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  2 NASA astronauts set for first-ever all female spacewalk

  March 08, 2019 14:10 IST

  NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch will share the credit of performing the spacewalk at the International Space Station, CNN reported.

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  Israel's first Moon mission spacecraft sends selfie back to earth

  March 07, 2019 7:37 IST

  The image showing part of the Beresheet spacecraft with Earth in the background was beamed to mission control in Yehud, Israel — 37,600 kilometres (23,360 miles) away, the project's lead partners said in a statement.  

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  First exoplanet Kepler spotted by NASA's space telescope finally confirmed

  March 07, 2019 7:31 IST

  The exoplanet known as Kepler-1658 b is a massive hot Jupiter that whips around its star every 3.85 days, said researchers from the University of Hawaii in the US.  

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  ISRO experts to receive training for Gaganyaan project in France: CNES

  March 06, 2019 20:55 IST

  Experts from ISRO will start receiving training for the 'Gaganyaan' project at the Toulouse Space Centre in France from this month, French space agency CNES said on Wednesday. 

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  UK patient 'free' of HIV after stem cell treatment

  March 05, 2019 19:24 IST

  A UK-based male patient's HIV has become "undetectable" following a stem cell transplant -- in only the second case of its kind in the world, scientists led by an Indian-origin researcher reported on Tuesday in a study published in the journal Nature.

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  US science envoy in India from tomorrow to strengthen bilateral cooperation in space

  March 05, 2019 19:18 IST

  US science envoy for space Major General Charles Frank Bolden Jr will arrive here tomorrow on a three-day visit to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in space.

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  Alien species driving global extinctions: Study

  March 04, 2019 15:53 IST

  Researchers at University College London (UCL) in the UK found that since 1500 AD, alien species have been solely responsible for 126 extinctions, 13 per cent of the total number studied.  

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  Mars orbiter finds first evidence of ancient groundwater system on Red Planet, say scientists

  March 04, 2019 14:47 IST

  Many craters contain multiple features, all at depths of 4000 to 4500 metres -- indicating that these craters once contained pools and flows of water that changed and receded over time.

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  DRAGON: SpaceX’s new crew capsule aces space station docking

  March 03, 2019 17:12 IST

  If the six-day demo goes well, SpaceX could launch two astronauts this summer under NASA’s commercial crew program. Both astronauts were at SpaceX Mission Control in California, observing all the action.  

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  SpaceX's Crew Dragon launches its first flight to International Space Station

  March 02, 2019 14:49 IST

  It will spend five days docked to the orbiting outpost, before making a retro-style splashdown in the Atlantic next Friday — all vital training for the next space demo, possibly this summer, when two astronauts strap in.

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  NASA’s newest Mars lander hits a few snags in first dig attempt

  March 02, 2019 6:50 IST

  The hammering device in the “mole” was developed by the Astronika engineering company in Poland.

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  New NASA mission to study, forecast space weather selected

  February 27, 2019 21:38 IST

  Researchers once thought that only the Sun's constant outflow of ultraviolet light and particles, the solar wind, could affect the region.

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  Study reveals new NASA telescope could find over 1,000 planets

  February 26, 2019 23:33 IST

  The telescope will scan a small piece of the universe - about two square degrees - at a resolution higher than any similar mission in the past.

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  Iceberg twice as large as New York City to break off Antarctica, warns NASA

  February 26, 2019 8:45 IST

  Satellite images show large cracks across Antartica’s Brunt Ice Shelf that could lead to a 660-square-mile iceberg calved, or broken off, from the shelf, according to a NASA news release.

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  Virgin Galactic touches space again, flying 90 km above Earth

  February 24, 2019 16:41 IST

  On Friday, the company's rocket powered commercial SpaceShipTwo, VSS Unity reached space for the second time, higher and faster than ever before, as its world record-holding hybrid rocket motor propelled the spaceship at Mach 3.04 to an apogee of 295,007 ft.  

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  After delays, NASA finally gives green light to SpaceX's unmanned Crew Dragon to launch on March 2

  February 23, 2019 19:20 IST

  After much delays, NASA has given the green light to Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's Crew Dragon to launch its first unmanned test flight to the International Space Station (ISS) on March 2, the US space agency said.

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  Why launch of Israel's 'Uber-style' lunar lander Beresheet is causing buzz

  February 22, 2019 15:59 IST

  An Israeli spacecraft blasted off to the moon in an attempt to make the country's first lunar landing, following a launch on Thursday night by SpaceX.

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  Tiny Neptune moon may be result of cosmic collision

  February 21, 2019 17:26 IST

  NASA's Hubble Space Telescope had discovered the diminutive moon in 2013. Astronomers call it "the moon that shouldn't be there."  

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  Super Snow Moon dazzles stargazers tonight: When and where to watch 2019's biggest full moon

  February 19, 2019 20:46 IST

  Today's supermoon, also dubbed as Super Snow Moon, was visible in India during the day, but you can watch its web telecast as the moon dazzles the world across the globe.

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  In a first, IIT Hyderabad researchers find Antarctic fungi that can treat cancer

  February 19, 2019 17:55 IST

  In a first, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) have isolated a strain of a fungi, found in the Antarctic region, which could lead to development of new cheaper treatment for common childhood cancer. The new treatment will also have fewer side effects. 

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  Weak spots for NASA's manned Mars mission revealed

  February 18, 2019 18:56 IST

  NASA has formalised plans to send a crewed spacecraft to Mars, a journey that could involve 250 million miles of travel, said researchers from the Northwestern University in the US.  

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  NASA unveils roadmap for putting astronauts on Moon in 2028

  February 17, 2019 18:46 IST

  Bridenstine on Thursday laid out the space agency's plan to support the development of commercial hardware capable of landing astronauts on the moon, the GeekWire reported.   

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  Long-term spaceflight not linked to major health risks: NASA 'Twins Study'

  February 17, 2019 18:45 IST

  As part of the "Twins Study", NASA astronaut Scott Kelly spent a year in space while Mark, his identical twin, stayed on Earth as a control subject to look at the effects of space travel on the human body.  

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  Scientists discover massive mountains under Earth's crust

  February 17, 2019 13:58 IST

  To peer deep into the Earth, scientists from the Princeton University in the US and the Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics in China, used the most powerful waves on the planet, which are generated by massive earthquakes.

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  New NASA telescope to explore origins of universe

  February 14, 2019 13:02 IST

  Astronomers will use the mission to gather data on more than 300 million galaxies, as well as more than 100 million stars in our own Milky Way, NASA said.

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  NASA's Opportunity rover mission on Mars 'bites the dust'

  February 14, 2019 11:24 IST

  The Opportunity rover stopped communicating with Earth when a severe Mars-wide dust storm blanketed its location in June last year.   

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  Oxford researchers identify seven universal moral rules common around world

  February 14, 2019 7:02 IST

  The rules include helping your family and group, returning favours, being brave, deferring to superiors, dividing resources fairly, and respecting others' property.     

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  NASA declares end of Opportunity rover's mission on Mars

  February 14, 2019 6:54 IST

  The rover last communicated with Earth on June 10, 2018, as a planet-wide dust storm blanketed the solar-powered rover's location on Mars. It has not been heard from for eight months since then.