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In this file photo provided by Blue Origin, the New Shepard booster lands in west Texas during a test. (Blue Origin via AP)

Trump aims to make it easier for companies to get to space

The president has signed a space policy directive asking the government to make it easier for private companies to get...

25 May 2018 11:59 AM IST

BZ orbits in the opposite direction of all the planets and nearly everything else in the solar system, called a retrograde orbit. (Photo: AFP)

Oldest object in the solar system could be 'Alien asteroid'

The asteroid, called (514107) 2015 BZ509 or BZ for short, measures nearly 2 miles (3km) wide.

22 May 2018 8:14 PM IST

President Donald Trump speaks at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, Tuesday, March 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

Star Wars? President Trump proposes military space force

President Donald Trump says America should create its own separate military space force.

14 March 2018 9:02 AM IST

Data from NASAs Juno spacecraft, orbiting the solar systems largest planet since 2016, is providing researchers with what they called unprecedented insight into Jupiters internal dynamics and structure. (Photo: NASA)

NASA's Juno spacecraft strips Jupiter down to its underwear

Until now, scientists have had scant information about what lies below Jupiter's thick red, brown, yellow and white...

9 March 2018 8:44 AM 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

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

The planet is believed to orbit Barnards Star every 233 days. (Photo: Pixabay)

Solar system's most distant object is 'Farout' pink dwarf planet

Its discovery was announced on Monday by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center.

19 Dec 2018 10:20 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the Tess satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla.(Photo: AP)

SpaceX halts US satellite launch for national security mission

US Vice President Mike Pence, who travelled to Florida to watch the launch.

19 Dec 2018 10:19 AM 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

TESS Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Photo: NASA)

NASA's planet-hunting probe completes lunar flyby

As part of camera commissioning, the science team snapped a two-second test exposure using one of the four TESS cameras.

20 May 2018 2:57 PM IST