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Astronomers discover exoplanet that shouldn`t be there

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 13:58

A team of astronomers were left mystified after they discovered a giant planet orbiting its star at 650 times the average Earth-Sun distance.

NASA`s Mars probe surpasses 100,000 high-powered laser zaps

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 11:04

The ChemCam laser instrument aboard NASA`s Curiosity rover recently fired its 100,000th shot.

India`s Mars Orbiter crosses Earth`s sphere of influence

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 11:29

India`s maiden mission to Mars has traversed beyond the sphere of influence (SOI) of Earth extending about 9,25,000 km in its 10-month long voyage to the red planet.

NASA to hold Google+ Hangout on Saturn on Wednesday

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 18:43

The US space agency, NASA will host a Google+ Hangout at 12:30 pm PST (3:30 pm EST) on Wednesday, December 4, to discuss the Saturn’s images taken by the agency’s Cassini spacecraft.

ISRO`s Mars Orbiter tracking delayed for 5 min due to S Africa thunderstorm

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 12:02

Two days after successfully injecting its Mars Orbiter into trans-Mars trajectory, ISRO revealed that a thunderstorm in South Africa, which struck above a ground station identified to track the "crucial moment" had resulted in a five minute delay in following the Indian mission.

NASA’s Mars rover resumes work after electrical glitch

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 21:34

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity is back to work on the Red Planet after being suspended from all science operations for nearly a week with an electrical glitch.

Curiosity suffers glitch, halts operations on Red Planet

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 18:50

NASA’s Mars rover, Curiosity has suffered a glitch on November 17, halting all roving and science observations for a few days on the Red Planet.

NASA launches spacecraft to study Mars atmosphere

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 09:10

NASA today launched its unmanned MAVEN spacecraft toward Mars to study the Red Planet`s atmosphere for clues as to why Earth`s neighbor lost its warmth and water over time.

NASA’s MAVEN mission set off for Mars

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 00:31

The US space agency (NASA) has launched its latest orbiter to Mars Monday on the hunt for clues about why the Red Planet lost much of its atmosphere.

New algorithm to identify individual grains of Mars soil

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 11:37

Researchers have developed an image analysis and segmentation algorithm specifically to aid planetary scientists with this very basic, but often difficult, task.

NASA`s Maven mission to reveal Mars` water secrets

Last Updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 14:46

NASA`s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission is set to blast off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station`s Complex 41 on Monday, Nov. 18.

Final orbit raising to take MOM to height of 2 lakh kms

Last Updated: Thursday, November 14, 2013, 19:55

The Indian Space Research Agency (ISRO) plans to raise the orbit of the Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) to an apogee height of 2,00,000 kms by November 30.