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[ad_1] Asteroids have been depicted in the negative light since the time humanity first got to know their potential power for destruction. Their purpose seems to be to aimlessly wander around empty space and once in a while crash into a hapless planet and (possibly) alter the balance between species (as happened with the asteroid that killed off all the dinosaurs some 66 mn years ago on Earth). While…

[ad_1] The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the US space agency shared an exquisite video capturing a mind-boggling collection of dazzling stars that are located 30,000 light-years away. In a social media post on its Instagram handle, the space agency stated, “Liller 1 is a globular cluster – a roughly spherical grouping of stars held together by gravity. However, while most of these types of clusters are home…

[ad_1] Asteroids are scary space rocks and they are whizzing around in space in an uncontrolled manner. They can be very destructive, as was proved by the one that crashed onto Earth 66 million years ago and drove the dinosaurs, who dominated the early Earth, into extinction. That only helped mammals to establish their rule on Earth. If one crashes on Earth now, it can very well spell a…

[ad_1] US space agency keeps track of all near-Earth asteroids that wander anywhere close and one that is coming today, is going to get horrifically near to our planet. The reason why a wary eye is kept on the asteroids that get too close to Earth for comfort is to know well in time whether they will get any closer or whether they have any chance of actually crashing…

[ad_1] Can you imagine life on Earth without Sun, the answer is a big No. We know, that life on this blue planet depends upon the energy provided by the star at the centre of our solar system. But imagine what will happen when the Sun will run out of its energy? Do we survive? Or the solar system where we live? According to a study, published in the…

[ad_1] India’s solar probe Aditya L1 will track the behaviour and rays of the Sun on Monday, April 8, during the total solar eclipse. During this time, the Sun will briefly get completely cloaked by the Moon, creating a moment of complete darkness in several countries. A graphic representation of ISRO’s Aditya L1 mission. During the total solar eclipse on April 8, the Sun, Moon and the Earth will…

[ad_1] After a string of smaller, under 50-foot, asteroids sailed safely past Earth over the recent weeks, US space agency NASA reveals that some huge space rocks are heading Earth’s way now. Among them is an asteroid that is a humongous 370-foot giant and it is well on way to making its closest approach to Earth on April 7. Asteroid 2024 FH2 will come close to Earth today, says…

[ad_1] Total Solar Eclipse 2024: Skygazers are keenly waiting for one of the most exciting cosmic events of the year set to take place tomorrow, on Monday. The rare phenomenon of total solar eclipse on Earth is not so uncommon on Jupiter, which is orbited by more than ninety moons. Five of its moons are close enough to the planet to occult the Sun, which makes double, triple and…

[ad_1] Asteroids are known for the potential danger that they carry in case they collide with planets or moons. The bigger they are and the faster that they fly, the more dangerous they are. And now, US space agency NASA has detected an asteroid that is a scary 170-foot monster and it will be approaching Earth in a very close encounter. How close will this airplane-sized asteroid get? Read…

[ad_1] The Sun is life giver supreme, but it also has its negative side – it generates solar storms of such high intensity that they threaten the Earth, increasingly so after the dawn of the digital age. This is the reason why, astronomers have to keep a constant eye on what is going on there and to quickly find out if there has been some extra volatility that may…

[ad_1] A massive reservoir of water estimated to be holding triple the volume of all water on earth’s surface oceans has been discovered by scientists from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. The water reservoir has been found some 700 km below the earth’s surface.Scientists made the discovery in their bid to understand the origins of earth’s water. Massive ocean of water estimated to be holding triple the volume of…

[ad_1] A day after two 100-foot asteroids came very close to Earth, another asteroid is set to do the same today and NASA is tracking the space rock as it approaches our planet. Asteroids are space rocks, mostly small and some are really big, that are leftover remnants from the time that the solar system was getting itself in order. While most of these asteroids are stuck in the…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON — NASA wants to come up with an out-of-this-world way to keep track of time, putting the moon on its own souped-up clock. HT Image It’s not quite a time zone like those on Earth, but an entire frame of time reference for the moon. Because there’s less gravity on the moon, time there moves a tad quicker — 58.7 microseconds every day — compared to Earth.…

[ad_1] Although the change will merely be of a second, the earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way. Here is why for the first time in history, timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years.  According to the study, the planet is rotating a tad bit faster than it…

[ad_1] It was billed as the strongest solar storm in almost 10 years and skywatchers, professional and amateurs, were looking up at the skies with great hope and anticipation for the fireworks to light them up in brilliant hues. However, they were left quite disappointed. Why? Because the entire thing fizzled out and there were no signs of life left in this solar phenomena on Earth. This solar storm…

[ad_1] Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an unprecedented way — but only for a second. Ice melting at both of Earth’s poles has been counteracting the planet’s burst of speed(Rep image) For the first time in history, world timekeepers may have to consider subtracting a second from our clocks in a few years because the planet is…

[ad_1] BENGALURU: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) Monday said it accomplished another significant milestone on March 21, when the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module-3 (POEM-3) successfully re-entered Earth’s atmosphere in a controlled manner, leaving minimal orbital debris.The POEM-3 was part of the PSLV-C58/XPoSat mission launched on Jan 1, 2024. After deploying satellites into their intended orbits, the spent rocket stage was transformed into a stabilised platform for conducting experiments.“The…