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InSight Mission: NASA launches robotic lander to explore Mars
NASA launched first-ever InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) lander dedicated to exploring the deep interior of Mars. It was launched aboard United Launch...
InSight: NASA to launch its first mission to study deep interior of Mars
NASA will launch its first-ever mission InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) to study the deep interior of Mars on May 5, 2018. It... InSight Mission: NASA’s first mission to explore deep interior of Mars
NASA will send first-ever mission named as InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) dedicated to exploring the deep interior of Mars. InSight will be...
What are Asteroids?
Asteroids are small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun. They range in size from just a few meters to hundreds of kilometers in diameter. While asteroids are believed...
ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission completes 3 years in orbit
ISRO’s globally acclaimed Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) also known as Mangalyaan completed three years in Martian orbit. It has outlived its original lifespan and is still in good...
Jasleen Kaur Josan
Jasleen Kaur Josan is an Indian engineering graduate and aspiring space scientist from the state of Haryana. Her story drew national attention when she was mistakenly reported to...
Researchers: Soil of Mars may be Toxic to Alien Life
According to the research carried out by Researchers at the University of Edinburgh in the UK, surface of Mars has chemical compounds called perchlorates that can wipe out living organisms. Salient... MIT scientists develop new technique to find signs of life on Mars
Scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) US have developed a novel spectroscopic technique to find signs of present or former extraterrestrial life on the Mars. The technique...
Martian crater named after Nepal quake-hit village Langtang
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named a crater on Mars as Langtang after one of the villages most affected by the devastating 2015 earthquakes in Nepal. The... Atomic oxygen detected in Mar's atmosphere by Scientists
Scientists have detected atomic oxygen in the atmosphere of Mars for the first time since the last observation 40 years ago. It was detected using an instrument onboard...
ExoMars 2016 spacecraft successfully launched by Europe and Russia
An unmanned spacecraft named ExoMars 2016 was successfully launched jointly Europe and Russia to search for biosignatures on Mars (or Martian life) in past or present. The spacecraft... 