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Sun emits powerful solar flare, causes blackouts : NASA
Washington : The Sun has emitted a strong solar flare severely affecting radio communications on Earth, according to NASA. The flare, classified as X1.2, is the seventh solar flare to hit Earth this year, and was captured by NASA's Solar…
Boeing 1st Starliner astronaut mission postponed to July : NASA
Washington : The first crewed flight of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner has been again pushed till July, NASA has announced. This comes after Boeing and NASA, last month, said Starliner's astronaut debut, a mission to the International Space…
Joe Biden bars US federal agencies from using commercial spyware
Washington : US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that bars federal agencies from buying third-party commercial spyware like Pegasus that poses significant counterintelligence or security risks to the US government or…
Joe Biden approves disaster declaration for Mississippi after deadly tornadoes
Washington : US President Joe Biden has approved a disaster declaration for the southern state of Mississippi after deadly tornadoes. Biden on early Sunday ordered federal aid to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by "severe…
Perseverance rover snaps drifting predawn clouds on Mars
Washington : NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has captured a series of images of drifting clouds just before sunrise on the Red Planet. The atmosphere on Mars is usually thin, dry and cloudy days are rare.
And clouds are typically found at…
Joe Biden nominates Nisha Desai Biswal as Dy CEO of US finance agency
Washington : US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Indian-American policy expert Nisha Desai Biswal as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
Biswal is…
Two of Uranus’ Moons may have active oceans: NASA study
Washington : One or two of Uranus' 27 moons Ariel and/or Miranda likely have oceans beneath their icy surfaces and are actively spewing material into the space environment, according to a study by NASA.Previously, Jupiter, Saturn and…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe makes 15th close flyby of Sun
Washington : NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft has successfully made another close approach to the Sun. The spacecraft braved blisteringly hot temperatures as high as 1,400 degrees Celsius as it made its 15th close approach to the Sun,…
NASA mission to Saturn’s moon may unravel chemistry leading to life
Washington : An upcoming NASA mission to Saturn's giant moon Titan aims to discover the development of life in the universe, the US space agency said. The mission called Dragonfly is due to launch in 2027, and will reach Titan in 2034.…
Budget showdown : Joe Biden exposes Republicans on crime and police
Washington : US President Joe Biden is going all out to turn the tables on Republicans who are trying to paint Democrats as being soft on crime in the hope of winning the crucial spending fight this year on the budget showdown, ahead of the…