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DISCOVERED: A second earth in our galaxy

A 'habitable' earth-like planet, which is orbiting around a sun-like star 600 light years away, has been discovered in our galaxy for the first time, researchers say.

NASA names supercomputer after Kalpana Chawla

The NASA hand in India's Mars mission

NASA's Deep Space Networks will help India to track the Mars orbiter's journey, and will also help to track it when it will go around Mars, reports Ritu Jha from California.

Google to build 1 mn sq ft campus on NASA property

The company and US government agency will work together to develop data management and computing tools, as well as promote entrepreneurial initiatives in outer space.

India inks treaty with US to explore the moon

The agreement was signed at American space agency NASA's Ames Research Centre in Silicon Valley this week and it would be formally announced on Tuesday. Apart from India, the countries which signed the pact with the US are Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and South Korea.

Now, NASA supercomputer is 'fastest'

NASA teams up with Nissan to develop self-driving cars

US space agency aims to start testing the first such vehicle by the end of 2015

NASA probe finds second mountain range in Pluto's heart

The new, apparently less lofty mountain range was found on the lower-left edge of Pluto's best known feature, the bright, heart-shaped region named Tombaugh Region.

Stunning NASA image reveals Pluto's mysterious icy plains

Smooth, icy plains have been spotted on the surface of Pluto, in the latest images released on Friday from a NASA spacecraft that flew by the dwarf planet this week.

'We cannot allow political ideology to hijack science'

'Such kind of mythology-based talks do not in any way contribute to science'. 'My biggest concern is these things will (eventually) become part of school curriculum (in India), and that is completely unacceptable.' Ramprasad Gandhiraman, a scientist at NASA's Ames Research Centre in California, has launched a petition demanding that a lecture on Ancient Indian Aviation Technology to be delivered at the 102nd Indian Science Congress in Mumbai be scrapped. Ritu Jha/Rediff.com reports.

'Hum Adani ke hain kaun': Cong targets Modi govt over Hindenburg report

Adani group stocks have taken a beating on the bourses after Hindenburg Research made a litany of allegations, including fraudulent transactions and share price manipulation at the Gautam Adani-led group. The group has maintained it complies with all laws and disclosure requirements.