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NASA's Webb telescope discovers new moon orbiting Uranus
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
NASA announced that the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a new, 29th satellite of Uranus, which was named S/2025 U1.
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Piloted by Grp Capt Shukla, Axiom Mission 4 approaches International Space
Updated : 8 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Once docked, the private astronauts plan to spend about two weeks aboard the orbiting laboratory, conducting a mission comprised of science, outreach, and commercial activities
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Axiom-4 mission piloted by Group Captain Shukla lifts off from Florida
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The crew is traveling to the orbiting laboratory on a new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
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Axiom-4, piloted by Indian Air Force officer Shukla to rewrite India's spa
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The crew, piloted by India's Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will travel to the orbiting laboratory on a new SpaceX Dragon spacecraft.
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Elon Musk raises concerns over ISS safety, urges de-orbiting within 2 year
Updated : 9 months ago IST
Elon Musk has warned that the International Space Station is becoming unsafe due to aging parts and recommended it be de-orbited within two years, despite SpaceX earning billions from ISS missions.
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Scientists found four tiny planets orbiting one of our nearest stars
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Astronomers have revealed new evidence that there are not just one but four tiny planets circling around Barnard's Star, the second-nearest star system to Earth.
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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams to address Earth from orbiting internationa
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Meanwhile, crew of the Polaris Dawn the Elon Musk-led private charted spaceflight created history when they completed the first commercial spacewalk.
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New NASA image may change understanding of Milky Way
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The Telescope was launched on December 25, 2021, orbiting the Sun, 1.5 million kilometres (1 million miles) away from the Earth, harnessing infrared light that is invisible to the human eye, NASA says on its official website.
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Astronomer Priya Hasan explains how Chandrayaan-2 mapping moon surface can
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Speaking to ANI, she explained how the orbiter of the Chandrayaan-2, which is still orbiting around the moon, will help the crucial part of the Chandrayaan-3 mission.
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UAE's Rashid Rover to land on Moon on April 25
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The landing date is subject to change depending on operational conditions. The Rashid Rover is currently orbiting the Moon at an altitude of about 100 km at the perilune (periapsis) and about 2,300 km at the apolune (apoapsis).
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Planetary system's second Earth-size world discovered
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Using data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, scientists have identified an Earth-size world, called TOI 700 e, orbiting within the habitable zone of its star, the range of distances where liquid water could occur on a planet's surface. The world is 95% Earth's size and likel
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Astronomers find that two exoplanets may be mostly water
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A team led by UdeM astronomers has found evidence that two exoplanets orbiting a red dwarf star are "water worlds," planets where water makes up a large fraction of the volume. These worlds, located in a planetary system 218 light-years away in the constellation Lyra, are unlike any planets
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