Now, you too can become a planetary nursery finding `detective`

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 13:31

NASA has begun inviting the public to help astronomers discover embryonic planetary systems hidden among data from the agency`s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission through a new website, DiskDetective.org.

Scientists unravelling mysteries of Earth`s Van Allen radiation belts

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 12:25

Researchers are unravelling the longstanding mysteries surrounding the Van Allen radiation belts that circle Earth.

How unusual ring of radiation is formed in space

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 16:07

UCLA space scientists have revealed that the extremely energetic particles that made up the third ring, known as ultra-relativistic electrons, are driven by very different physics.

Massive particle accelerator discovered in near Earth radiation belt

Last Updated: Friday, July 26, 2013, 22:32

NASA scientists have discovered a massive particle accelerator in the heart of one of the harshest regions of near-Earth space, known as the Van Allen radiation belts.

Herschel Space Observatory discovers 6 Sun-like stars with dust belts

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 12:22

An international team of scientists, has observed six stars similar to the Sun with extraordinary dust belts.

Take off shoes, belts, jewellery for airport security check?

Last Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013, 22:07

Flying out of Delhi? You may soon be asked to take off your shoes and belts, and jewellery if you are wearing, at the security check counters of the IGI Airport.

Planetary systems with no Jupiter-class planets have massive comet belts

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 19:31

Astronomers have discovered vast belts of comets surrounding two nearby planetary systems known to host nothing larger than Earth-to-Neptune-mass worlds, using ESA’s Herschel space observatory.

Tropical storm stalls US satellite launch

Last Updated: Saturday, August 25, 2012, 22:44

A tropical storm forced the delay of the US space agency`s launch of a pair of satellites to Earth`s harsh radiation belts, just four minutes before the rockets fired.