Elon Musk’s US-based aerospace company SpaceX is working with NASA to identify landing spots on Mars for its spacecraft. “We are working with scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and elsewhere, have identified several potential […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): NASA plans to send its first robotic spacecraft to the Sun next year that is slated to get within six million kilometres of the blazing star to probe its atmosphere. Humans have sent […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): To protect astronauts from the harsh Martian environment, the best building material for a new home on the Red Planet may lie in ice, say NASA researchers. The surface of Mars has extreme […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is set to begin a thrilling ride around Saturn, grazing past its outer rings to provide the closest-ever insight into the planet’s features. Between November 30 and April 22, the […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA (TIP): The most advanced weather satellite ever built rocketed into space on Saturday night, part of an $11 billion effort to revolutionize forecasting and save lives. This new GOES-R spacecraft will track […]
LONDON (TIP): Mars is a primary target in the search for life outside Earth, and liquid water is the most important pre-requisite for life. But a team of international researchers has found that Mars is […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, Nasa’s Spitzer and Swift space telescopes joined forces to reveal a brown dwarf – thought to be the missing link between planets and stars, with masses up to 80 […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Nasa’s Curiosity Mars rover is driving towards new uphill destinations to further study ancient, water-rich environments and potential for life on the red planet. The destinations include a ridge capped with material rich […]
#Nasa has sent a spacecraft chasing after an unexplored asteroid, in the hope that it might one day keep us from being destroyed. The OSIRIS-REx robotic hunter has blasted off to the asteroid Bennu. When […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Nasa scientists have for the first time imaged the edge of the Sun, enabling them to describe the mysterious origins of solar wind. Ever since the 1950s discovery of the solar wind —the […]
WASHINGTON: Two Indian-American women have been selected for the prestigious White House Fellow programme that offers first-hand experience of working at the highest levels of the US federal government. Astrophysicist Anjali Tripathi from California and […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): NASA, the US space agency is set to launch its first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth on September 8 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The […]
PASADENA (TIP): NASA’s Juno spacecraft has sent back the first pictures since arriving at Jupiter. An image released Tuesday shows Jupiter surrounded by three of its four largest moons. The picture was taken on Saturday […]
The Word Ramadan is also pronounced Ramzan and in many other ways depending on the linguistic influence. The Arabic influenced languages call it Ramadan, whereas the Persian affiliated languages call it Ramzan, and with the […]
Hundreds of American yoga enthusiasts rolled out their colourful mats, twisting their bodies and performing ‘Surya Namaskar’ in front of the space shuttle at NASA’s landmark Johnson Space Center early on Sunday. Consulate General of […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope and its extended K2 mission, astronomers have discovered a newborn fully-formed exoplanet –planets that orbit stars beyond our Sun — ever detected around a young star. The newfound […]
CHENNAI (TIP): India took a big leap in space technology on June 22 when Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) used its workhorse PSLV-C34 to inject 20 satellites including 17 foreign satellites into orbit in a […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The universe is expanding 5 to 9 per cent faster than thought, astronomers using Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered. “This surprising finding may be an important clue to understanding those mysterious parts […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Nasa tried again Saturday to inflate an add-on room at the International Space Station, after the first attempt ran into problems due to too much friction. Efforts to inflate the flexible habitat, known […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Europa ocean on Jupiter’s icy moon may have the Earth-like balance of chemical energy necessary for life, even if the moon lacks volcanic hydrothermal activity, a new Nasa study suggests. Europa is […]
HOUSTON (TIP) NASA recently announced the winners of two challenges to create new concepts for construction and human habitation on future space exploration missions, including the agency’s journey to Mars. Ahilan Anantha Krishnan from Indian […]
Earlier this week, Indian media carried reports of an 18-year-old girl from a village in eastern India being selected for NASA’s Goddard Internship Programme — a story that quickly went viral. It was reported that […]
WASHINGTON: Four Indian-Americans have been selected to the prestigious US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) to be part of its new list of 80 members for their valuable contributions to the society. Anil K Jain, Dr […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Nasa has called off its next Mars mission because of a leak in a science instrument. The Insight spacecraft was supposed to take off in March and land on the red planet next […]
HOUSTON: An Indian-American has been appointed as the Secretary of the Texas Board of Professional Engineers that licenses qualified engineers and regulates the practice of professional engineering in the US state. Sockalingam “Sam” Kannappan, a professional […]
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