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 …
Mumbai: Scientists have detected magmatic water — water that originates from deep within the Moon’s interior — on the surface of the Moon. These findings, published in the August 25 issue of Nature Geoscience, represent the first such remote detection of this type of lunar water, and were arrived at …
London: UK scientists have designed a concept mission to land astronauts on Mars by 2021 — 12 years before Nasa expects to send a manned mission to the Red Planet. The plan envisages a three-person crew journeying to Mars aboard a small two-part craft. Nasa says they will get on …
It will help in understanding the process of creation and decay of sunspots Work on the world’s largest solar telescope is likely to commence in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir by the end of this year. The telescope, with an aperture of two metres, is expected to be …
Mars rover Curiosity has found definitive proof that water once ran across the surface of Mars, US space agency NASA announced. There is earlier evidence for the presence of water on Mars, but this evidence -- images of rocks containing ancient streambed gravels -- is the first of its kind. …
A team of astronomers has found two planets orbiting around a pair of stars roughly 5,000 light years away from the Earth, declaring it the first multi-planet system centering a binary star. Named as Kepler-47, the transiting circumbinary multi-planet system, as it is academically described, has made the scientists believe …
As Long As There Are History Books, Neil Armstrong Will Be In Them: Nasa Neil Armstrong, who made the “giant leap for mankind” as the first human to set foot on the moon, died on Saturday. He was 82. His family said the cause was “complications resulting from cardiovascular procedures.” …
London: Nasa’s Curiosity rover, scheduled to take its maiden test drive on the surface of Mars, on Wednesday reported its first setback when a sensor on its weather station was damaged. However, the mission team says this is not a major problem and will merely degrade some measurements, not prevent …
Melbourne: Scientists have claimed that the start of the Universe should be modelled not as a Big Bang but a ‘Big Chill’ like water freezing into ice. Physicists from the University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology have suggested that by investigating the cracks and crevices common to …
Mumbai: Even as Nasa’s $2.5 billion Curiosity mission is beginning its scientific activity on the surface of the Red Planet, the space agency on Monday announced another mission to Mars which has been designated as InSight. Slated for launch in 20I6, the primary role of the In-Sight mission would be …
India, which has announced it will send a space probe to Mars, is now a country with more technological prowess than Britain and the "best and most beautiful spoken English in the world" is now heard in India, the Telegraph said Friday. In an article titled "India is heading for …
The ancient Martian crater where the Curiosity rover landed looks strikingly similar to the Mojave Desert in California with its looming mountains and hanging haze, scientists said. “The first impression that you get is how Earth-like this seems looking at that landscape,” said John Grotzinger of the California Institute of …
If Martians exist, those in the vicinity of the Gale Crater were in for a treat this Monday: Curiosity reached their planet. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory erupted in cheers when the unmanned rover aced its landing, having braved the much-discussed seven minutes of terror in a feat of creative engineering …
NASA’s Curiosity rover has transmitted its first colour photo and a low-resolution video showing the last two-and-a-half minutes of its dramatic dive through Martian atmosphere, giving a sneak peek of a spacecraft landing on another world. As thumbnails of the video flashed on a big screen late Monday, scientists and …
With pride, relief and exhilaration, NASA engineers and officials erupted in cheers and hugs early on Monday with confirmation that the Curiosity, a car-sized, plutoniumpowered robotic rover, had landed safely on the surface of Mars.“Touchdown confirmed,” Allen Chen, the engineer in the control room providing commentary, said at 1:32am Eastern …
In a flawless, triumphant technological tour de force, a plutonium-powered rover the size of a small car was lowered at the end of 25-foot-long cables from a hovering rocket stage onto Mars early on Monday morning. The rover, called Curiosity, ushers in a new era of exploration that could turn …
The government has given its go-ahead to an ambitious Rs 450-crore scientific mission to send a satellite next year to orbit around Mars which is believed to be the most similar planet to earth in the solar system. Sources said the Cabinet gave its approval to the mission most likely …
New Delhi: Four years after successfully launching a moon probe, India has decided to make another ambitious space effort by sending an orbiter to Mars in November 2013. India will be the sixth space power to undertake such an effort after the US, Russia, Europe, Japan and China, whose maiden …
Melbourne: Astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the Carnegie Institution of Washington believe they have discovered a planet right at Earth’s front door that may be capable of supporting human life. The planet is 22 light years away, previously thought to be 20 light years, and is …
Study Debunks Theory That Comets From Outer Solar System The Likely Source. Washington: Asteroids from the inner solar system may be the source of the majority of Earth’s water, a new study has claimed, contradicting the belief that most of our planet’s water originated in the outer solar system. The …
WASHINGTON, 12 JULY: US astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a fifth and tiniest moon yet orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The mini-moon is estimated to be irregular in shape and between 10 km and 25 km across. It is visible as a speck of light in …
