Space

Spacecraft Voyager 1, completes 35 years in space Wed, 05/09/2012 - 15:53 by Minnie Mahendru A victory in itself! Voyager 1, the workhorse spacecraft, continues to shine surrounded by stars even after 35 long years, far away, from Mother Earth. Astronomers wait in anticipation are on for Voyager 1, a manmade object, which will pass on to the new realm in space bidding a farewell to the solar system. Comments Read more	Gigantic star on its last legs caught gulping down alien planet Wed, 22/08/2012 - 15:43 by Minnie Mahendru Interstellar dining! A planet ends up as meal for a huge star. Penn State University astronomers caught a huge dying star gobbling up an alien planet!! . Comments Read more	Scientists surprised by a mirror image solar system only ten thousand light years away Thu, 26/07/2012 - 16:46 by Minnie Mahendru A solar system similar to ours? Is there possibility of life elsewhere? Yes, it is true, astrophysicists have discovered a solar system identically arranged like our own, ten thousand light years away from the Earth. The planets are lined up and arranged similarly to the ones in our own solar system.The sun’s equator is arranged in a line with orbital planes of the planets. Comments Read more
Astronomers unlocks the answer to Earth’s water puzzle Thu, 19/07/2012 - 17:33 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY Earth was probably formed in a hotter, drier part of the solar system than previously thought, which could explain our planet's puzzling shortage of water, a new study reports. Comments Read more	'MRI' leaks slow motion of sun's interior plasma Tue, 10/07/2012 - 16:57 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY According to scientists,'MRI'(Magnetic Resonance Imaging) of the sun's interior plasma motions are providing important clues about how the Sun transfers heat from its deep interior to its surface. Comments Read more	NASA set to mount disaster tracking camera on ISS Mon, 09/07/2012 - 20:07 by Rahul K. Chaudhary Latest press release from US space agency NASA has revealed about one of NASA’s most ambitious projects; a new camera installation on the International Space Station which will assist human astronauts in keeping up with the disaster zones on Earth. Comments Read more
A deep-space craft dinner in space? Mars food Mission plans astronaut nourishment in space ! Mon, 09/07/2012 - 17:06 by Minnie Mahendru What about a dinner served aboard a Mars bound space craft multi million miles away from Mother Earth? At one time this was an impossible thought, but Astronauts in space flying towards the red planet, today or tomorrow are going to need loads of food for their sustenance. As weight is a big issue in space travel, cooking a meal on the space craft is going to be an extraordinary test for the astronauts on this assignment. Comments Read more	Astonishing disappearance of star dust belt has the scientists bamboozled! Thu, 05/07/2012 - 17:05 by Minnie Mahendru Poof! A cloud of dust splayed around a young star has astonishingly disappeared into thin year in just three years time. Scientists are puzzled at how this is possible in such short time duration. Maybe the present ideas of planet formation are not quite true! Could it be that the planet formation is quicker than anticipated? Or maybe the stars anchoring the planets are much larger in number? Comments Read more	Let the Earth stretch Saturday night just a leap second longer! Sat, 30/06/2012 - 13:33 by Minnie Mahendru International timekeepers are busy adding up one more second to the time clock at 12’o clock worldwide time on Saturday, 30th June, 2012. The official atomic clocks are being coordinated by the time keepers from time to time. All these adjustments have to be made because of the gradual reduction in the Earth’s speed due to the moon’s tidal pull and the atomic clock also moves a tad too fast. Comments Read more
Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams will again head to space this July Mon, 25/06/2012 - 13:15 by RESHMI CHAKRAVORTY Indian-American Sunita Williams, an astronaut who lived and worked aboard the International Space Station for record setting six months in 2006, is again headed to the space in July. Comments Read more	Gigantic crater on the moon cuddles gallons of iced up water?NASA Sat, 23/06/2012 - 14:02 by Minnie Mahendru NASA should gear up for another visit to the moon! NASA officials say that there may be the presence of iced up water inside a gigantic crater on the moon’s South Pole. The Shackleton crater or the frozen ice loaded crater was studied with a laser device used by researchers from NASA, Brown University and MIT. They discovered that the measurements that they have recorded point towards the existence of ice.The researchers excitedly claimed that the laser rays brightened up the area and they were able to calculate the accepted reflectivity in the crater’s insides. Comments Read more	Unique and very “close planet duo” surfaces on the astrophysicists list Fri, 22/06/2012 - 14:13 by Minnie Mahendru Kepler, NASA’s planet hunting spacecraft, used by the astrophysicists has unearthed an “unusual duo” of extra solar planets.The strange pair of planets have orbits near each other’s doorstep. The bigger of the two planets emerges to be more than two times the magnitude of the full moon found in the second “odd” planet’s night sky. Comments Read more