None Ever Seen Like This!
February 12, 2016
570 billion times brighter than the Sun... A source of light which emerged billions of years ago on the sky in not fully
Astronomi
Philae Silence Dashes Hopes
February 12, 2016
Optimism evaporates as host comet nears Sun...The optimistic expectations, triggered by a message on June 13 from the long-dormant lander Philae which
Philae Wakes up
February 12, 2016
“Hello Earth, can you hear me?” The lander Philae, which the European Space Agency (ESA) put on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko last
Phew! Rosetta Catches Its Target
February 12, 2016
After chasing it for more than a decade, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft finally arrived at its rendezvous with comet
Plate Tectonics on Europa
February 12, 2016
Besides its icy surface crisscrossed with innumerable crack lines, Europa, one of the four biggest moons of Jupiter, intrigued planetologists for decades
Philae Completes Tasks
February 12, 2016
Sleep well, Philae; you were fantastic!Completed its assigned tasks before mishaps drained it of powerThree days after it pulled off a first
Misfit Planet
February 12, 2016
Scientists struggle to explain the properties and behaviour of a planet discovered by the Kepler spacecraft shortly before it was relieved of
Misfortune of the Earth-alike
February 12, 2016
Right planet, wrong star...A new study by a team of astronomers has shown that an extrasolar planet most resembling the Earth was
Newcomer to Dwarf Planet Roster Pushes Back Solar System Boundary
February 12, 2016
The announcement March 27 of the discovery of a second dwarf planet has consolidated the evidence that the solar system extends far
Mars Gets A Close Shave
February 12, 2016
Astronomers were able to photograph the nucleus of a long-period comet for the first time when the Siding Spring, hailing from distant