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NASA unveils first images from James Webb Space Telescope
Washington: NASA has unveiled first images captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) which represents early stages of the telescope’s 18 main mirror segments properly aligning. This image mosaic was created…
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Aurorae in Saturn sky? It’s probably due to high altitude winds, says study
Leicester: Saturn is the sixth planet in the solar system which has extremely large and bright rings around it. Now, Leicester space scientists have discovered a never-before-seen mechanism fuelling huge planetary aurorae…
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International Space Station will plunge into Pacific in 2031: NASA
Washington: The International Space Station (ISS) will continue its operations until 2030 and will plunge into the most remote point in the Pacific Ocean in 2031, NASA confirmed in a new transition…
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What’s next for Webb telescope after reaching final destination in space
Washington: NASA’s next-generation James Webb telescope, which travelled about 1 million miles from Earth, has reached its final destination. But, the science operations are expected to begin only in late June or…
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Nasa’s Webb telescope reaches final stable position 1mn miles from Earth
Washington: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) successfully fired a planned rocket on-course correction to manoeuvre itself into a permanent stable position at a point between the Earth and the Sun, almost…
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NASA scientists study Tonga eruption to understand landforms on Mars, Venus
Washington: NASA scientists are studying the explosion of submarine volcano Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai to understand how features formed on the surfaces of Mars and Venus, Nature reported. The unusual explosion — which…
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How trillion-dollar space economy is threatened by debris
New Delhi: The space economy is on track to be valued at a trillion dollars by the end of 2030, but assets such as navigation, weather and communication satellites that serve our…
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NASA offers $1mn for innovative ideas to feed astronauts
Washington: NASA will pay up to $1 million to people who can come up with innovative and sustainable food production ideas to feed astronauts in space, as the US space agency prepares…
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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…