NASA claims Jupiter`s moon Europa could be habitable

Last Updated: Thursday, August 8, 2013, 11:41

Currently whatever is known about Jupiter`s moon Europa is what has been gleaned from a dozen or so close flybys from NASA`s Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1979 and NASA`s Galileo spacecraft in the mid-to-late 1990s.

Graveyard of comets discovered in asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

Last Updated: Sunday, August 4, 2013, 11:47

Astronomers from the University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia, have discovered a graveyard of comets in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

Channing Tatum goes blonde for `Jupiter Ascending`

Last Updated: Saturday, August 3, 2013, 09:03

Channing Tatum, who is otherwise a brunette, has donned a blonde look for his role in upcoming movie `Jupiter Ascending`.

Centaurs may actually be comets, not asteroids

Last Updated: Friday, July 26, 2013, 10:49

A new study of observations from NASA`s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has revealed that most centaurs - the small celestial bodies orbiting the sun between Jupiter and Neptune - are actually comets.

Hot Jupiter planets `not regularly consumed by their stars`

Last Updated: Friday, June 7, 2013, 12:53

Stars have an alluring pull on planets, especially those in a class called hot Jupiters, which are gas giants that form farther from their stars before migrating inward and heating up.

Temples in Nagai district gear up for `Guru Peryarchi`

Last Updated: Monday, May 27, 2013, 21:53

Special abhishekams and poojas will be held at temples dedicated for Lord Dhakshinamurthy (Jupiter) in Nagapattinam district during the `Guru Peyarchi` (transit of Jupiter).

Watch: `Dance` of the planets from May 24 to 30

Last Updated: Monday, May 20, 2013, 22:46

Astronomy lovers will have another eye-catching pleasure this week as three planets - Venus, Jupiter and Mercury - will come very close to each other in a planetary conjunction.

Venus, Jupiter, Mercury to come closest on May 28

Last Updated: Sunday, May 19, 2013, 14:32

May 28th, 2013, Venus and Jupiter will pass within one degree of one other (about twice the apparent size of the full moon, it has been predicted.

Church workers asked not to disturb movie shooting

Last Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 15:21

The workers at Ely Cathedral have been urged not to disturb actress Mila Kunis and her co-star Channing Tatum while shooting scenes for `Jupiter Ascending` inside the Cathedral.

Church workers asked not to distract Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum

Last Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013, 08:41

Volunteers at Britain`s Ely Cathedral have reportedly been instructed not to bother Hollywood actress Mila Kunis or her co-star Channing Tatum while they shoot in the church.

Comet smash behind mysterious water on Jupiter

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 18:27

The mysterious traces of water in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter came from a comet that smashed into the largest planet of the solar system in 1994, the European Space agency (ESA) has found.