Set To Be Launched In 2017, A Craft With 15Inch Heat Shield Will Come Within 20M Miles Of Solar Surface

London: For over 400 years, astronomers have studied the Sun from afar. Now, a team at European Space Agency, with backing from Nasa, is planning to send two space missions to explore the brightest star.

Thiruvananthapuram: Satellite data from the US National Atmospheric and Space Administration (NASA) and a new modelling approach could improve weather forecasting and save more lives when future cyclones develop.

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NASA HAS used satellite data and a new modelling approach that could improve weather forecasting and save more lives when future cyclones develop. About 15 per cent of the world

The findings are based on a detailed computer model that includes atmospheric chemical effects, wind changes and solar radiation changes

GLOBAL WARMING will set back the recovery of the ozone layer of the earth's atmosphere, warns a Nasa study.

Stereo journey the mission During their journey, the space- craft will use a wide-field-of-view telescope to look for asteroids orbit- ing the region.

A brilliant burst of gamma ray killed most of the creatures on Earth some 440 million years ago, and researchers say, a similar celestial catastrophe could happen again.

Most gamma-ray bursts are thought to be streams of high energy radiation produced when the core of a very massive star collapses. The new computer model shows that a gamma-ray

Cape Canaveral: Confronted with orbiting junk again, Nasa ordered the astronauts aboard the linked space station and shuttle Discovery to move out of the way of a piece of debris on Sunday.

Two visiting space shuttle astronauts floated outside the ISS on Thursday to hook up a final set of solar panel wings to bring the orbital outpost to full power. Spacewalkers Steven Swanson and Richard Arnold spent six hours outside the station during the first of three spacewalks planned for the flight.

Kenneth Chang
Several photographs taken by Nasa