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Planet-hunting Kepler telescope put to rest with final commands

NASA's Kepler space telescope, that discovered thousands of planets outside our solar system and revealed that our galaxy contains more… Read More

Your genes make you tea or coffee lover

Are you a tea or coffee person? The answer may lie in your genetic predisposition towards bitter tastes, say researchers.… Read More

GSAT-29 communication satellite orbit raised

India's latest communication satellite GSAT-29's orbit was successfully raised on Thursday by firing its motors for 4,875 seconds, said the… Read More

Watch NASA’s InSight spacecraft land on Mars

As NASA's InSight spacecraft touches down on the Red Planet on November 26, people from around the world will be… Read More

Russian cosmonaut offers to share the experience with Indian astronauts

A Russian cosmonaut has offered to share his country's experience and best practices in the field of space exploration with… Read More

Scientists translate Martian sunrise image into music

Using the photo of the 5,000th sunrise on Mars captured by NASA's rover Opportunity, British scientists have created a two-minute… Read More

Solar Probe ‘alive’ after being closest ever to Sun: NASA

Parker Solar Probe, NASA's historic mission to solve the mysteries of the Sun, is alive and well after skimming by… Read More

Where did Earth’s water originate from?

Earth's global ocean water may have originated from both asteroidal material and gas left over from the formation of the… Read More

NASA’s Dawn mission to asteroid belt ends

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has gone silent, ending an 11-year-old historic mission to explore the two largest bodies in the main… Read More

NASA retires its planet-hunting Kepler space telescope

NASA has decided to retire its Kepler space telescope that had run out of fuel needed for further science operations.… Read More