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Asteroid twice the size of Burj Khalifa to fly past Earth; NASA shares link to track it live

Reports suggest that asteroid 1994 PC 1 has been classified as ‘potentially hazardous’ by NASA because of its closeness while shooting past the Earth

Watch: ISS experiment shows water spheres bouncing in microgravity; netizens in awe

The Ring Sheared Drop research team at the International Space Station developed a device that uses surface tension to hold liquids in microgravity and hence the spheres managed to float

NASA posts image of massive star explosion; internet users left awestruck

According to NASA, most of the oxygen in the universe is produced from supernova explosions like the one in the picture. Such events can generate oxygen capable of fuelling thousands of solar systems

NASA shares visualisation video of Monkey Head Nebula, social media users left amazed

The space agency also informed social media users that the spectacular Hubble visualisation is about 6,400 light-years away

Parker Solar Probe: NASA Spacecraft touches corona of the sun; all you need to know

The spacecraft plunged through the unexplored solar atmosphere known as the corona of the Sun. It made its way through an extreme environment which is roughly 2 million degrees Fahrenheit.

NASA shares stunning image of cluster of stars on occasion of Diwali, wins hearts online

Calling it a 'festival of lights', the agency explained that the image is of a globular cluster or 'a densely-packed collection of colorful stars', which is situated close to the heart of the Milky Way

NASA astronauts feast on first-ever chili peppers grown in space by preparing 'taco fiesta'

A few NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station planned and decided to have a 'fiesta' and throw themselves a taco party

NASA's Juno spacecraft reveals depth of Jupiter's Great Red Spot; here's all you need to know

In 2011, NASA had launched its spacecraft Juno to get closer to the gas giant. It took the craft five years to reach the vicinity of the planet and insert itself into a wide orbit around it.

Final testing of the James Webb space telescope is complete, it is getting ready for its 31 October launch

The telescope will observe the universe from the vantage point of Lagrangian Point 2 (L2), located some 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth.

NASA to test out new tech on Blue Origin’s latest New Shepard launch

Blue Origin’s mission comes on the heels of its growing feud with NASA with the company filing a lawsuit against the agency over the Artemis 3 mission.