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NASA solves `jelly doughnut` riddle on Mars

Last Updated: Saturday, February 15, 2014, 10:09

Researchers at NASA`s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have claimed to solve the mystery of a Martian rock resembling a jelly doughnut, which appeared in January in front of NASA`s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.

China`s second unmanned lunar probe Chang`e 2 travels 70 mn km

Last Updated: Friday, February 14, 2014, 21:24

Chang`e-2, China`s second unmanned lunar probe, has traveller more than 70 million km into deep space in good condition, making the longest voyage of any Chinese spacecraft till date, said a senior engineer on Friday.

NASA`s IBEX finds influence of galactic magnetic field extends beyond solar system

Last Updated: Friday, February 14, 2014, 15:09

New research suggests that the enigmatic "ribbon" of energetic particles discovered at the edge of our solar system by NASA`s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) may be only a small sign of the vast influence of the galactic magnetic field.

Slooh to track potentially hazardous asteroid as it flies past earth

Last Updated: Friday, February 14, 2014, 15:05

Robotic telescope service Slooh will cover NEA 2000 EM26 , a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA), as it makes its closest approach on February 17th live from the Canary Islands.

HAL builds crew module for human spaceflight

Last Updated: Thursday, February 13, 2014, 22:10

State-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) Thursday said it has delivered to the Indian space agency a maiden crew module it designed and built for the human spaceflight programme in the future.

Chinese lunar rover comes back to life

Last Updated: Thursday, February 13, 2014, 18:20

China`s moon rover Yutu is awake after its troubled dormancy but experts are still trying to find out the cause of its abnormality, a spokesman for the country`s lunar probe programme said Thursday.

How spherical stars evolve to produce highly aspherical planetary nebulae

Last Updated: Thursday, February 13, 2014, 15:58

Researchers have said that only "strongly interacting" binary stars - or a star and a massive planet - can feasibly give rise to these powerful jets.

European astronomers discover new comet orbiting Sun

Last Updated: Thursday, February 13, 2014, 14:03

A team of European astronomers has found a previously unknown comet, which has been detected as a tiny blob of light orbiting our Sun deep in the Solar System.

NASA`s Curiosity Rover successfully crosses "Dingo Gap" dune

Last Updated: Thursday, February 13, 2014, 13:32

NASA`s Curiosity Mars rover has finally climbed up the Martian sand dune dubbed as "Dingo Gap" on February 9.

Researchers map in detail Ganymede, largest moon in the solar system

Last Updated: Thursday, February 13, 2014, 13:30

The US Geological Survey has completed the first global geological map of Ganymede, Jupiter`s largest moon and also the largest moon in the solar system.