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Scientists and engineers envision tiling the squares together like a quilt to make a complete sensor network.

NASA's 'sensory skin' can detect damages outside spacecraft

The new invention uses a series of several technologies to create circuits printed on thin layers

27 March 2017 8:27 AM IST

The Dragon cargo capsule, seen attached to a Falcon 9 rocket, both made by SpaceX, at Cape Canaveral in Florida (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX cargo ship returns to Earth

The capsule undertook a more than six-hour journey back to Earth

20 March 2017 7:51 AM IST

The information will be transmitted by the satellite twice a day, which will help Africa towards disaster prevention.

Teenage girls plan Africa's first private space satellite launch

The data will be used to predict Africa's future problems.

18 March 2017 11:06 AM IST

NOAA climate scientist Ahira Sanchez-Lugo called it clear evidence of climate change.

No El Nino? No problem. Earth sizzles to near record heat

It was also the second hottest winter in the northern hemisphere on record.

18 March 2017 10:44 AM IST

SpacePharma says its miniature lab is a new way for researchers to work in microgravity for extended periods.

Miniature lab begins science experiments in outer space

The technology was launched into space last month by SpacePharma.

17 March 2017 9:13 AM IST

This computer generated image released shows a visualization of cosmic flows: blue streamlines converge on the Shapley Attractor, red streamlines trace back the velocity field to its divergent point. (Photo: AFP)

Push and pull: How the Milky Way flies

Astronomers said they had discovered a void in deep space that helps explain the direction in which we are headed, and...

31 Jan 2017 8:13 AM IST

SpaceX is working on a version of its Dragon capsule that will carry crew to the space station, perhaps as early as next year (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX craft returns to Earth after 2nd space station trip

A SpaceX Dragon capsule that brought supplies to the International Space Station has splashed down as planned in the...

4 July 2017 8:45 AM IST

The discovery was made through an analysis of images and data collected by NASAs New Horizons spacecraft. (Photo:NASA)

Underground ocean found on Pluto, likely slushy with ice

Scientists have found a hidden ocean beneath the frozen surface containing as much water as all of Earth's seas.

17 Nov 2016 8:14 AM IST

Glycolaldehyde, a precursor to the life-forming RNA, was found back in 2012 around 400 light years away from Earth

Looking up: Astrochemistry and the big step

Astronomy and chemistry have merged to help us find answers to some important questions.

14 Nov 2016 5:04 AM IST

Cassandra De Pecol

Meet the first woman to visit every country on earth

Cassandra De Pecol's trip is carefully designed for sustainable and eco-friendly tourism.

14 Nov 2016 12:22 AM IST

A trail of smoke can be seen from the 2013 eruption of the Pavlof volcano, which spewed an ash cloud 20,000 feet into the atmosphere that traveled southeastward over the North Pacific Ocean. The volcanos that may have contributed to snowball Earth spanned almost 2000 miles and erupted continuously for years. (Image courtesy of NASA)

NASA captures strange lights flashing from Earth

One million miles from Earth, a NASA camera is capturing unexpected flashes of light reflecting off our planet.

16 May 2017 2:35 PM IST

The elements that make stars over millions of years ago help make up most of the body with over two dozen elements in the body including sulphur and phosphorous. (Photo: Pixabay)

The fastest stars in the Milky Way might not actually be from this...

A group of astronomers have shown that the fastest-moving stars in our galaxy are in fact runaways from a much smaller...

6 July 2017 10:38 AM IST