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NASA rover finds clay cache on Mars

Drilling by Curiosity Mars rover at a region of the Red Planet called the "clay-bearing unit" has revealed the highest… Read More

NASA lander detects ‘first Marsquake’

The American space agency's InSight lander appears to have detected its first seismic event on Mars after touched down on… Read More

Life on Earth may have begun in ponds, not oceans

Challenging a common perception, a new study suggests primitive ponds may have provided a suitable environment for creating Earth's first… Read More

First-ever image of ‘monster’ black hole captured

In a historic feat, astronomers announced on Wednesday that they have captured the first-ever image of a black hole in… Read More

NASA’s Curiosity images two solar eclipses on Mars

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has send back spectacular imagery of two solar eclipses caused by Phobos and Deimos -- two… Read More

India launching electronic intelligence satellite April 1

India on April 1 will launch an electronic intelligence satellite Emisat for the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) along with… Read More

Astronomers discover 83 supermassive black holes

An international team of astronomers has discovered 83 "quasars", extremely luminous active galactic nucleus powered by supermassive black holes in… Read More

Scientists measure weight of Milky Way galaxy

Using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the European Space Agency's Gaia satellite, astronomers have come up with one… Read More

Thousands of night quakes recorded as Antarctic ice cracks: Scientists

Scientists have recorded thousands of 'ice quakes' in Antarctica at night, a phenomenon that may help track glacier melting and… Read More

Scientists explore Sun’s damaging radiation on the Moon

With NASA planning to put astronauts back on the Moon, scientists have explored how Sun’s damaging radiation left scars on… Read More