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Virgin Galactic set for rocket-powered test flights

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo, a commercial six-passenger spacecraft is set to make its first rocke...

Canada launches hunt for man who mailed body parts

Luka Rocco Magnotta is believed to have filmed the killing and dismemberment of the male victim.

SpaceX capsule heading back to Earth

SpaceX Dragon, world`s first commercial supply ship is all set to return to Earth on Thursday, nine ...

Pacific bluefin tuna carried little radiation from Japan to California

Pacific bluefin tuna carried radioactivity from Japan`s 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster as t...

SpaceX Dragon ship `smells like a brand new car`: NASA astronaut

NASA astronaut has said that the interiors of a Dragon ship of California SpaceX smell like of a bra...

Nasa `space drink` can reverse signs of ageing?

A `space drink` developed by NASA to protect astronauts from radiation can also reduce wrinkles and ...

Astronauts enter SpaceX Dragon capsule

International Space Station astronauts entered the Dragon today, a day after its heralded arrival as...

SpaceX Dragon arrives at space station!

The unmanned SpaceX Dragon capsule was captured by an astronaut, Donald Pettit, operating the Intern...

Egyptian teen invents spacecraft propulsion system

A 19-year-old Egyptian university student has invented a futuristic propulsion system for spacecraft...

Asia Pacific nations want Indian to head UN climate talks

India`s candidate for the top job has been supported by the Asia Pacific countries, including the de...

Universe may be teeming with nomad planets

A recent study proposed that the galaxy is packed with nomad planets adrift in space.

SpaceX nears ISS, first test successful

SpaceX’s unmanned Dragon space capsule completed its first test before its scheduled docking at the ...

US leading world once more: Obama

The US is leading the world once more and people across the globe admire America the most as they ha...

Bacteria that haven’t eaten for 86 million years found

Researchers including one of Indian origin have discovered deep-sea bacteria at the bottom of the Pa...

India, Pakistan set to sign liberal visa pact

The home secretaries of India and Pakistan will begin two-day talks in Islamabad when they are expec...

NASA hails new era in space

NASA head Charles Bolden has hailed a "new era" in exploration after the launch of the first cargo d...

Giant magnetic space whirlpools give Mercury plasma shower

NASA`s Messenger spacecraft have detected Kelvin-Helmholtz waves, like on the Earth, around Mercury.

SpaceX successfully launches Falcon to ISS

SpaceX made history as its Falcon 9 rocket rose from its seaside launch pad and pierced the pre-dawn...

Gurgaon: Man shot over parking space

A 25-year-old man was shot and wounded by two youths Monday after a heated argument over parking spa...

Bundelkhand package not being properly used: Singh

Leader of Opposition in Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Ajay Singh on Monday criticised the BJP state gover...

‘Pak planes violated air space 23 times in 3 yrs’

Pakistani military planes have violated Indian air space 23 times in the past three years, Defence M...

Par panel pulls up Dept of Space for delay in key missions

A Parliamentary panel has pulled up the Department of Space for delays in its headline missions of h...

Pollution warms atmosphere by teaming up with thunderclouds

A new computational study has concluded that pollution is warming the atmosphere through summer thun...

Private spaceship SpaceX launch aborted

SpaceX capsule’s launch atop an unmanned Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station (ISS) wa...

Russia folds up Soyuz-U launch programme

The launch of a Soyuz-U carrier rocket from the Russia`s Plesetsk Space Center Thursday was the last...

Galaxy-packed massive filament discovered

Using the Herschel Space Observatory, a McGill-led research team has discovered a giant, galaxy-pack...

US warplanes to hold drills ahead of NATO summit

Temporary flight restriction will be introduced over Chicago during the NATO summit on May 20-21.

Japan launches South Korean satellite

Japan early Friday launched a South Korean satellite from its space centre in southwestern part of t...

Space-based solar power may boost future of renewable energy

Solar power collected in space could eventually provide the renewable energy of the future, accordin...

SpaceX poised to dock with ISS

SpaceX is all poised to be the first private company to send its own cargo ship to the International...

Space station cosmonauts to make 3D photo report

The crew members at the International Space Station (ISS) will make a photo report about life onboar...

Why delay in forming new PAC: BJP

BJP sought to know from the govt why the formation of the new team of PAC had not been completed.

Rare `ring of fire` solar eclipse to grace Sunday sky

A partial solar eclipse, which will see the moon completely block out the sun except for a ‘ring of ...

US lifestyle would need 4 earths to sustain: WWF report

Mankind is draining the earth’s resources so quickly that the globe would be bled dry before the end...

Amateur astronomers to boost hazardous asteroids hunt

ESA`s Space Situational Awareness (SSA) programme is keeping an eye on space hazards.

Antrix-Devas deal: CAG report slams DoS

The CAG report on the Antrix-Devas deal was tabled in the Parliament on Tuesday.

Soyuz spaceship blasts off for ISS

Three astronauts, two Russians and an American blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS)...

It’s confirmed: Obama skipping APEC in Russia

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit is scheduled to be held on September 01-08.

Rise and fall of underwater volcano captured

Researchers studying the Monowai volcano, near Tonga, captured huge changes in height in just two we...

Inflatable `bouncy space station` can float high above Earth

The two companies - SpaceX and Bigelow Aersospace - are collaborating to offer rides on SpaceX’s Dra...

Life bearing planets may be in millions

Researchers say a few hundred thousand billion free-floating life-bearing Earth-sized planets may ex...

US military tests new interceptor missile

The Missile Defence Agency says the USS Lake Erie detected and tracked the short-range missile launc...

Parking woes? Don’t travel in car, says Delhi CM

If the commissioners have their way, Delhites would have to pay heavier amounts for their vehicles’ ...

`Asia-Pacific countries must respond to climate change`

Observing that the Asia-Pacific region has some of the world`s fastest-growing cities, the report sa...

NASA`s Spitzer detects light of alien `Super-Earth`

NASA`s Spitzer Space Telescope has detected light emanating from a "super-Earth" planet beyond our s...

100-fold rise in north Pacific Ocean plastic waste: Report

In an alarming report, scientists in the US have claimed that over the past 40 years there has been ...

How our time on Earth will end

Jupiter will be the only planet to survive this situation unscathed.

Buy parking space before car in Shanghai

Potential car buyers would have to rent or buy a car park space first, as a pre-condition to buy a v...

People search for burial space in Rawalpindi

People in Pakistan`s Rawalpindi city are finding it difficult to bury their dead as they say there i...

SpaceX to try ISS launch May 19

SpaceX has said it will attempt to send a cargo-loaded spacecraft to the International Space Station...

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