Minute traces of specially designed greenhouse gases can be used to heat up Mars and make the planet habitable much faster than anyone thought possible. "On the Earth these gases may be pollution,

Why does a shooting star take millions of years to hit the Earth?

The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced a new programme of Mars exploration that aims to proceed at a "more methodical and leisurely pace'. Till now two missions

Four more moons have been discovered in the past two months orbiting Saturn, bringing the total to 22, which is more than any other planet in the Solar System. This was announced by Matt Holman of

ten new planets have been discovered outside the earth's solar system. The discoveries of these planets has increased the tally of the total confirmed planets to around 50. At least six of the 10

The Galileo spacecraft launched in 1989 to survey Jupiter and four of its moons may be close to a fiery end. A NASA (National Aeronautic and Space Administration) panel has recommended that the

A new study explains the phenomenon of dust rising from the lunar surface

Some answers to one of the most embarrassing mysteries before astronomers are finally beginning to emerge. Astronomers using the Hubble space telescope have said they had discovered much of the

Our knowledge of the Sun is limited by the fact that direct observations from the Earth are limited to the near side of our nearest star. The sun rotates and eventually all sides come into view, yet,

The fate of our universe depends on one question: open or closed?

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