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India`s Mars mission 200 days away from reaching destination

Last Updated: Friday, March 7, 2014, 21:43

India`s ambitious maiden inter- planetary voyage Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), launched in November last year, has covered over 21 million km and as of today is exactly 200 days away from reaching the red planet`s orbit on September 24.

Mars meteorite could solve mysteries of Red Planet

Last Updated: Friday, March 7, 2014, 14:55

A piece of rock that found its way from Mars to a desert in northwest Africa may help reveal the history and evolution of Mars.

How Earth is protected from space weather

Last Updated: Friday, March 7, 2014, 14:38

Scientists have shown that in certain circumstances a pool of dense particles normally circling Earth, deep inside the magnetosphere, can extend a long arm out to meet - and help block - incoming solar material.

Magnetism could help explain mystery of planet-forming disks

Last Updated: Friday, March 7, 2014, 12:10

Astronomers have said that magnetic storms in the gas orbiting young stars could help explain a mystery that has persisted since before 2006.

Hubble clicks pic of mysteriously disintegrating asteroid

Last Updated: Friday, March 7, 2014, 12:03

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has clicked the never-before-seen break-up of an asteroid, which has fragmented into as many as ten smaller pieces.

Two distinct volcanic eruptions flood ancient plains of Mars with lava

Last Updated: Friday, March 7, 2014, 12:00

Two distinct volcanic eruptions have flooded the area of Daedalia Planum with lava, flowing around an elevated fragment of ancient terrain of Mars.

Nearby star`s icy debris suggests `shepherd` planet

Last Updated: Friday, March 7, 2014, 11:56

Astronomers exploring the disk of gas and dust around a nearby star have uncovered a compact cloud of poisonous gas formed by ongoing rapid-fire collisions among a swarm of icy, comet-like bodies.

Astronomers spot rare asteroid break-up

Last Updated: Friday, March 7, 2014, 09:15

Astronomers today said they have witnessed the distant break-up of an asteroid, a rare event that was not caused by a violent space collision or a close encounter with the Sun.

Supermassive black hole located 6 bn light years away found

Last Updated: Thursday, March 6, 2014, 16:35

Astronomers have used NASA`s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the ESA`s XMM-Newton to show a supermassive black hole six billion light-years from Earth is spinning extremely rapidly.

New space robots will help refuel satellites in space in future

Last Updated: Thursday, March 6, 2014, 16:24

NASA has successfully conducted a remote controlled test of new technologies that will empower future space robots to transfer hazardous oxidizer into the tanks of satellites in space.