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SpaceX Starship launch called off at the last minute
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The scheduled launch of the most powerful rocket ever constructed has been scrubbed after engineers could not troubleshoot a pressurization issue with the massive Super Heavy booster in time.
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Researchers details insights into darkest view ever of interstellar ice
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
An international team including Southwest Research Institute, Leiden University and NASA used observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to achieve the darkest-ever view of a dense interstellar cloud. These observations have revealed the composition of a virtual treasure chest o
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Billions of celestial objects revealed in gargantuan survey of the Milky W
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Astronomers have released a huge survey of the galactic plane of the Milky Way. The new dataset contains a staggering 3.32 billion celestial objects, arguably the largest such catalogue so far. The data for this unprecedented survey was taken with the Dark Energy Camera, built by the US Depa
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Study sheds light on world in grains of interstellar dust
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A recent study by Hokkaido University explains how dust grains form in interstellar gas and could offer significant insights to astronomers and help materials scientists develop valuable nanoparticles.
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Scientists explain how Butterfly Nebula got its wings
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Planetary nebulae form when red giant stars expel their outermost layers as they run out of helium fuel, becoming hot, dense white dwarf stars that are roughly the size of Earth. The material that was shed, enriched in carbon, forms dazzling patterns as it is blown gently into the interstell
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Scientists have discovered the origins of the building blocks of life
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A new study led by Southwest Research Institute Research Scientist Dr. Danna Qasim posits that interstellar cloud conditions may have played a significant role on the presence of key building blocks of life in the solar system.
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Scientists study life origins by simulating cosmic evolution
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Amino acids make up millions of proteins that drive the chemical gears of life, including essential bodily functions in animals. Because of amino acids' relationship to living things scientists are eager to understand the origins of these molecules. After all, amino acids may have helped spa
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NASA's Webb takes star-filled portrait of pillars of creation
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 21 (ANI): NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a lush, highly detailed landscape the iconic Pillars of Creation where new stars are forming within dense clouds of gas and dust. The three-dimensional pillars look like majestic rock formations but are far mor
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Dust plumes observed being 'pushed' into interstellar space by intense sta
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 13 (ANI): Astronomers have observed directly for the first time how intense light from stars can 'push' matter. Researchers made the observation when tracking a giant plume of dust generated by the violent interactions between two massive stars.
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Study: Star formation is influenced by supermassive blackholes
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 24 (ANI): Powerful jets of a supermassive black hole change the conditions for star formation in interstellar clouds.
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Russia's nuclear-powered space tug to deliver interstellar station to plan
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The Zeus unmanned nuclear-powered space tug, which is currently under development in Russia, would be delivering an interstellar space station to the planets of the Solar System while cosmonauts would be flying to the station separately due to long fli
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Chinese company touted as nation's SpaceX repeatedly fails to deliver on c
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): The company which was once touted as China's own "SpaceX" is repeatedly failing to deliver on over-ambitious Chinese commercial space launch plans. Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Ltd also known as iSpace was portrayed by China as the future of
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