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Hackers exploit NASA’s famous deep space image to attack computers
New Delhi: Cyber-security researchers have identified a unique attack where hackers are exploiting a hugely popular deep space image taken from NASA’s James Webb telescope to infiltrate computers with malware. A newly-discovered…
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NASA captures 1st direct image of exoplanet outside our solar system
New York: For the first time, astronomers have used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system. The exoplanet called ‘HIP 65426 b’…
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NASA aims Sep 3 as next Artemis Moon mission launch attempt
Washington: The US space agency will now target September 3 as the new launch date for the Artemis I Moon mission that was scrubbed last Monday owing to technical glitch with one…
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NASA engineers assess data after Artemis Moon mission scrub
Washington: NASA engineers were evaluating data gathered during the Artemis I launch attempt, which was scrubbed owing to a technical glitch in one of the rocket engines. The space agency said that…
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NASA scrubs uncrewed Artemis I, puts Moon mission on unplanned hold
New Delhi: The US space agency on Monday scrubbed the uncrewed Space Launch System (SLS) Moon mission called Artemis I owing to a technical engine glitch. NASA said in a tweet that…
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NASA gears up to send megarocket in deep space on Aug 29
Washington: The US space agency is geared up to send its debut Space Launch System (SLS) mission called Artemis I into deep space on Monday that will perform a long orbit around…
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NASA detects carbon dioxide in exoplanet atmosphere in 1st clear evidence
Washington: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first-ever clear evidence for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet outside the solar system. The finding, to be published in the…
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Indian start-up on mission to compile data on space debris
Bengaluru: Digantara, a start-up launched by three young engineers, Rahul Rawat, Tanveer Ahmed, and Anirudh Sharma, is on a mission to compile data on space debris. It is going to send 40…
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NASA’s Webb telescope captures Jupiter’s faint rings, Great Red Spot
New Delhi: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured new stunning images of Jupiter that will give scientists even more clues to the planet’s inner life. With giant storms, powerful winds, auroras,…
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NASA gives nod for uncrewed Moon mission launch on Aug 29
New York: The US space agency has given a go-ahead for August 29 for the first uncrewed flight of Artemis I on its mission beyond the Moon and return to Earth. The…
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NASA spots 13 regions on Moon for astronaut landing in 2024
Washington: The US space agency has identified 13 candidate landing regions near the lunar south pole, as it prepares to send humans back to the Moon under the Artemis programme in 2024.…
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NASA asks students to design metal production pipeline on the Moon
Washington: The US space agency has asked university students to design a metal production pipeline on the Moon — from extracting metal from lunar minerals to creating structures and tools. The ability…
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NASA’s InSight mission finds Martian equator is dry
New York: Martian equator contains little or no ice, according to a new analysis of seismic data from NASA’s Mars InSight mission. The findings, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, describes…
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Potentially hazardous giant asteroid to zoom past Earth on Friday
Washington: A “potentially hazardous” giant asteroid is likely to come within about 4.3 million km of Earth on Friday, according to NASA. The asteroid, named 2015 FF, has an estimated diameter between…
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James Webb telescope likely spots first supernova
Washington: The powerful next-generation James Webb Space Telescope may have likely spotted its first supernova, according to astronomers. According to Mike Engesser of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), the object is…
