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Odisha students bag NASA prize in Space Settlement Design Contest

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 19:33

Students of KIIT International School from Odisha have bagged the second prize worldwide with a project `Zenith`s Labyrinth` in the Space Settlement Design Contest organised by the National Space Society of USA in association with NASA.

F-type stars `could be good places to look for habitable planets`

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 13:24

Researchers have said that scientists looking for habitable planets beyond Earth shouldn`t overlook F-type stars in favour of their more abundant, smaller and cooler cousins.

Automated Planet Finder finds two new planetary systems

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 11:16

Lick Observatory`s newest telescope, the Automated Planet Finder (APF), has discovered two new planetary systems, in its first months of operation.

Astronomers optimistic about finding extraterrestrial life soon

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 19:30

Astronomers are confident that it`s just a matter of time before extraterrestrial life is found.

Which planetary moons should you look out for this month?

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 15:35

Although our planet Earth only has one Moon, most other planets (except Mercury and Venus, which have no natural satellites or moons of their own and Mars, which has just two moons that are small irregular sized objects) have a large number of moons revolving around them.

Closest `standard candle` supernova of nearby galaxy observed in decades

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 25, 2014, 14:05

Less than 12 million light-years away, the Supernova 2014J in the nearby galaxy M82, which exploded on January 14, 2014, was the closest "standard candle" supernova in 42 years.

Space sunflower to find another earth!

Last Updated: Monday, March 24, 2014, 14:32

A spacecraft that looks like a giant sunflower might one day be used to acquire images of earth-like planets around nearby stars, scientists say.

Moon may never have been `very watery`

Last Updated: Monday, March 24, 2014, 14:30

A new study has raised concerns over previous studies which have misled scientists into believing that the Moon is wetter than it actually is.

New tool to hunt water on Earth and Mars

Last Updated: Sunday, March 23, 2014, 18:04

Scientists are using a promising new theory to track down hidden water both on Earth where fresh water is becoming dangerously scarce in some regions ? and in the quest for life on Mars.