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NASA’s Curiosity Rover finds carbon signature on Mars
Washington: Scientists at NASA’s Curiosity rover have found a type of carbon that on Earth is associated with biological processes from several powdered rock samples collected from the surface of Mars. While…
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NASA citizen scientist spots Jupiter-like planet
Washington: A citizen scientist has discovered a giant gaseous planet about 379 light-years from Earth, orbiting a star with the same mass as the Sun, NASA has said. The exoplanet, called TOI-2180…
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Russia, NASA in talks on extending ISS’ ops till 2030: Report
Moscow: Russia’s Roscosmos state space agency and NASA are in talks on extending the operation of the International Space Station (ISS) until 2030, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Rogozin said on Thursday. “The talks…
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Meet Indian scientist Hashima Hasan, who helped launch NASA telescope
Dr Hashima Hasan, an Indian-origin scientist has played a key role in the launch of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Webb Space Telescope. Post her education, she embraced the opportunity…
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2021 6th hottest year, last 8 years the warmest: NASA
New Delhi: Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2021 tied 2018 as the sixth warmest year on record, and the past eight years are the warmest, according to an independent analysis done…
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NASA’s Webb Telescope unfolds primary mirror, set for big action
Washington: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team has successfully deployed its 21-foot, gold-coated primary mirror, completing the final stage of all major spacecraft deployments to prepare for science operations in deeper space.…
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Amazon Alexa to fly with NASA’s 1st Artemis Moon mission
New Delhi: As the world prepares for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission, likely to take off as soon as in March this year to send an Orion spacecraft around the Moon, it will…
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NASA’s James Webb telescope enroute space to probe our origin
Washington: After nearly two and a half decades of hard work, the US space agency and its partners on Saturday launched its next-generation space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, that will…
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How Webb telescope plans to uncover first galaxies, distant worlds
New Delhi: Described as the Apollo moment for science, NASA’s James Webb telescope — on its way toward its destination in orbit about 1 million miles from Earth — has begun six…
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NASA in 2021: From Mars landing to launch of next-gen space telescope
Washington: Despite facing several delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic in the last year, NASA had its busiest year of development yet in 2021. The US space agency in 2021 made history…
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NASA-SpaceX resupply mission sends detergent, skin bioprinter to space
Washington: The NASA-SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft on Tuesday successfully lifted off to space carrying more than 6,500 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and other cargo, including detergent, skin bioprinter. The spcecraft…
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NASA’s Artemis 1 moon mission delayed to March 2022
Washington: After facing an issue with the engine, NASA’s uncrewed Artemis 1 moon mission has been delayed to March next year, the US space agency said. Artemis I is an uncrewed flight…
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NASA’s Perseverance rover discovers organic chemicals on Mars
Washington: Scientists at NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover mission have discovered that rocks in the Jezero Crater on the Red Planet have interacted with water multiple times over the eons and that some…
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NASA-Boeing to launch Starliner to space station in May 2022
Washington: NASA and Boeing’s Starliner cargo spacecraft is now slated for launch to space in May 2022, the company has announced. Boeing and NASA had originally aimed to launch Starliner’s Orbital Test…
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NASA’s solar probe creates history, touches Sun’s upper atmosphere
Washington: For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has now flown through the Sun’s upper atmosphere — the corona — and sampled particles…
