China deploys `Jade Rabbit` lunar rover on moon

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 23:42

China has deployed its lunar rover vehicle on the moon, state media said early Sunday, hours after carrying out the first soft landing on Earth`s satellite since 1976 in a major step for Beijing`s ambitious space programme.

NASA`s probe reveals clues about Saturn moon`s hydrocarbon lakes and seas

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 11:34

NASA`s Cassini spacecraft is providing researchers with key clues about Saturn`s moon Titan, and in particular, its hydrocarbon lakes and seas.

Researchers mystified over plasma loss mechanisms from Saturn`s magnetosphere

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 15:56

Researchers have been left searching for potential plasma loss mechanisms from Saturn`s magnetosphere.

NASA probe obtains best views of Saturn`s unique six-sided jet stream

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 12:18

NASA`s Cassini spacecraft has obtained the highest-resolution movie yet of a unique six-sided jet stream, dubbed as the hexagon, around Saturn`s North Pole.

Ocean below Jupiter`s moon Europa may have heat, energy to sustain life

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 11:20

Researchers have shown that the subsurface ocean on Jupiter`s moon Europa may have deep currents and circulation patterns with heat and energy transfers capable of sustaining biological life.

Comet ISON confirmed dead by NASA

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 10:02

Comet ISON, dubbed the `Comet of the Century` could not survive the close encounter with the Sun on Thanksgiving, NASA confirmed on Tuesday.

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.

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft crosses lunar orbit

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 18:42

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), informally called ‘Mangalyaan’, crossed the distance of the Moon’s orbit on Monday morning, said the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Post `resurrection` Comet ISON fading away fast

Last Updated: Monday, December 2, 2013, 14:25

According to astronomers, Comet ISON which showed signs of revival after initially being declared dead post its close encounter with the sun on Thanksgiving is fading out fast.

Comet ISON may have survived its solar flyby

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 22:36

Comet ISON may not have broken apart and evaporated in the fierce heat and crushing gravity of the sun before or during a close flyby Thursday.

Watch: NASA`s latest video showing Comet ISON approaching Sun

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 15:07

NASA`s STEREO-A spacecraft has captured the best footage yet of Comet ISON hurtling towards the Sun for a close encounter on Thanksgiving.

Tycho`s supernova remnant lights up to Mach 1,000 shock wave

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 15:24

Astronomers have discovered that a reverse shock wave racing inward at Mach 1,000 (1,000 times the speed of sound) is heating the remnant of Tycho`s supernova and causing it to emit X-ray light.