NASA to intensify focus on Earth's frozen regions
NASA will launch two new satellite missions and conduct an array of field research in 2018, the US space agency said on Tuesday.
Mar 27, 2018, 17:18 PM IST
Here's how Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams is 'keeping herself busy' in space
Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams is now helping privately-held companies like Space X and Boeing to develop their new spacecraft systems.
Mar 27, 2018, 11:04 AM IST
China's space lab Tiangong-1 is falling to Earth this week
Space authorities said that the space lab should burn up in the atmosphere.
Mar 27, 2018, 10:44 AM IST
'Alien Head' on Mars? NASA spots huge crater on Red Planet
NASA first spotted the huge crater on Mars in 2005 and named the image as 'Chryse Alien Head'.
Mar 26, 2018, 16:58 PM IST
SpaceX rocket launch creates 60 kilometre-wide hole in Earth's ionosphere
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched on August 24, 2017 has created a massive hole in the Earth's ionosphere.
Mar 26, 2018, 15:31 PM IST
61-year-old man launches himself in homemade rocket; lands on Mojave Desert
Mike Hughes launched himself into the sky aboard his self-built steam-powered rocket at 325mph on Saturday, March 24.
Mar 26, 2018, 13:41 PM IST
New milestone: NASA's Curiosity rover completes 2,000 days on Mars
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has achieved a new milestone as it completes 2,000 days on the Martian surface.
Mar 26, 2018, 12:58 PM IST
Expedition 56 crew members welcomed aboard the space station
The Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft docked to Poisk module of the space station at 3:40 pm EDT, on March 23 while both spacecraft were flying over Serbia.
Mar 26, 2018, 10:34 AM IST
Chandrayaan-2 launch postponed to October: ISRO chief
The experts had met recently and suggested the tests, following which the mission will now be launched in October, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Sivan said.
Mar 23, 2018, 17:14 PM IST
ISRO gears up for launch of communication satellite GSAT-6A on March 29
The satellite will provide a platform for developing technologies such as demonstration of 6m S-Band Unfurlable Antenna, handheld ground terminals and network management techniques.
Mar 23, 2018, 12:43 PM IST
Russian astronomers discover new black hole, dedicate it to Stephen Hawking
The newborn black hole, which lies in the Ophiuchus constellation, was spotted two days after Stephen Hawking's demise.
Mar 22, 2018, 11:04 AM IST
Star fly-by disturbed comets of solar system 70,000 years ago
This discovery was first made public in 2015 by a team of astronomers led by Professor Eric Mamajek of the University of Rochester in the US.
Mar 21, 2018, 18:12 PM IST
'Mars oceans formed much earlier than thought'
It is also possible that volcanic eruptions created channels that allowed underground water to reach the surface and fill the northern plains.
Mar 20, 2018, 18:06 PM IST
Solar system's first-known interstellar object likely came from a binary star: Study
The researchers found that rocky objects like 'Oumuamua are far more likely to come from binary than single star systems.
Mar 20, 2018, 15:31 PM IST
NASA's next planet-hunting spacecraft to be launched in April?
The mission will find exoplanets that periodically block part of the light from their host stars, events called transits.
Mar 20, 2018, 13:28 PM IST
Greece launches Hellenic Space Organization, the country's first space agency
Greece has been a member of ESA since 2005 and has invested millions of euros in ESA's research programmes but was one of the few member states lacking a national institution.
Mar 20, 2018, 10:05 AM IST
Flying across Jupiter's clouds, NASA's Juno gets close to a 'rosy' storm – See pic
During the course of its 11th science flyby of the solar system's giant planet, Juno captured a massive close-up view of a storm with bright cloud tops.
Mar 19, 2018, 15:55 PM IST
NASA installs new instrument aboard ISS to measure the Sun's energy
TSIS-1 studies the total amount of light energy emitted by the Sun using the Total Irradiance Monitor, one of two sensors onboard.
Mar 19, 2018, 15:05 PM IST
New AI-based technique identifies 6,000 new craters on the moon
Compared to manual counting, the method was able to identify twice as many craters, clocking up the crater count to 6,000.
Mar 19, 2018, 13:01 PM IST
Save the date! ISS Expedition 56 crew members to make their journey on March 21
The Soyuz spacecraft that will carry the three individuals is scheduled to arrive at the space station on March 23.
Mar 19, 2018, 12:14 PM IST
