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A bird photobombed the Sun and the space station in this incredible photo
A bird crossed the Sun at the exact same time as the ISS, which was flying past at over 28,000kms per hour.
India Ashok Oct 07, 2017
Planet Nine: 5 fascinating hints that the elusive planet may be hiding in our Solar System
"There are now five different lines of observational evidence pointing to the existence of Planet Nine," says planetary astrophysicist Konstantin Batygin.
India Ashok Oct 06, 2017
Alien megastructure star KIC 8462852's bizarre dimming may be caused by dust
A new study indicates that an "uneven dust cloud" moving around the star may be causing the strange dimming, likely ruling out the alien megastructure theory.
India Ashok Oct 05, 2017
Nasa shares a stunning new photo of Earth taken by its asteroid probe
Nasa's Osiris-Rex spacecraft, on its way to the asteroid Bennu, flew past the Earth and took a picture from 170,000km away.
India Ashok Sep 27, 2017
Sun-like star nicknamed Kronos after it devoured around 15 Earth-like rocky planets
The 4 billion-year-old binary star system nicknamed Kronos and Krios are around 320 light years away from the Earth.
India Ashok Sep 25, 2017
A secret spy satellite was launched by the US and no one knows what it can do
The NROL-42 satellite was launched from the Vandenberg air force base in California.
India Ashok Sep 25, 2017
FRB: Mysterious space signals are likely firing off every single second across the universe
Fast radio bursts continue to pose a mystery to scientists, with questions surrounding where they originate from.
India Ashok Sep 22, 2017
Hubble spots never-before-seen hybrid asteroid twins orbiting each other within our solar system
The unique planetary body is the first to be classified as both a binary asteroid and a main-belt comet.
India Ashok Sep 21, 2017
Venus' mysterious dark side revealed as astronomers make surprising discovery about the planet
The swirling Venusian winds and atmosphere are even more powerful and chaotic in the constantly shadowed night side of Venus.
India Ashok Sep 19, 2017
Nasa's Kepler spots 3 new 'super-Earth' exoplanets orbiting a star 100 light years away from Earth
The star hosting the three newly-discovered exoplanets is the closest one to Earth found to date.
India Ashok Sep 16, 2017
Asteroid Vesta: Solar system's second-largest asteroid may host buried ice
Data from Nasa's Dawn mission suggests that the asteroid may contain ice buried under its surface.
India Ashok Sep 15, 2017
Remembering 9/11: Nasa shares poignant space photos on the 16th anniversary of the attack
Nasa also released a letter penned by astronaut Frank Culbertson, who was the only crew member aboard the ISS at the time of the attacks.
India Ashok Sep 12, 2017
Could aliens spot the Earth? Tens of distant planets 'ideally placed' to watch our planet
Scientists estimate that around 9 known exoplanets are ideally placed to track the Earth's 'transit zones'.
India Ashok Sep 11, 2017
As Hurricane Irma rages, the Sun's monster solar flares may add risk of communications blackout
The massive solar flares have already affected the Earth, causing an hour-long radio blackout.
India Ashok Sep 07, 2017
New massive black hole 100,000 times bigger than the Sun found at the heart of the Milky Way
Scientists believe they've discovered a new type of black hole, hidden within a massive cloud of molecular gas.
India Ashok Sep 05, 2017
Nasa's Venus rover designs inspired by WWI tanks look more like Mad Max than Star Trek
No spacecraft as yet has been able to withstand the extreme conditions of Venus for more than 24 hours.
India Ashok Aug 28, 2017
Nasa powers up Orion spacecraft that will carry man to the moon, Mars and beyond for the first time
Orion is destined to take humans "father into space than we've ever gone", officials said.
Hyacinth Mascarenhas Aug 23, 2017
The moon has no water, say scientists who analysed lunar rock brought back by Apollo 16 astronauts
A moon rock brought back in 1972 has been reanalysed by scientists, revealing that our satellite has no water.
India Ashok Aug 23, 2017
Solar eclipse 2017: Nasa's most stunning photos of the eclipse from Earth and space
Nasa also released a video of the ISS flying right in front of the sun during the eclipse.
India Ashok Aug 22, 2017
ISS astronauts will conduct 6-hour-long spacewalk to deploy 5 tiny satellites into space
Russian astronauts Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy will perform the tasks.
India Ashok Aug 14, 2017
Perseid meteor shower 2017: When, where and how to watch the 'brightest' shooting stars in UK
Nasa says that meteor shower will peak between 11-13 August.
India Ashok Aug 11, 2017
China is offering $1.2m to run the world's largest radio telescope but no one wants the job
China is reportedly looking for a foreigner to fill the position because Chinese astronomers aren't qualified.
India Ashok Aug 07, 2017
Nasa and ESA scientists reveal Sun's inner core rotates 4 times faster than its surface
After four decades of searching, scientists have found evidence of a kind of seismic wave in the Sun.
India Ashok Aug 02, 2017
Is the moon rich in water? Scientists say the lunar interior is wetter than we thought
Scientists say they detected widespread water within ancient explosive volcanic deposits on the moon.
India Ashok Jul 25, 2017
The ISS now has an adorable floating robot 'Int-Ball' to help space scientists work on experiments
The Japanese camera bot has been designed to autonomously zip about in space and record video and images.
India Ashok Jul 19, 2017
Nasa shares stunning New Horizons photos and videos of Pluto and its largest moon Charon
During its historic 2015 Pluto flyby, Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft captured 1,200 photos and collected 10GB worth of data.
India Ashok Jul 17, 2017
New mysterious radio signals detected coming from a star just 11 light years away from Earth
Astronomers say that although unlikely, the possibility that signals came from intelligent extraterrestrial life cannot be ruled out yet.
India Ashok Jul 15, 2017
Nasa admits it can't afford to put humans on Mars
'Entry, descent and landing is a huge challenge for us for Mars,' said Nasa's chief of human spaceflight, William H. Gerstenmaier.
India Ashok Jul 14, 2017
Nasa's Juno probe captures stunning 'up close and personal' photos of Jupiter's Great Red Spot
The spacecraft successfully completed a flyby, coming within 9,000km of Jupiter's iconic hurricane.
India Ashok Jul 13, 2017
Pluto is emitting strong X-rays and no one knows how or why
Scientists are reportedly stumped by Pluto's X-ray emissions, raising more questions about its atmosphere.
India Ashok Jul 10, 2017
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