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  NASA CubeSat to search for ice on Moon's surface using lasers

  Science | April 28, 2020 21:15 IST

  The US space agency is planning to send a small satellite about the size of a briefcase -- also known as a CubeSat which will use lasers for the first time to detect naturally occurring surface ice believed to be at the bottom of craters on the Moon that have never seen sunlight.

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  Ramzan 2020: Moon sighted, fasting to begin in India on Saturday; PM Modi extends greetings

  India | April 24, 2020 23:09 IST

  Ramzan 2020: The moon has been sighted, announcing the onset of Ramzan -- the holy month of fasting. Both the Shia and Sunni moon committees confirmed sighting the moon and said that the first Roza of the month will be on April 25.

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  Super Pink Moon 2020: All you need to know

  Science | April 07, 2020 10:59 IST

  In India, the super pink moon will appear on Wednesday morning at around 8:10 am. The super moon occurs when the distance between earth and moon is minimum making the moon appear much brighter and bigger.

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  Super Pink Moon 2020 will be visible in April: Date, time, how to watch brightest, biggest full moon

  Lifestyle | April 04, 2020 12:13 IST

  April's full Moon falls with the early springtime of certain wildflowers native to eastern North America that are also called 'moss pink'. Thus, the name 'Pink' refers to the pink flower that blossoms during this time and not the colour of the moon.

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  NASA accepting applications for aspiring Moon explorers

  Science | March 03, 2020 21:05 IST

  As NASA prepares to send the first woman and next man to the Moon with the Artemis programme, the agency, for the first time in more than four years, has begun accepting applications for future astronauts.

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  Earth has a new mini-moon; and it's there since 3 years

  Science | February 27, 2020 11:22 IST

  Our new moon is probably between 1.9 and 3.5 metres across, or roughly the size of a car, making it no match for Earth’s primary moon. It circles our planet about once every 47 days on a wide, oval-shaped orbit that mostly swoops far outside the larger moon’s path.

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  NASA hiring more astronauts to explore Moon, Mars

  Science | February 13, 2020 18:34 IST

  As NASA prepares to land the first woman and the next man on the South Pole of the Moon by 2024 under its Artemis programme and then send humans to Mars, the US space agency wants to hire more astronauts.

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  Inner complexity in Saturn moon 'Enceladus' hints at habitable conditions

  Science | January 23, 2020 10:41 IST

  The likely presence of hydrothermal vents inside Enceladus could be seen as another phenomenon that contributes to this. At Earth's ocean floor, hydrothermal vents emit hot, energy-rich, mineral-laden fluids that allow unique ecosystems teeming with unusual creatures to thrive.

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  NASA building homes made of fungi for Moon, Mars

  Science | January 17, 2020 21:24 IST

  Instead of habitats made of metal and glass, NASA is exploring technologies that could grow structures out of fungi to become our future homes in the stars, and perhaps lead to more sustainable ways of living on Earth as well.  

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  Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari in programme with eyes on Moon, Mars

  Science | January 11, 2020 10:32 IST

  An Indian-American will be among astronauts who may get a chance to go to the moon or Mars following his graduation from NASA's programme to train astronauts for those missions and the International Space Station.

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  Wolf moon eclipse on January 10: Where to watch, timing of the first lunar eclipse of 2020

  Science | January 07, 2020 7:57 IST

  Wolf moon eclipse: January 10 (Friday) is going to be a wolf moon eclipse night as we approach towards one of the four lunar eclipses in 2020. It is going to be a penumbral (partial) lunar eclipse when the earth will come between Sun and Moon.

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  Moon had its own magnetic field billion years ago, twice as strong as the Earth

  Science | January 02, 2020 19:36 IST

  We all know that the Earth has its own magnetic field. But have we heard the same for the moon? Not until now. Scientists believe that a lunar magnetic field existed a billion years ago and was twice as strong as the earth's field today.

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  Cold Moon 2019: Tonight is the last full Moon night of the decade - What is a Cold Moon?

  Fyi | December 12, 2019 22:34 IST

  We've heard of Full Moon, Blood Moon and so on. But Cold Moon? Well this might be a new term for some. More on that in this article,

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  Chandrayaan-2's Terrain Camera captures 3D view of crater on Moon

  Science | November 13, 2019 23:53 IST

  ​Chandrayaan-2's Terrain Mapping Camera has captured a three-dimensional (3D) view of a crater on the Moon. The imaged 3D view was posted by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday.

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  ISRO releases pictures of impact craters on Moon

  Science | October 24, 2019 11:04 IST

  This image presents many interesting facts about the secondary craters of different ages and origins in the lunar south polar region, the space agency said. According to ISRO, the image shows craters of vertical impact and oblique impact on the top-right and bottom-right, respectively.

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  Chandrayaan-2: Here's the first illuminated image of lunar surface

  Science | October 17, 2019 23:49 IST

  Chandrayaan-2's IIRS payload has acquired the first illuminated image of the lunar surface, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Thursday. IIRS is designed to measure reflected sunlight from the lunar surface in narrow and continguous spectral channels.

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  From Moon to Mars, NASA astronauts to wear special spacesuits

  Science | October 15, 2019 11:24 IST

  NASA will go live today, as the first woman and man will explore the Moon wearing their spacesuits as part of the international space agency's Artemis program.

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  Mysterious substance found on moon; more surprises in offing

  Science | September 24, 2019 11:49 IST

  The lander of the Chang'e-4 probe and the Yutu-2 rover have resumed work for the 10th lunar day on the far side of the moon after "sleeping" during the extremely cold lunar night.

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  10 Interesting facts about Chandrayaan-2 you would love to know

  Science | September 07, 2019 0:19 IST

  10 interesting facts: Chandrayaan 2 will make history on Saturday (September 7) as it will join the elite club of nations to carry out soft landing on the surface of the Moon. As the world, including leading space agencies like NASA look to ISRO as it takes a giant leap, read things which you would love to know.

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  Chandrayaan 2: Here's the list of festivals that are incomplete without moon

  September 06, 2019 22:13 IST

  With Chandrayan 2 landing its module Vikram on the surface of moon tonight, everyone seems to be talking about the moon. So we bring to you a list of festivals that remain incomplete without the presence of  moon