Students from the city-based Navrachna School have spotted the Visual Impactor Observation (VIO) 2010 NB2. VIOs are Near Earth Objects which are potentially hazardous to Earth. Aadesh Shah, Pallav Jhaveri and Manank Shastri (all Class X), and Karishni

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ON the far side of the Moon, a river of dark rock spills from a 3-kilometre-wide crater and divides like a forked tongue. The flow was formed when an asteroid or comet slammed into the surface and heated the rocks to more than 1,000 degree C, causing

A new study shows that astronauts can become as weak as 80-year-olds after six months at the International Space Station. NASA photo via APAstronaut Alan Poindexter exercises on a bicycle ergometer on the space shuttle Atlantis while docked with the

The evidence comes from a 1.49-kilo meteorite found in the Moroccan desert in 2004 that contains a "relict" mineral, which is one of the oldest solid materials formed after the birth of the Sun. Analysis of lead isotopes suggest the mineral was formed

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An aircraft designed to launch Virgin Galactic's suborbital passenger spaceship was damaged in an accident on a California runway, manufacturer Scaled Composites said. In a statement on its website, Scaled, a wholly

Find dusting those tables and dressers a chore or a bore? Dread washing the windows? Imagine keeping dust and grime off objects spread out over an area of 25 to 50 football fields. That's the problem facing companies that deploy large-scale solar power

The Solar System could be nearly two million years older than thought, according to a study published by the journal Nature Geoscience.The evidence comes from a 1.49-kilo meteorite found in the Moroccan desert in 2004 that contains a "relict" mineral,

London, Aug 19 (IANS) The US researchers have found that astronauts in the prime of life, spending months in space, become as weak as 80-year-olds. The researchers made the discovery after examining muscle tissues of crew members on the International

Two amateur astronauts are planning to make Denmark the fourth country to launch into space after the former Soviet Union, the US and China.

AFP/NASA/File – A full-disk multiwavelength extreme ultraviolet image of the sun taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory … 14 mins ago PARIS (AFP) – The Solar System could be nearly two million years older than thought, according to a study

NASA's Cassini spacecraft swung by three Saturn moons in cosmic triple play and beamed new photos of the satellites home to Earth. The newly released photos from the flyby reveal the surfaces of Dione, Enceladus and Tethys in intriguing detail. The

The solar system may be up to two million years older than previously thought, a new study has found. Researchers studying bits of a meteorite discovered that the space rock was 4.5682 billion years old, predating previous estimates of the by up to 1.9

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: Astronauts can become as weak as 80-year-olds after six months at the , according to a new study that raises serious health concerns as Nasa contemplates prolonged trips to asteroids and Mars. Marquette University biologist

Follow Israel news on and . American Jewish astronaut Garrett Reisman is considering aliyah (immigration) to Israel, according to Minister of Science and Technology Daniel Hershkowitz, who met with Reisman during a recent trip to the United States.

The solar system may be up to 2 million years older than previously thought, a new study has found. Researchers studying bits of a meteorite discovered that the space rock was 4.5682 billion years old, predating previous estimates of the solar system's

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- A team from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) visited Sarangani province early last week to promote interest in outer space science among the youth as the United States continues to push the ambitious "Men on

One of the best things about modern astronomy is that we can "see" with our instruments a whole lot that our eyes could never see. This very cool new image from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, along with a radio image from the Very Large Array, shows the

Source: American Chemical Society (ACS) Newswise — Find dusting those tables and dressers a chore or a bore? Dread washing the windows? Imagine keeping dust and grime off objects spread out over an area of 25 to 50 football fields. That’s the

NASA's Cassini spacecraft swung by three Saturn moons in cosmic triple play and beamed new photos of the satellites home to Earth. The newly released photos from the flyby reveal the surfaces of Dione, Enceladus and Tethys in intriguing detail. The