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NASA`s Hubble to begin search for Kuiper Belt object beyond Pluto

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 15:39

The Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee has recommended using Hubble to search for an object the Pluto-bound NASA New Horizons mission could visit after its flyby of Pluto in July 2015.

New methane detector to help hunt life on planets outside solar system

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 11:41

Researchers from University College London (UCL) has developed a powerful new model to hunt life on planets outside solar system by focusing on methane.

100 days for India`s Mars spacecraft`s tryst with red planet

Last Updated: Monday, June 16, 2014, 20:16

Exactly 100 days from today, India`s Mars spacecraft is scheduled for a rendezvous with the red planet as it is rapidly coasting towards its target covering almost 70 per cent of its journey.

Extroverts not fit for long space missions?

Last Updated: Monday, June 16, 2014, 16:37

Even as NASA plans to send humans to Mars in the coming years, researchers have found that extroverts on long-term space missions could potentially be a "liability".

Pluto`s moon Charon may have had an underground ocean in the past

Last Updated: Saturday, June 14, 2014, 15:30

A new study by NASA has revealed that there might be cracks in Pluto`s giant moon Charon, which could indicate that it once had a subterranean ocean of liquid water.

NASA scientists create recipe that captures aromatic flavors of Titan

Last Updated: Saturday, June 14, 2014, 12:12

Scientists at NASA claim to have created a new recipe that captures key flavors of the brownish-orange atmosphere around Saturn`s largest moon Titan.

Superstition and bad luck coincide: Friday the 13th has a full moon

Superstition and bad luck coincide: Friday the 13th has a full moon

Last Updated: Friday, June 13, 2014, 20:19

Are you superstitious? If yes, then this piece of information might interest you. Skygazers will witness a full moon on June 13 i.e. Friday. Not only is it Friday the 13th, but it is also a Full Moon.

Giant telescopes paired up to help capture near-earth asteroid images

Last Updated: Friday, June 13, 2014, 18:58

Using Earth-based radar, NASA scientists have produced sharp views of a recently discovered asteroid as it flew past our planet.

ISRO planning to launch French satellite SPOT 7 on June 26

Last Updated: Friday, June 13, 2014, 18:51

SRO is planning to launch its next rocket PSLV C23 carrying a French remote sensing satellite SPOT 7, along with four others from Sriharikota spaceport on June 26, a senior official said today.

NASA`s Mars spacecraft gears up for maiden test flight

Last Updated: Friday, June 13, 2014, 12:44

With just six months until its first scheduled trip to space in December this year, engineers at NASA`s Kennedy Space Center have begun the final assembly of Orion spacecraft that could take man to Mars.