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Rare Earth elements synthesis confirmed in neutron star mergers: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A group of researchers has, for the first time, identified rare earth elements produced by neutron star mergers. Details of this milestone were published in The Astrophysical Journal on October 26, 2022.
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Researchers develop new approach for conducting automated science in space
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
NASA's Mars rovers strive for groundbreaking scientific discoveries as they traverse the Martian landscape. At the same time, the crews operating the rovers do all they can to protect them and the billions of dollars behind the mission. This balance between risk and reward drives the decisio
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Researchers discover largest known fresh meteorite strike on Mars
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers have helped discover the largest fresh meteorite impact craters on Mars since NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter began scouring the planet for them 16 years ago, one of which contained ice at the lowest altitude ever observed.
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NASA's Webb takes star-filled portrait of pillars of creation
Updated : 3 years, 5 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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Technique for asteroid interior decoding could be used to guide asteroid-d
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): With DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test, NASA successfully flew a spacecraft directly at the centre of a close asteroid in late September. The stadium-sized space rock was struck by the one-way kamikaze mission, which successfully reset the asteroid
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Scientists compile Cassini's unique observations of Saturn's rings
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): Scientists have compiled 41 solar occultation observations of Saturn's rings from the Cassini mission. The compilation will inform future investigations of the particle size distribution and composition of Saturn's rings, key elements to understanding their
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NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts safely splash down in Atlantic after spend
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 15 (ANI): NASA's SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts, who spent 170 days in orbit aboard the Dragon spacecraft, completed the agency's fourth commercial crew mission to the International Space Station by safely splashing down the coast of Jacksonville, Florida on Friday.
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Kyte Energy's EV scooter wins the 'Monsoon Scooter Rally'
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 13 (ANI/PNN): Hitesh Ghadge from Hadapsar bagged the winner's title at the Nashik Monsoon Scooter Rally, organized by the Nashik Automotive Sports Association (NASA), and conducted by TVS NTorq.
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NASA confirms DART mission impact changed asteroid's motion in space
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the spacecraft's kinetic impact with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered the asteroid's orbit. This marks humanity'
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NASA confirms DART probe's crash into asteroid successfully changed its co
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 12 (ANI): NASA announced that its experimental spacecraft Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) successfully altered the orbit of asteroid Dimorphos.
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Exploration of Jupiter's moon Europa now possible
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Washington [US], October 3 (ANI): Europa is more than just one of Jupiter's many moons; it's also one of the solar system's most promising locations for searching for extraterrestrial life. There is a liquid water ocean under 10 kilometres of ice that could support life. It is, however, one
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Newly formed craters located on Mars hold clues about atmosphere and inter
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Washington [US], September 30 (ANI): An international team of researchers with NASA's InSight mission located four new craters created by impacts on the arssurface of M. Using data from a seismometer and visuals acquired from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the team successfully calculated
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