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The 47-year-old, nicknamed Rocket Madsen , was well-known in Denmark before his arrest as an inventor who dreamed of exploring worlds beyond. He built his own submarine and was developing plans for private space travel. (Photo: AP)

Genius or sexual sadist? Madsen accused of killing, dismembering...

He killed her, possibly by strangulation, dismembered her torso, head, and legs, and placed them in separate bags.

8 March 2018 5:43 PM IST

Jupiters poles are a stark contrast to the more familiar orange and white belts and zones encircling the planet at lower latitudes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Jupiter's mystery jet-streams run deeper than thought: study

Its north pole is dominated by a central cyclone surrounded by eight circumpolar cyclones.

8 March 2018 1:44 PM IST

This composite image provided by NASA, derived from data collected by the Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft, shows the central cyclone at the planets north pole and the eight cyclones that encircle it. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM via AP)

Geometric clusters of cyclones churn over Jupiter's poles

Jupiter's poles are blanketed by geometric clusters of cyclones and its atmosphere is deeper than suspected.

8 March 2018 8:33 AM IST

This illustration from NASA shows Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. NASA is accepting online submissions until April 27, 2018, for sending your name on the spacecraft all the way to the sun. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben via AP)

NASA will fly you to the sun _ or at least your name

NASA is accepting online submissions for this hottest ticket in town.

8 March 2018 8:24 AM IST

Meanwhile NASA has described the shapes in images as rock crystals which are being analysed (Photo: Pixabay)

Researcher claims he can expose NASA's cover up about aliens on Mars

Barry DiGregorio says that the discovery may have been ignored because of the agency's plans for a manned mission to...

6 March 2018 2:26 PM IST

This artists illustration obtained from NASA on December 21, 2018 shows the New Horizons spacecraft encountering 2014 MU69 nicknamed Ultima Thule a Kuiper Belt object that orbits one billion miles beyond Pluto. (Photo: AFP)

NASA spaceship zooms toward farthest world ever photographed

The US space agency will ring in the New Year with a live online broadcast to mark historic flyby of the mysterious...

31 Dec 2018 1:37 PM IST

Scientists believe that asteroids and comets crashing into early Earth delivered organic compounds and water that seeded the planet for life. (Photo: NASA)

NASA spaceship closes in on distant world

The spacecraft's closest approach to this primitive space rock comes January 1 at 12:33 am ET (0533 GMT).

29 Dec 2018 2:29 PM IST

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

Astronauts return safely to Earth from Space Station

NASA astronaut Serena Au±³n-Chancellor landed along with her German crewmate Alexander Gerst of the European Space...

21 Dec 2018 11:12 AM IST

The tiny satellites are called CubeSats , and will collect data on phenomena such as radiation belts or on autonomous movement in space for a group of universities and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

New Zealand's Rocket Lab shoots 13 tiny cube satellites into orbit

Sunday's launch was the second commercial launch for the New Zealand firm.

17 Dec 2018 8:54 AM IST

Indias heaviest satellite GSAT-11 was successfully launched by an Arianespace rocket from the French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. (Photo: Twitter | @isro)

Russian cosmonauts take samples on sixth hour of spacewalk to crack...

Officials said the crew - three US astronauts, two Russian cosmonauts and one German - were never in danger.

12 Dec 2018 3:45 PM IST

FILE - In this July 20, 1969 file photo, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, right, trudges across the surface of the moon leaving behind footprints. Moon dust collected by Armstrong during the first lunar landing is being sold at a New York auction. The lunar dust plus some tiny rocks that Armstrong also collected are zipped up in a small bag and are worth an estimated $2 million to $4 million. Theyre just some of the items linked to space travel that Sothebys is auctioning off to mark the 48th anniversary of the first lunar landing on July 20. (AP Photo, File)

Curry signals willingness to meet with NASA over Moon landing doubts

Curry is willing to take NASA up on its offer to tour its lunar lab in Houston.

12 Dec 2018 3:43 PM IST

Its trailing twin Voyager 1, which reached interstellar space in 2012 and is now 13 billion miles (21 billion kilometers) from Earth. (Photo: NASA)

NASA's Voyager 2 becomes 2nd craft in interstellar space

The spacecraft is now beyond the outer boundary of the heliosphere, some 11 billion miles from earth.

11 Dec 2018 1:29 PM IST