NASA`s Opportunity takes selfie to celebrate 10th anniversary on Mars

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 16:50

NASA has shared a selfie taken by Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity to commemorate its tenth year on the Red Planet.

NASA rover Opportunity finds signs Mars once had fresh water

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 07:10

NASA`s decade-old Mars rover, Opportunity, has found evidence that life-friendly fresh water once pooled on the red planet`s surface, reinforcing similar discoveries made by newcomer Curiosity on the other side of the planet, scientists said on Thursday.

Mars mission will mark beginning of glorious chapter: PM

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 23:37

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday wished success to the forthcoming Mars Orbiter programme, saying the mission will mark the beginning of a new glorious chapter for India in space explorations.

`Mystery` rock`s appearance in front of Mars Rover puzzles scientists

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 10:18

A rock that mysteriously appeared in front of the Mars Rover a few days back, has left scientists baffled.

Cultivation of plants possible on Mars: Researcher

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:25

Cultivation of various plant species, also food plants, is possible on the soil of Mars, according to ecologist Wieger Wamelink of the Dutch research institute Alterra of Wageningen University.

Manned mission to Mars by 2030 actually possible

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 12:51

A panel of experts has claimed that a manned mission to Mars could be feasible by the 2030s.

NASA releases amazing pictures of Mars rover Curiosity from space

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 02:59

NASA has released astonishing pictures of the Curiosity rover clicked by its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter as the robotic spacecraft rambles across the Martian surface.

Bruno Mars invites Red Hot Chili Peppers for Super Bowl show

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 21:09

Singer Bruno Mars will be joined by rock n roll band Red Hot Chili peppers for the 48th Annual Super Bowl Halftime show.

Indian delegation in US for 2-day space conference

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 21:51

Amid strain in ties between the two countries over diplomat`s arrest, a team of leading ISRO scientists are here to take part in the first ever ministerial meet on international space exploration sponsored by the US.

India`s human space flight programme is at the beginning: Radhakrishnan

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 22:25

Even as the country is rejoicing over the successful launch of the Mars Orbiter Mission in November, 2013, ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan said Wednesday that Indian human space flight programme is at the “beginning stage”.

Rare binary asteroids discovered by undergraduate students

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 17:27

Undergraduate students taking classes for non-astronomy majors at the University of Maryland have made a rare discovery- a pair of binary asteroids that orbit and eclipse each other.

One-way trip to Mars? Sign me up, says Frenchwoman

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 09:46

A comfortable, middle-class Parisian life may be the envy of many people, but Florence Porcel would give it all up to be among the first Earthlings to settle on Mars - even with no option of return.