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Washington: NASA's Mars InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) lander has developed the first ever map of the underground of the Red Planet by listening to winds. The InSight lander…

Washington:  The US space agency is all set to launch its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft, intended to deliberately crash into an asteroid, on Wednesday. This DART mission is targeted to launch at 1:21 a.m. EST (11:51…

Washington: Skygazers are in for a celestial delight as the longest partial lunar eclipse of the century on Friday is likely to turn the moon to a red-brown hue, despite not being a blood Moon. Lunar eclipses occur when the moon passes…

Chennai: For the first time in its space exploration mission, an evasive measure was carried out recently to avoid the collision between Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter and US' Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Indian Space Research Organisation…

Washington:  Skygazers are in for a treat as the longest partial lunar eclipse of the century is going to take place on November 19. It is also the longest such eclipse in nearly 600 years. Lunar eclipses occur when the moon passes into…

Washington:  Hit by legal challenges, the US space agency said on Wednesday it is pushing back its goal of returning humans to the Moon, eyeing a crewed lunar landing in 2025 instead of 2024 as part of its ambitious Artemis mission. The…

Washington: NASA has again delayed the upcoming launch of the agency's SpaceX Crew-3 mission to November 10 because of weather concerns. SpaceX noted there was an 80 per cent chance of favourable weather for the new date. "Following…

Washington:  NASA's Perseverance rover, currently exploring Jezero Crater on the Red Planet, has snapped new pictures showcasing layered rocks. The layered rocks, which form in water, may hint the existence of water on ancient Mars, NASA…

Washington:  NASA's Earth-observing satellite Landsat 9 has collected its first light images of Earth, capturing critical observations about our changing planet. Launched on September 27, Landsat 9 is a joint mission between NASA and the…

Washington:  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' space venture Blue Origin has lost out on its lawsuit against NASA over a contract to build the space agency's next human lunar lander, and has wished success to Elon Musk. The judgement by the US…