain, as the landing site for its Mars 2020 rover mission.

Published on Feb 13, 2021 17:28 IST

Seventh phase of excavation begins at Keeladi archaeological site

During the sixth phase of excavation, interrupted for a couple of months due to the Covid-19 lockdown, archaeologists had found human skeletons, precious stones, weighing measures and ringwell structures. (Representative Image)

Published on Feb 13, 2021 13:23 IST

‘Seven minutes of terror’: Nasa Perseverance rover’s landing on Mars explained

This illustration provided by NASA shows the Perseverance rover landing on Mars.

Published on Feb 13, 2021 13:05 IST

Indian astronomers detect huge optical flare from super massive black hole

The data collected from the flare observed will help calculation of the black hole mass, size of emission region, and mechanism of the emission from one of the oldest astronomical objects known, hence opening a door to the origin and evolution of the Universe, it added. (Representative Image)

Published on Feb 13, 2021 12:58 IST

Virgin Galactic delays test flight of SpaceShipTwo scheduled today

The Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo was scheduled to take off for the first time from New Mexico’s Spaceport America. (Reuters)

Published on Feb 13, 2021 07:05 IST

Meet Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, selected for Nasa's SpaceX Crew-4 mission

Lindgren and Hines along with international crew members will join an expedition crew aboard the space station for a long stay.

Updated on Feb 13, 2021 04:22 IST

Isro tests satellites developed by private sector for the first time

Representational image. (via REUTERS)

Updated on Feb 12, 2021 11:08 IST

Scientists map detailed genome of malaria mosquito vector

In order to engineer advanced forms of defence against malaria transmission, including targeted CRISPR and gene drive-based strategies, scientists require intricate knowledge of the genomes of vector mosquitoes.

Published on Feb 11, 2021 13:52 IST

Chinese spacecraft Tianwen-1 enters Mars' orbit, joining UAE's Hope probe

A view of the planet Mars is captured by China's Tianwen-1 Mars probe from a distance of 2.2 million kilometres.

Published on Feb 10, 2021 14:54 IST

India launched 328 satellites from 33 different countries till date: Centre

The total number of satellites launched till date is 328 from 33 different countries and the revenue earned till date is 25 million US dollars and 189 million Euros

Published on Feb 10, 2021 14:54 IST

Genome bank to safeguard superior quality poultry from diseases like bird flu

A worker disinfects the poultry farm in Shivapur village to protect chickens from bird flu decease.

Published on Feb 10, 2021 07:38 IST

Bolder climate action could save millions of lives each year by 2040

Vehicles drive on Paris ring during a pollution spike.

Updated on Feb 10, 2021 01:43 IST

UAE’s Hope to enter most critical phase of Mars mission: All you need to know

The first Arab interplanetary mission is expected to reach Mars' orbit on February 9, 2021, in what is considered the most critical part of the journey.

Published on Feb 9, 2021 11:20 IST

Arab spacecraft closes in on Mars on historic flight

The illustration provided by Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre depicts the United Arab Emirates' Hope Mars probe.

Published on Feb 9, 2021 09:10 IST

All you need to know about Nasa's SPHEREx mission, to be launched by SpaceX

SPHEREx is a planned two-year astrophysics mission that aims to survey the sky in the near-infrared light to study the birth of the universe.

Updated on Feb 8, 2021 14:11 IST

Harvard astronomer argues that alien vessel paid us a visit

This portrait courtesy of Lotem Loeb, shows her father Harvard University Professor Abraham Loeb in Lexington, Massachusetts.

Published on Feb 8, 2021 01:42 IST

UAE's 'Hope' probe to be first in trio of Mars missions

The first Arab interplanetary mission is expected to reach Mars' orbit on February 9, 2021.

Published on Feb 7, 2021 11:51 IST

100 Femto satellites designed by students to be launched today

A Femto satellite

Published on Feb 7, 2021 05:36 IST

China's space probe sends back its first image of Mars

The first image of Mars taken by China's Tianwen-1 unmanned probe is seen in this handout image released by China National Space Administration (CNSA) February 5, 2021.

Published on Feb 6, 2021 02:50 IST

Scientists decode how coronavirus mutates, escapes antibodies

According to the researchers, including those from the University of Pittsburgh in the US, the coronavirus undergoes selective deletions in parts of its genetic sequence that encode for the shape of its spike protein.

Published on Feb 4, 2021 11:30 IST

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