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Glitch over, Pluto-bound spacecraft on its way

Washington: A software glitch that triggered communication loss with NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft has been rectified and the probe is on way for a Pluto fly-by on July 14, the US space agency has said. The investigation into the anomaly that caused New Horizons to enter “safe mode” last weekend has concluded that no hardware […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
India's Gagan Toor suggests winning name for Mercury crater

Washington: Enheduanna, the name suggested by Gagan Toor of India, is one of the winners of a contest to name five new craters on the planet Mercury. Toor chose the name after Enheduanna, a princess of the Sumerian city of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq and Kuwait), the first known poet and author, according […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
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