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According to Begley, the apocalypse will happen in the middle of two partial solar eclipses. (Photo: Pixabay)

All you need to know about India's partial lunar eclipse on July 17

As per US space agency NASA, the lunar eclipse will be at its peak at precisely 10.31pm BST on July 16 (3:01 am IST on...

15 July 2019 3:39 PM IST

The first four days of Apollo 11s journey to the Moon had gone according to plan, but just twenty minutes before landing, the atmosphere grew tense as the crew encountered a series of problems. (Photo: NASA handout)

To moon and back: 50 years on, a giant leap into unknown

It was July 20, 1969, and as the world followed the spacecraft's progress, it briefly lost radio contact with mission...

14 July 2019 10:03 AM IST

It all started on September 13, 1959 when Soviet probe Luna 2 smashed into Mare Imbrium, its 390 kilograms (859 pounds) of mass vaporizing, no doubt, on impact. (Photo: AP)

The Moon now has hundreds of artifacts. Should they be protected?

Some experts are calling to grant them heritage status to protect them from future tourists and human activity.

11 July 2019 3:02 PM IST

The discovery of the four largest moons of Jupiter four centuries ago gave astronomers a first hint that giant planets must form surrounded by a circumplanetary disc. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

NASA tests abort system on astronaut capsule built for moon missions

Engineers intend for launch abort thrusters to be rarely needed, as they would be used only during a rocket failure in...

3 July 2019 7:38 AM IST

NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) live map show forest fires in central Africa have created a huge area of red, stretching from the south of Congo all the way down to South Africa. (Photo: NASA)

Amid outcry over Amazon blaze, NASA images put African forest fires in...

The Congo Basin forest is often considered the 'second green lungs for the planet'.

27 Aug 2019 3:56 PM IST

Skimming low over the gleaming white glaciers on Greenlands coast in a modified 1940s plane, three NASA scientists, led by an Elvis-impersonating oceanographer, waited to drop a probe into the water beneath them. (Photo: AFP)

'OMG' Mission: Scientists check Greenland's melting ice in 1940s plane

They are part of Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG), a mission that has flown around the vast island for four summers.

26 Aug 2019 1:19 PM IST

Astronaut Anne McClain is accused of identity theft and improperly accessing her estranged wifes private financial records while on a sixth-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Times said. (Photo: nasa.gov)

NASA astronaut Anne McClain refutes charges of involvement in 'first...

McClain's spouse Summer Worden had claimed that McClain accessed her bank account from a NASA-owned computer.

25 Aug 2019 2:34 PM IST

Astronaut Anne McClain is accused of identity theft and improperly accessing her estranged wifes private financial records while on a sixth-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Times said. (Photo: nasa.gov)

NASA investigates crime committed in space for first time: report

NASA investigators have contacted both women, according to the newspaper.

25 Aug 2019 10:46 AM IST

July 20, 1969 Photo when astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). - On July 21, 1969, US astronaut Neil Armstrong is the first man to step onto the Moon, his teammate Edwin Aldrin joining him around 20 minutes later. (Photo: AFP | File)

Plans detailed for first US mission to land on moon since Apollo

Astrobotic said Peregrine would be the first American spacecraft to touch down on the moon since Apollo astronauts...

20 Aug 2019 2:44 PM IST

The Indian Postal Service released a postal stamp in his name, on his first death anniversary in 1972. (Photo: Screengrab)

Celebrating 100th anniversary of India's space dream, ISRO founder...

He was not only the founding father of ISRO, but also a scientist, innovator, industrialist and a visionary.

12 Aug 2019 2:02 PM IST

Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley underwent suit-up procedures at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California.

NASA astronauts try on SpaceX suits for 2020 mission

The purpose of the dry run was to practice all the steps.

12 Aug 2019 7:44 AM IST

Gaganyaan will be smaller in size (3Mx2.70M in diameter) when compared with the Russian Soyuz capsule (7.2Mx2.7M in diameter), Chinese Shenzhou (9.25Mx2.8M in diameter) and NASAs proposed Orion spacecraft (3.3Mx5M).

NASA spacemen try on SpaceX suits for 2020 mission

Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley underwent 'suit-up procedures' at SpaceX headquarters.

11 Aug 2019 10:17 AM IST