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Hurricanes may develop in Titan during its spring and summer  May 23, 11:50 am
Washington, May 23 (ANI): Saturn's moon Titan might be in for some wild weather as it heads into its spring and summer, according to two new models produced by NASA scientists.
Asteroid 9 times larger than Queen Elizabeth 2 ship to sail past Earth on May 31  May 19, 3:57 pm
Washington, May 19 (ANI): Asteroid 1998 QE2 will sail past Earth on May 31, getting no closer than about 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers), or about 15 times the distance between Earth and the moon.
Moon meteor blast 'visible to naked eye on Earth', says NASA  May 19, 12:46 pm
Melbourne, May 19 (ANI): NASA has revealed that a boulder-sized meteor slammed into the moon in March, causing an explosion so bright that it was visible to the naked eye on Earth.
Near-Earth asteroids and Mars' 2 moons considered for future space missions  May 18, 2:35 pm
Washington, May 18 (ANI): Researchers from the SETI Institute, the Mars Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, and the space robotics company Honeybee Robotics, have successfully completed a first series of field tests aimed at investigating how humans will explore and work on near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) and eventually the two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos.
Sun unleashes earth-directed solar particles into space  May 18, 2:35 pm
Washington, May 18 (ANI): At 5:24 am EDT on May 17, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME, a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of solar particles into space that can reach Earth one to three days later and affect electronic systems in satellites and on the ground.
Mars rover Opportunity examining rock changed by water  May 18, 2:35 pm
Washington, May 18 (ANI): NASA's senior Mars rover Opportunity is investigating a rock intensely altered by water.
One-third of sea-level rise comes from melting mountain glaciers  May 17, 12:26 pm
Washington, May 17 (ANI): An international group of researchers has confirmed that melting of glaciers caused about one third of the observed sea-level rise, while the ice sheets and thermal expansion of sea water account for one third each.
NASA's Kepler space telescope could soon be shut down permanently  May 17, 10:48 am
Washington, May 17 (ANI): The Kepler space telescope - NASA's primary instrument for detecting planets beyond our solar system-had suffered a critical failure and could soon be shut down permanently, the agency's officials announced Wednesday, May 15.
NASA satellite data reveals glaciers' role in sea level rise  May 17, 10:05 am
Washington, May 17 (ANI): Observations from two NASA satellites have helped scientists resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers worldwide are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise.
NASA's 9-year-old Mars rover breaks 40-year-old record  May 17, 10:05 am
Washington, May 17 (ANI): NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has broken the record for the farthest total distance driven by any NASA vehicle on another world.
NASA's asteroid mission passes confirmation review  May 17, 10:04 am
Washington, May 17 (ANI): The Origins-Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx), the NASA's first mission to sample an asteroid, passed a confirmation review Wednesday called Key Decision Point (KDP)-C.
NASA detects faulty wheel in Kepler telescope   May 16, 3:10 pm
London, May 16 (ANI): The planet-hunting space telescope Kepler has been hobbled by a broken wheel, NASA scientists have revealed.
New 'Star Trek' flick beamed up to astronauts  May 16, 12:02 pm
Melbourne, May 16 (ANI): The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) were offered a sneak peak of 'Star Trek Into Darkness' days before it opened on Earth.
Mars hit by over 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year  May 16, 10:31 am
Washington, May 16 (ANI): Using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), scientists have estimated that the red planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 12.8 feet (3.9 meters) across.
NASA engineers perform first part of Webb Telescope's eye surgery  May 16, 10:03 am
Washington, May 16 (ANI): Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., completed one of the most delicate performances of their lives and meticulously implanted part of the eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope.
Sun erupted with three X-class flares in 24 hours  May 15, 2:55 pm
Washington, May 15 (ANI): NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of three X-class flares that the sun emitted in under 24 hours on May 12-13, 2013.
NASA finds new astronomical tool to trace evolution of cosmic carbon   May 15, 11:07 am
Washington, May 15 (ANI): Scientists at NASA's Ames Research Center could be able to systematically investigate the molecular evolution of cosmic carbon.
NASA's astronauts take impromptu spacewalk to fix leak at Int'l Space Station  May 12, 2:13 pm
Washington, May 12 (ANI): NASA ordered two astronauts for an impromptu spacewalk Saturday to find and, possibly, fix a serious leak at the International Space Station.
Hubble finds dead stars 'polluted' with Earth-like planetary debris  May 10, 12:39 pm
Washington, May 10 (ANI): The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has found signs of Earth-like planets in the atmospheres of a pair of burnt-out stars in a nearby star cluster.
Curiosity Rover team selects second drilling target on Mars  May 10, 12:09 pm
Washington, May 10 (ANI): The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Mars has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling, it has been revealed.
Coolant leak found in International Space Station  May 10, 10:22 am
Washington, May 10 (ANI): Astronauts on the International Space Station have discovered a leak of ammonia coolant on their orbiting habitat, and NASA is looking into the problem.
Congress given mandate in Karnataka for good governance, says Narayanasamy  May 8, 7:23 pm
New Delhi/Bangalore, May 8 (ANI): Minister of State in Prime Minister's office (PMO), V. Narayanasamy, on Wednesday said that the people of Karnataka have chosen Congress for good governance.
Once-a-day pill effectively blocks ragweed allergy symptoms  May 8, 2:24 pm
Washington, May 8 (ANI): A once-daily tablet containing a high dose of a key ragweed pollen protein can offer relief from the runny noses, sneezes, nasal congestion and itchy eyes experienced by ragweed allergy sufferers, a new study suggests.
NASA's Spitzer Telescope dissecting 'hot Jupiters'   May 7, 11:59 am
Washington, May 7 (ANI): Thanks to NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers are beginning to dissect an exotic class of exoplanets, called hot Jupiters, revealing raging winds and other aspects of their turbulent nature.
Setting foot on Mars by 2030 is human destiny and US priority, says NASA chief  May 7, 10:45 am
Melbourne, May 7 (ANI): Setting foot on Mars by the 2030s is the ultimate destination in our solar system for humanity, and a priority for NASA, the agency's chief has said in a conference of space experts at George Washington University.
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