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The Seawoods wetlands

Environmentalists raise flag over township policy

This is how you will see the whole eco-sensitive areas transformed into commercial hubs,â€ said Stalin Dayanand, project...

16 Feb 2018 7:31 AM IST

Senior officials of India and European Union (EU) will meet in Brussels next week.

Europe launches four Galileo navigation satellites amid Brexit row

The satellites, which will be part of the European Union's alternative to the US Global Positioning System.

26 July 2018 10:13 AM IST

Oxygen and metal from lunar regolith. (Photo: University of Glasgow)

Prototype plant can churn moondust to produce oxygen

ESA researchers aim to build a version of the oxygen-producing system that could be taken to the Moon.

21 Jan 2020 7:04 AM IST

European Agency Mars lander Schiaparelli.

Computer glitch blamed for European Mars lander crash

For a safe landing Schiaparelli had to slow down from a speed of 21,000 kilometres (13,000 miles) per hour to zero.

24 Nov 2016 8:18 AM IST

Jupiter is at its closest to the Earth and the hemisphere facing our planet is fully illuminated by the Sun

Hubble telescope beams back close-up of Jupiter

The new image adds to many others captured in the past

8 April 2017 12:12 PM IST

Magnetic tug nears derelict satellite (Image: ESA)

Can magnetic space tug clean up space junk?

To combat space debris, interest is growing in plucking entire satellites from space.

25 Jun 2017 8:48 AM IST

Eighteen Galileo satellites have been placed in Earths orbit to date, with four more due for launch later this year. (Photo: AFP)

New orbiters for Europe's Galileo satnav system

The European Commission expects Galileo to be fully operational by 2020.

23 Jun 2017 8:02 AM IST

Space junk (Photo: AFP)

ESA boss urges action on 'ticking timebombs' in Earth orbit

The US is believed to hold the most complete catalogue, listing an estimated 20,000 pieces of junk.

21 Jun 2017 10:30 AM IST

Pandora (52 miles, 84 kilometers) across orbits Saturn just outside the narrow F ring.

NASA's Cassini captures high-resolution image of Saturn's mini-moon...

The image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft is one of the highest-resolution views ever taken of Saturn's moon Pandora.

23 Dec 2016 10:40 AM IST