/ August 4, 2010 11:51 am
The Earth could be hit by a “solar tsunami” anytime now as an unusually complex magnetic eruption on the Sun has flung a large cloud of electrically charged particles towards our planet, scientists have warned. Several satellites, including NASA’s new
/ February 17, 2010 10:43 am
NASA has launched a probe to study the sun and its dynamic behaviour “in greater detail than ever before”. A rocket ‘Atlas V’ carrying the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) was on Thursday launched from Florida’s Atlantic Coast. The SDO is
/ September 25, 2009 8:11 am
Data from Chandrayaan-1, India’s first lunar mission, has revealed the presence of large quantities of water on the surface of the Moon, a discovery that is a significant boost for India in its space race against China. ISRO (Indian Space