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NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity aboard the Perseverance rover recharges for the first time in space
Trendingdesk •If Ingenuity manages to withstand the harsh environment on Mars, scientists at JPL will give it a 31 Earth day test flight window.
NASA's TESS completes its two year primary mission; begins extended journey
Trendingdesk •TESS had spotted 66 confirmed exoplanets during the primary mission and there are over 2100 celestial bodies.
Using SOPHIE, scientists discover 'unusual planetary system' WASP 148, from the ground
Trendingdesk •WASP 148 was host to two planets WASP 148b that orbits around its in nine days and WASP 148c which takes four times longer.
MOMO-5, a rocket by private Japanese firm fails to reach space, faces malfunction
Trendingdesk •Due to some malfunction when it reached the point of maximum aerodynamic pressure, the rocket could not launch and crashed into the Pacific Ocean.
NASA allows you see what the Hubble Telescope might've seen in the universe on your birth date
Trendingdesk •People will be able to see inner regions of faraway galaxies, close ups of planets, nebulas, the nuclei of comets and more with this feature.
2I/Borisov comet was formed in another planetary system that might be similar to ours
•The comet is expected to reach its closest point to the Sun on 8 December and closest point to the Earth soon after.
Mapping the sudden rise of Asian Space forces and understanding what it means
Rajeshwari Pillai •Militaries across Asia are setting up special branches for space operations after the US.
Space junk, astrobiology, law: Hottest space sciences that will explode in 2019
•2019 will be big for all things space, going by the International Astronautical Congress this year.
ISRO ties up with three companies to assemble 27 satellites in three years
Tech2 News Staff •The consortium is led by Alpha Design Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bharat Electronics Limited and the Tatas.
Astronomers discover "hottest gas giant" planet with more than 4,300 degrees of temperature
Ians •Because the planet is tidally locked to its star, one side of the planet is always facing toward the star, and one side is in perpetual darkness.