A new multimillion-rand telescope in the Karoo will offer astronomers an unprecedented view of the stars. The MeerLICHT instrument in Sutherland will be specifically linked to the MeerKAT radio telescope array near Carnarvon in the Northern Cape. Unlike its bigger brother SALT (Southern African Large Telescope), the MeerLICHT is meant …
T.S. Subramanian An instrument carried by Chandrayaan-1 found them in the permanently shadowed regions CHENNAI: The discovery of ice deposits in more than 40 craters in the moon
New analysis of scientific data from a NASA instrument aboard the 2008 Indian moon mission Chandrayaan-1 has detected more than 40 ice-filled craters in the lunar north pole, reviving hopes for colonization of the moon by humans in future. The new data, published in the Geophysical Research Letters by US …
Latest images of Saturn's icy moon "Enceladus" showing jets of liquid and gas coming out from prominent fractures on the satellite's south polar region have left Nasa scientists astounded. "Enceladus continues to astound. With each Cassini flyby, we learn more about its extreme activity and what makes this strange moon …
Washington: Scientists at Nasa claim to have gathered evidence that spurned Pluto is no longer a ball of ice and rock, but a dynamic world undergoing dramatic seasonal and atmospheric changes
Budget Proposal Sparks Safety Concerns; Manned Mission To Moon Falls By Wayside Washington: Getting to space is about to be outsourced. The Obama administration on Monday will propose in its new budget spending billions of dollars to encourage private companies to build, launch and operate spacecraft for Nasa and others. …
New Probe Could Help Scientists Predict Destructive Solar Storms Chris Hastings & Jonathan Leake Nasa is to embark on one of its most ambitious missions in an attempt to unlock the secrets of the sun. Following its launch in nine days
London:Contradicting the belief that Moon is a chunk of rock that broke away from Earth due to an explosion in space, a new study claims it was created as a result of a nuclear blast on the planet
An earth-like planet is likely to be discovered outside the solar system by this yearend, a leading astronomer has claimed. According to Professor Michel Mayor of Geneva University, who led the team of researchers that discovered the first extrasolar planet in 1995, a planet of a similar size and composition …
For Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) the rare and longest solar eclipse on Friday is going to be crucial to study the atmospheric changes and its consequences before, during and after the eclipse. According to ISRO officials, the premiere space research agency, is going to launch a series of rockets …
Cape Canaveral (Florida): Nasa is finding it is not just mechanical glitches that make the International Space Station a tough place to operate. Engineers trouble-shooting a problem with the station
Washington: The US Hubble Space telescope has captured the earliest image yet of the universe, just 600 million years after the Big Bang, when the universe was just a toddler. Scientists released the photo on Wednesday at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society. It is the most complete picture …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Plans to put two Indians in space by 2015 require cutting edge technologies such as building a robust and reliable launch vehicle, a livable crew capsule, providing life support systems for the astronauts and
