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Are we alone? Study hints at 300 mn habitable worlds in Milky Way galaxy

Before Nasa retired the Kepler space telescope in 2018, nine years of the telescope's observations revealed that there were billions of planets in our galaxy

The chase for 16 Psyche, asteroid that is costlier than Earth

It's estimated 16 Psyche contains 24 million-trillion tonnes of metal - that's 24 followed by 15 zeros. This has a notional value of something like $10,000 followed by 15 zeros

Why NASA's moonshot, Boeing, Bezos and Musk have a lot riding on US polls

For the commercial space industry, "consistency is key," said Mike French, a vice president at the Aerospace Industries Association trade group who earlier served as NASA chief of staff under Obama

Water on Moon: Nasa confirms first direct evidence; see in pictures

The discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places

It's right there: Nasa discovers water on Moon's crater visible from Earth

The discovery comes on the back of several other observations made in the past, including by Chandrayaan-1. Here's why it is of critical importance

Nokia to provide 4G network on Moon: Why it is bad news for radio astronomy

Radio frequency interference (RFI) is the long-term nemesis of radio astronomers. Jodrell Bank - the earliest radio astronomy observatory in the world still in existence - was created because of RFI

Nasa spacecraft touches asteroid surface to return alien samples to Earth

While the mission has been a success so far, it will take about a week for the OSIRIS-REx team to confirm how much samples the spacecraft collected. The goal is to gather at least 60 grams

LIVE: Nitish top choice for CM's post, says India Today pre-election survey

The three farm legislations along with proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020 are clearly against interests of farmers & landless workers, said Punjab CM. Stay tuned for Latest LIVE news

Got any signal up here? Nokia selected by NASA to build 4G network on moon

NASA aims to return humans to the moon by 2024 and dig in for a long-term presence there under its Artemis programme

Nokia wins $14.1 million NASA contract to set up 4G network on Moon

The company intends for the network to support wireless operation of lunar rovers and navigation, as well as streaming video

Touch-and-go: NASA spacecraft sampling asteroid for return

After circling an ancient asteroid hundreds of millions of miles away, a NASA spacecraft this week will attempt to descend to the treacherous, boulder-packed surface and snatch a handful of rubble

Space probe makes first Venus fly-by on way to smallest planet Mercury

The fly-by is the second of nine so-called planetary gravity assists that the spacecraft needs for its seven-year trip to Mercury. The first, around Earth, took place in April

Jeff Bezos' Blue origin launches NASA's new lunar-landing tech into space

The entire flight - barely skimming space with a peak altitude of 66 miles (106 kilometers) - lasted just 10 minutes

Fake asteroid? NASA expert identifies mystery object as old rocket

Chodas speculates that asteroid 2020 SO, as it is formally known, is actually the Centaur upper rocket stage that successfully propelled NASA''s Surveyor 2 lander to the moon in 1966 before it was dis

16-sec-action, 334 mn km away: Osiris to grab 1st asteroid sample on Oct 20

A well-preserved time capsule from the early solar system, asteroid Bennu could hold answers to the origin of our sun, its planets, and ultimately life as we know it

Crew-1: NASA delays manned SpaceX mission to space station till November

NASA has delayed the launch of the SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station (ISS)

Nobel Prize in physics goes to work on black holes: Here is the discovery

The fact that mathematics demonstrated that astrophysical black holes may exactly exist in nature is exactly what has energized the quest to search for them using astronomical techniques

Cargo spacecraft SS Kalpana Chawla lifts off on resupply mission to ISS

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus, the commercial cargo spacecraft named the SS Kalpana Chawla after astronaut Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-born woman to enter space

NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins plans to cast her ballot from space station

NASA astronaut Kathleen 'Kate' Rubins told The Associated Press on Friday that she plans to cast her next vote from space more than 200 miles above Earth

The Arctic, one place you don't want to get green is getting greener

Responsible for Earth's cooling, Arctic's sea ice cover shrank by 3.74 million square km in 2020