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Chandrayaan-1 images indicate possible impact of Earth's atmosphere on Moon
The latest finding indicates the presence of water at the Moon's poles and this is what the scientists are trying to decipher
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50% jump in lakes from melting ice: Threat of Kedarnath like tragedy rises
There are 2028 glacial lakes and water bodies in the Himalayan region catchment which contribute to rivers flowing across India
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Moon is rusting without air as solar winds bombard surface with hydrogen
The haematite in question was discovered in data collected by the Indian Space Research Organisation's Chandrayaan-1 orbiter
NASA congratulates Indian astronomers on Star Galaxy discovery
NASA has congratulated Indian astronomers on the discovery of one of the farthest Star galaxies in the universe estimated to be located 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth
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Asteroid over 22 metres in diameter to pass by Earth on Sept 1: Nasa
Nasa estimates the asteroid's relative speed at around 8.16 kilometres per second
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NASA's Hubble telescope maps giant Halo around Andromeda galaxy
They also found that the halo has a layered structure, with two main nested and distinct shells of gas. This is the most comprehensive study of a halo surrounding a galaxy
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Japan, US Space Force hold talks on enhancing cooperation in outer space
Officials here said that Abe and US Chief of Space Operations Gen. John Raymond discussed solidifying cooperation between the US Space Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Space Operations
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Greenland lost record 532 bn tons of ice in 2019: A million ton per minute
The previous record was set in 2012 when the island lost 464 billion tons of mass from its thick ice sheet
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Follow the Perseverance Rover in real-time on its way to Mars: NASA
Dozens of controls on pop-up menus allow you to customize not just what you see - from faraway to right "on board" a spacecraft - but also how you see it
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Is the Moon drifting away from Earth? Laser beams unravel a new mystery
By measuring how long it takes laser light to return to Earth - about 2.5 seconds on average - researchers calculate the distance between Earth laser stations and Moon reflectors
NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter recharges its batteries in flight
Headed to the Red Planet with the Perseverance rover, the pioneering helicopter is powered up for the first time in interplanetary space as part of a systems check
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NASA spacecraft completes final practice before asteroid sample collection
Nightingale, OSIRIS-REx's primary sample collection site, is located within a crater in Bennu's northern hemisphere
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NASA's planet hunter TESS completes two-year-long primary mission
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, on July 4, finished its primary mission imaging about 75% of the starry sky as part of a two-year-long survey
Dwarf planet Ceres not barren, is a water-rich world: NASA Dawn spacecraft
The dwarf planet Ceres, which lies in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is not a barren space rock as earlier believed
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NASA MAVEN spacecraft spots Martian night sky pulsing in UV light
New data from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft has shown vast areas of the Martian night sky pulsing in ultraviolet light
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Nasa sounding rocket finds helium structures in Sun's atmosphere
The HERSCHEL sounding rocket investigation adds to a body of work seeking to understand the origin of the slow component of the solar wind
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Scientific research to widen on ISS as SpaceX eyes commercial crew missions
Led by billionaire Elon Musk, SpaceX is all set for its next mission, Crew-1, to send four astronauts to the International Space Station on its reusable Dragon
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Data from NASA's InSight lander used for deep Mars measurements
Using data from NASA's InSight Lander on Mars, Rice University seismologists have made the first direct measurements of three subsurface boundaries from the crust to the core of the red planet
'Sounded like a beast': Astronauts recall SpaceX Dragon's return to Earth
SpaceX became first private company to send astronauts into orbit with the May 30 liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
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'Thanks for Flying SpaceX': NASA Astronauts splash down in Gulf of Mexico
"On behalf of the SpaceX and NASA teams, welcome back to planet Earth," Michael Heiman, the SpaceX engineer communicating with the astronauts, said after splashdown
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