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Two `Earth-like` planets don`t exist: Study

Last Updated: Friday, July 4, 2014, 08:53

US scientists said Thursday two distant Earth-like planets, which some believed might be able to harbor life, do not actually exist and that astronomers were confused by a star`s sunspots.

New `IMaX` magnetograph makes observing Sun`s magnetic structure possible

Last Updated: Thursday, July 3, 2014, 21:51

A Spanish instrument known as IMaX magnetograph has observed the sun for the formation and evolution of a magnetic flux tubes on its surface.

NASA`s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 blasts off on Delta II rocket

Last Updated: Thursday, July 3, 2014, 18:46

NASA has launched its first satellite to measure carbon dioxide, Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, aboard a Delta II rocket early Wednesday, July 2 in California .

How bigger galaxies eat smaller ones

Last Updated: Thursday, July 3, 2014, 15:33

Astronomers studying the feeding habits of a cosmic cannibal have found how bigger galaxies absorb smaller ones.

Titan`s ocean may be as saline as Earth`s Dead Sea: Study

Last Updated: Thursday, July 3, 2014, 12:24

Scientists have revealed that NASA`s Cassini mission have provided firm evidence that ocean inside the Saturn `s largest moon, Titan, might be extremely salty like Earth`s Dead Sea.

NASA may send small drone to explore Saturn`s moon

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 2, 2014, 17:33

Saturn`s giant moon Titan has become one of the most fascinating bodies in the solar system because of its potential similarities to the atmosphere of primordial Earth, and NASA has now announced plans to release a small drone from an interplanetary balloon to explore the moon`s surface.

NASA delays carbon-hunting satellite launch by a day

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 2, 2014, 17:17

The launch of NASA`s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket was postponed Tuesday less than a minute before lift-off when the launch pad`s water system failed, NASA said in a statement.

NASA to launch satellite to track carbon pollution

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 09:55

The US space agency is to launch on Tuesday a satellite that tracks atmospheric carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming.

Russia building super-heavy space rockets

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 09:36

Russia is designing a carrier rocket of the super-heavy class, capable to deliver spacecraft for missions to the Moon and Mars, Russian space agency Roscosmos said Monday.

PLSV-C23 launch: From "Yeh dil maange more" to "Gravity", all in Modi`s speech

Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2014, 23:40

From the famous catch phrase `Yeh dil maange more` to epic science fiction thriller "Gravity" were some of the ingredients in Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s speech today saluting Indian space scientists.