Space

March 19 supermoon to spell havoc? Thu, 10/03/2011 - 13:20 by Jaspreet Virk Will we see tidal waves, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other disasters with 'supermoon' next week? Well, while astrologers are warning that moon's closest approach to Earth will wreck havoc, the scientists have ruled out the prediction. Comments Read more	NASA loses its ‘Glory’ satellite soon after launch Sat, 05/03/2011 - 11:20 by Anter Prakash Singh NASA’s Glory satellite crashed into the Pacific Ocean soon after its pre-dawn launch on Friday from the Vandenberg Air Base in California. Comments Read more	Air Force ready for launch of second X-37B Fri, 04/03/2011 - 11:36 by Anter Prakash Singh The US Air Force is gearing up for the launch of its second X-37B unmanned space vehicle, scheduled for Friday, provided the weather cooperates. Like the first one, the details of experiments to be carried out during this mission are also classified. Comments Read more
Space shuttle Discovery takes off on final mission Fri, 25/02/2011 - 22:39 by Jaspreet Virk NASA's space shuttle Discovery rocketed into orbit for the final time on its mission to International Space Station (ISS) Thursday. Comments Read more	It's official! Sun really is a sphere Mon, 07/02/2011 - 18:01 by NeelamGoswami A pair of orbiting space telescopes captured for the first time the complete surface of the Sun. Two probes from NASA’s STEREO mission have beamed back the first ever 360-degree view of the Sun, suggesting the star really is a sphere. Comments Read more	Mock Mars mission reaches planet's orbit Sat, 05/02/2011 - 15:26 by Yasser Ali The Mars500 mission spacecraft with five astronauts has finally entered the orbit of Mars after a grueling interplanetary flight. It will soon land on the red planet on Feb. 12. Comments Read more
Discovery's main spacewalker injured in accident Sun, 16/01/2011 - 14:29 by Jaspreet Virk In what could upset NASA's upcoming Discovery mission, Tim Kopra, an astronaut slated to launch space shuttle next month, has been injured in a bicycle accident Saturday. Comments Read more	NASA discovers smallest planet outside solar system Tue, 11/01/2011 - 12:15 by Neha Gupta Astronomers at Moffett Field's NASA Ames Research Center have discovered the smallest planet outside our solar system, which measures approximately 1.4 times the size of Earth. Comments Read more	First partial solar eclipse of 2011 visible on Tuesday Tue, 04/01/2011 - 16:24 by Neka Sehgal If good weather prevails and the skies are clear, millions of people in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia will get to see the first partial solar eclipse of the New Year today, Jan. 4, 2011. Comments Read more
Monday’s total lunar eclipse promises a celestial treat Sun, 19/12/2010 - 16:35 by Anter Prakash Singh A celestial treat awaits the sky gazers as the total lunar eclipse slated for Monday night. Lunar eclipses are not so uncommon but this time the moon will be up high in the sky, visible to everyone across the United States. Comments Read more	NASA flying observatory in first mission Fri, 10/12/2010 - 23:03 by harsheeb Ithaca -- NASA says its new airborne astronomical observatory has flown its first complete science mission following five months of test flights. A 17-ton telescope mounted in the fuselage of a modified 747 jumbo jet, the SOFIA observatory, for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, will embark on a 20-year investigation of the infrared spectrum of the universe, an area not yet explored by satellite- or ground-based observatories. An Ithaca College associate professor of physics on board for last week's science mission says he looks forward to the cosmic insights SOFIA will provide, a university release said. Comments Read more	New images confirm the moon is shrinking Fri, 10/12/2010 - 09:22 by harsheeb ie-- The unchanging moon humans gaze up at every night may be slightly smaller than the one our ancestors saw, recent research by U.S. scientists suggests. Er Darren Williams, associate professor of astronomy at Penn State Erie, says new high-resolution images released by NASA show distinctive cliffs, called lobate scarps, all over the surface of the moon, evidence that the moon is getting gradually smaller, PhysOrg.com reported Thursday. Comments Read more