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Giant sunspot makes third appearance across sun

Last Updated: Sunday, March 2, 2014, 12:17

A giant sunspot - a magnetically strong and complex region on the sun`s surface - has appeared for the third time over the sun`s horizon.

China has ability to explore Mars: Scientist

Last Updated: Saturday, March 1, 2014, 16:32

China has the ability to explore Mars and it is up to the government to decide when to send a probe to land on the Red Planet`s surface, a top Chinese scientist said today.

Spin speed determines size of spiral galaxies

Last Updated: Saturday, March 1, 2014, 13:23

Australian astronomers have discovered what makes some spiral galaxies fat and bulging while others flat discs - it`s all about how fast they spin.

India`s mission to probe Sun before 2020

Last Updated: Saturday, March 1, 2014, 13:16

After successfully launching the Mars Orbiter Mission, India is now gearing up for its next expedition to the Sun. India will send a multi-million dollar mission to probe the Sun by 2020,as reported by a space official. This maiden mission to the sun is titled Aditya-1.

ISRO to review readiness for launch of navigation satellite IRNSS 1-B tomorrow

Last Updated: Friday, February 28, 2014, 20:27

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to hold a meeting tomorrow to review readiness for the launch of navigation satellite IRNSS 1-B onboard PSLV C24 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, some 100 km from here.

Govt approves additional Rs 464.78 crore for GSLV Mk-III

Last Updated: Friday, February 28, 2014, 19:24

Government today approved the revised allocation of Rs 2962.78 crore for completing the heavy-duty Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark-III programme and to carry out experimental flight LVM3-X.

NASA teams up with JAXA to launch new satellite to measure global rain and snow

Last Updated: Friday, February 28, 2014, 13:38

A Japanese H-IIA rocket with the NASA- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory onboard, has been launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Tanegashima, Japan to measure global rain and snow.

New superpowered black hole discovered in nearby galaxy

Last Updated: Friday, February 28, 2014, 13:34

A team of astronomers from Australia and America have found a new superpowered small black hole, named MQ1, in nearby galaxy M83.

Dark matter annihilation may be possible

Last Updated: Friday, February 28, 2014, 10:22

Researchers have claimed that gamma-ray photons observed from the center of the Milky Way Galaxy are consistent with the intriguing possibility of dark matter annihilation.

How faraway asteroid with its moon may have formed

Last Updated: Friday, February 28, 2014, 10:19

Researchers have said that exotic orbit for the largest Trojan asteroid, (624) Hektor-the only one known to possess a moon, may be products of the collision of two icy asteroids.