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A team of scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder blended bacteria into a scaffold. (Photo: ANI)

Self-healing bacteria bricks could help build 'alive' structures on...

The researchers expect the material to be commercially available in the next five to 10 years.

22 Jan 2020 9:37 AM IST

Scientists have eyed lunar water as a key resource for enabling long-duration astronaut missions on the moon, though its form and exact amount are unknown.

Study reveals new explanation for Moon's half-century magnetic mystery

Planetary bodies are known to produce magnetic fields through what's known as a core dynamo

24 Jan 2022 11:33 AM IST

A new moon describes the lunar phase when our satellite is positioned between Earth and the Sun. (Photo: Pixabay)

Upcoming new moon is the perfect time for stargazing

It's also invisible, because the sun is illuminating the side of the moon that always faces away from Earth.

12 March 2018 7:03 PM IST

China launched the Change-4 probe earlier this month. (Photo: Pixabay)

China probe readies to land on dark side of the moon

The probe, the Chang'e-4, entered a planned orbit on Sunday to prepare for the first-ever soft landing on the far side...

30 Dec 2018 12:23 PM 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)

Israeli spacecraft gets final element before 2019 moon launch

Israel has launched satellites before, but this is the first longer-range Israeli spacecraft of its kind.

18 Dec 2018 9:42 AM 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

Evidence of more massive accretion onto the Earth than previously thought after the Moons formation. (Photo: Pixabay)

China launches satellite to explore dark side of moon: Xinhua

China aims to catch up with Russia and the United States to become a major space power by 2030.

21 May 2018 8:31 AM IST

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wants to colonise Moon. (Photo: AP)

Jeff Bezos details lunar manufacturing plans

At a Space Development Conference in Los Angeles, Bezos talked about his idea of colonising Moon by making it a centre...

29 May 2018 3:51 PM IST

The 23-feet wide replica of the moon features details of the surface of the moon using imagery from Nasas Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera.

Moonstruck!

The artist is now collecting stories which revolve around the moon and comparing how they are similar or different from...

4 March 2018 12:15 AM IST

A cloud of a vapourised rock called synestia. (Photo: Pixabay)

Moon formed from donut-shaped cloud of vapourised rock: study

Tests have shown that the Moon is far less abundant in many volatile elements that are relatively common on Earth.

1 March 2018 3:57 PM IST

The moon as viewed by Chandrayaan-Is camera from a distance of 3,11,200 km on November 4. (Photo: ISRO)

China launches probe to explore dark side of Moon

Advancing China's space programme has been a priority of its leaders.

8 Dec 2018 10:29 AM IST

This image is assembled from a series of January 2018 photos of Mars made by the Mars Curiosity rover. (AP File Photo, NASA)

Can we live in space? Can humans live on moon or Mars colony?

Tucked away in high-tech laboratories, a team of 30 researchers are studying new ways to keep humans alive on a...

30 March 2018 1:03 PM IST