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SpaceX capsule opens, NASA astronauts brought out of spacecraft
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Aug 3 (ANI): SpaceX capsule Crew Dragon, the first commercial mission to the International Space Station returned safely to Earth on Sunday splashing down in the Gulf of Mexico on Florida's Gulf coast.
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SpaceX capsule with two NASA astronauts makes splashdown in Gulf of Mexico
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Aug 3 (ANI): SpaceX capsule with two National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronauts made splashdown in Gulf of Mexico on Sunday (local time).
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Crew Dragon undocks from ISS, headed back to Earth
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Aug 2 (ANI): SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley has successfully undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and is headed back to Earth, reported Sputnik.
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NASA's SpaceX Demo-2 to return to earth, Gulf of Mexico targeted for Splas
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 2 (ANI): After a successful launch and stay at the International Space Station, NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley are gearing up for a splashdown off the west coast of Florida.
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Astronomers research on radioactive aluminum in solar systems unlocks form
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Texas [USA], July 28 (ANI): An international team of astronomers has proposed a new method for the formation of aluminum-26, a radioactive isotope of the chemical element aluminum, in star systems that are forming planets.
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Scientists look inside central engine of solar flare for first time
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Massachusetts [USA], July 27 (ANI): Scientists from the Centre for Astrophysics, Harvard and Smithsonian and the New Jersey Institute of Technology on Monday announced the first successful measurement and characterisation of the 'central engine' of a large solar flare.
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ExoMars finds new gas signatures in Martian atmosphere
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has spotted new gas signatures at Mars. These are known to unlock new secrets about the Martian atmosphere and will enable a more accurate determination of whether there is methane, a gas associated with biological or geological
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JTR Astrological Research Institute announces new online batches for Basic
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI/NewsVoir): JTR Astrology Research Institute Founded by the Pioneer of Nadi Astrology, Umang Taneja announces new batches for Basic and Advanced Predictive Astrology from 1st August and 26th July, respectively.
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Could mini-Neptunes be irradiated ocean planets?
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 20 (ANI): Many exoplanets known today are 'super-Earths,' with a radius 1.3 times that of Earth, and 'mini-Neptunes,' with 2.4 Earth radii. Mini-Neptunes, which are less dense, was long thought to be gas planets, made up of hydrogen and helium.
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Filling in 11 billion years of the universe's expansion history
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
California [US], July 20 (ANI): Filling in the most significant gaps in our understanding of the universe's history, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) released Sunday a comprehensive analysis of the largest three-dimensional map of the cosmos ever created.
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Five planets can be seen with naked eyes before sunrise on Sunday
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 19 (ANI): A unique opportunity will be available to all just before the sunrise on July 19, it is the chance to see as many as five planets, along with the crescent moon, with the naked eye, according to astronomer RC Kapoor.
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New view of oldest light adds a twist to debate over the Universe's Age
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Santiago [Chile], July 17 (ANI): From a mountain high in Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers with the National Science Foundation's Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) have taken a fresh look at the oldest light in the universe.
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