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The space station and its six inhabitants were sailing 250 miles (400 kilometers) above the South Pacific when the Falcon 9 took off. (Photo AP)

SpaceX launches AI robot, strong coffee for station crew

A former NASA astronaut helped arrange the java delivery for the space station’s Serena Aunon-Chancellor.

30 Jun 2018 9:43 AM

A team led by Frank Postberg and Nozair Khawaja they had identified fragments of large organic molecules in ice grains that were ejected from geysers through cracks in the moon’s icy exterior. (Photo: NASA)

New Cassini findings suggest Saturn moon could support life

The Cassini spacecraft first flew close to the ice-covered moon in 2005 as part of a mission to gather data on Saturn.

29 Jun 2018 8:35 AM

Cimon has Gerst’s face and voice imprinted in its memory. (Photo: AP)

A robot with true AI is about to invade space

A German robot — named Cimon is a friendly guy and he has this hard power-off button.

29 Jun 2018 7:45 AM

This 2015 artist’s rendering provided by Northrop Grumman via NASA shows the James Webb Space Telescope. On Wednesday, June 27, 2018, NASA announced that the next-generation telescope will now fly no earlier than 2021 and its lifetime cost is now expected to reach nearly $10 billion. (Photo:AP)

More delay, a cost for NASA’s next-generation space telescope

For the third time in less than a year, the space agency announced a lengthy postponement for the James Webb Space Telescope.

28 Jun 2018 8:23 AM

A rocket owned by the US company SpaceX will blast off from Florida carrying two and a half tons of gear from NASA, only to dock three days later and 250 miles (400 kilometres) above Earth at the International Space Station.

The rockets that are pushing the boundaries of space travel

SpaceX has shaken up the satellite launch sector, with more than 55 launches of its Falcon 9 rocket since 2010.

27 Jun 2018 8:17 AM

NASA's Curiosity rover, which has been studying Martian soil at Gale Crater, is expected to remain largely unaffected by the dust. (Photo: ANI)

Mars dust storm turns global

The weather conditions have prompted NASA's Opportunity rover to suspend science operations.

26 Jun 2018 5:32 PM

The distribution of emitted photons over the energy depends on the size of the black hole. (Photo Credit: NASA)

Evidence of rare black hole spotted

Researchers from the UNH in the US found the strongest evidence to date that such middle-of-the-road black holes exist.

19 Jun 2018 8:47 PM

Trump also signed a directive on the management of traffic and debris in space. (Photo: File)

Donald Trump orders US military to work for 'space dominance'

The United States is a member of the Outer Space Treaty, which bars the stationing of weapons of mass destruction in space.

19 Jun 2018 8:54 AM

The scientists tracked the event with radio and infrared telescopes, including the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), in a pair of colliding galaxies called Arp 299. (Photo Credit: Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF; NASA, STScI)

Astronomers spot supermassive blackhole destroying a star

At the core of one of the galaxies, a black hole 20 million times more massive than the Sun shredded a star more than twice the Sun's mass.

17 Jun 2018 6:41 PM

She’s spent more time off the planet than any other American: 665 days over three space station missions. (Photo: AP)

NASA’s record-breaking spacewoman retires as astronaut

"It’s safe to say my journey at NASA has been out of this world,” says Peggy Whitson

16 Jun 2018 1:59 PM

Not just planets, now distant moons may harbour life, finds a study. (Photo: AFP)

Distant moons may be habitable

Researchers identified around 100 giant planets that potentially host moons capable of supporting life.

16 Jun 2018 11:10 AM

The new cameras are located near an international docking adapter on the station's Harmony module.

NASA astronauts install high-def cameras during spacewalk

The new high-definition video cameras are designed to help to visit commercial spaceships dock there in the coming years.

15 Jun 2018 11:32 AM

Three different types of organic molecules were discovered when the rover dug just 2 inches (5 cm) into roughly 3.5 billion-year-old mudstone, a fine-grained sedimentary rock, at Gale crater.

NASA rover data shows Mars had the ingredients needed for life

New findings released have marked some of the strongest evidence ever that Earth’s neighbour may have harboured life.

08 Jun 2018 12:50 PM

Man poses as scientist, sells fake rice-pullers

Instances of cheating related to the imaginary “rice puller” have been reported earlier too, in Hyderabad, Delhi and Mumbai.

08 Jun 2018 5:48 AM

Boulder-size asteroid disintegrated harmlessly over Africa

All three asteroids were discovered through the Catalina Sky Survey near Tucson, Arizona.

05 Jun 2018 2:45 PM

This process, called a trajectory correction manoeuvre, allows a spacecraft to refine its path to Mars following launch.

NASA's mini-satellites successfully steer towards Mars

Over the last week, two CubeSats called MarCO-A and MarCO-B have been firing their propulsion systems to guide themselves toward Mars.

04 Jun 2018 6:28 PM

The problem with the satellite’s advanced imager cropped up during routine testing several weeks after liftoff. (Photo: NASA via AP)

Ailing weather satellite produces sharp snapshot of Earth

GOES-17's critical infrared sensors in the main instrument were not staying cold enough.

02 Jun 2018 9:55 AM

The dunes were spotted on images taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its 2015 flyby. (Photo: NASA)

Wondrous dunes on Pluto are made of grains of frozen methane

The dunes cover about 775 square miles (2,000 square km), roughly the size of Tokyo.

01 Jun 2018 11:43 AM

Ingalls has explained that despite his Canon DSLR being set up furthest from the launch pad, it melted.

This is why a NASA camera melted during SpaceX launch

During a SpaceX rocket launch on May 22, a high-end Canon camera suffered disastrously.

29 May 2018 5:27 PM

In this Oct. 1, 2008, file photo, Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon, is shown during a preview of his work at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas. (Photo: AP)

The fourth moonwalker, Alan Bean, dies at 86,

Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969.

27 May 2018 8:08 AM

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