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NASA shares 4 most liked 2020 Hubble images, asks netizens to pick their fave. Which one is yours?
By Sanya Budhiraja | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON DEC 31, 2020 08:46 AM IST
In a subsequent tweet, NASA stated that netizens liked the image of the ‘Cosmic Reef’ the best.
Indian diplomat-poet releases video of cosmic anthems to mark great conjunction of Jupiter, Saturn
By Asian News International | Posted by: Srimoyee Chowdhury | Antananarivo, Madagascar
PUBLISHED ON DEC 22, 2020 09:53 AM IST
The video takes one on a virtual journey across our solar system.
‘Great Conjunction’: Rare alignment of Jupiter, Saturn wows sky gazers
By hindustantimes.com| Edited by Mallika Soni | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 22, 2020 09:43 AM IST
Hundreds of space fans also gathered in Kolkata to watch the “Great Conjunction” through a telescope at Birla Industrial and Technological Museum in the city, or from surrounding rooftops and open areas though the winter fog partially hindered the view.
The great conjunction: Jupiter hi-fives Saturn in Google’s special doodle, NASA shares tweet too
By Srimoyee Chowdhury | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON DEC 21, 2020 03:08 PM IST
The Google doodle shows the two planets in the place of the letters ‘O, in the Google logo, coming closer to give each other a hi-five.
Winter Solstice 2020: When will it begin in India and why is it so special this year
By hindustantimes.com| Edited by Mallika Soni | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON DEC 21, 2020 11:20 AM IST
This year, the day is special as it coincides with a stunning celestial event - the ‘Great Conjunction’ of Jupiter and Saturn, happening after nearly 400 years.
Today’s great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn comes after nearly 400 years
By hindustantimes.com| Edited by Nilavro Ghosh | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON DEC 21, 2020 09:30 AM IST
Apart from being the first time in nearly 400 years the planetary giants have been this close to one another, this is also the first time in 800 years that the alignment will occur at night.
Jupiter, Saturn merging in night sky, closest in centuries
By Associated Press | Posted by Kunal Gaurav | Cape Canaveral
PUBLISHED ON DEC 18, 2020 09:22 PM IST
Astronomers say so-called conjunctions between the two largest planets in our solar system aren’t particularly rare. Jupiter passes its neighbor Saturn in their respective laps around the sun every 20 years.
Great conjunction of Jupiter-Saturn to dazzle skygazers after 397 years on Dec 21
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Deepali Sharma | Kolkata
PUBLISHED ON DEC 07, 2020 11:03 AM IST
In the run-up to the date, both planets will appear to progressively come closer to each other, with every passing day.
For first time in nearly 800 years, Jupiter and Saturn will look like ‘double planet’
By Trisha Sengupta | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 28, 2020 07:08 PM IST
According to Rice University astronomer Patrick Hartigan, two of the largest planets of our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, will appear close and will look like a ‘double planet’.
NASA’s summertime on Saturn image amazes people
By Asian News International | Posted By: Trisha Sengupta | Baltimore
PUBLISHED ON JUL 24, 2020 10:28 AM IST
“Amazing,” wrote a Twitter user while commenting on the post.
Five planets were visible with naked eyes on Sunday
By Asian News International | Posted by: Srimoyee Chowdhury | Bengaluru
UPDATED ON JUL 19, 2020 02:46 PM IST
Mercury is usually not visible to the naked eye, but if the sky is clear then it will be easily visible today,” astronomer RC Kapoor said.
Saturn’s moon Titan moving away from it 100 times faster than expected
By hindustantimes.com |Edited by Anubha Rohatgi | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 10, 2020 03:21 PM IST
The fact was discovered using data collected during NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to study Saturn and some of its moons which revealed that Titan, one of Saturn’s 80 moons, is moving away from the planet at a rate of about four inches per year.
Sushant Singh Rajput spots Jupiter, Saturn, Mars ‘hugging each other’ in clear night sky, shares pic
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON APR 10, 2020 12:18 PM IST
Sushant Singh Rajput, who has been stargazing through the lockdown period, shared a picture of planets Jupiter, Saturn and Mars together. Here’s what social media users think of it.
Saturn surpasses Jupiter to become new moon king
By Indo Asian News Service | Washington
PUBLISHED ON OCT 08, 2019 01:43 PM IST
A team from Carnegie Institute of Science has found 20 new moons orbiting Saturn, taking the total number of moons orbiting the planet to 82. Jupiter has 79 moons.
Drone to fly on Saturn's moon
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUL 12, 2019 11:52 AM IST
Nasa is sending a dual-quadcopter drone to explore the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Named Dragonfly, the mission will search for hints of life on a world similar to primordial Earth.
NASA plans to send a drone to Saturn’s largest moon
By Agence France-Presse | Washington
PUBLISHED ON JUN 28, 2019 09:54 AM IST
It is the only celestial body besides our planet known to have liquid rivers, lakes and seas on its surface, though these contain hydrocarbons like methane and ethane, not water.
Saturn losing its iconic rings rapidly: NASA
By Press Trust of India | Washington
UPDATED ON DEC 18, 2018 12:44 PM IST
Scientists have long wondered if Saturn was formed with the rings or if the planet acquired them later in life.
