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The most advanced weather satellite ever built rocketed into space Saturday night, part of an $11 billion effort to revolutionize forecasting and save lives. (Photo: AP)

Milky Way's black hole spews out cosmic 'spitballs'

Every few thousand years, an unlucky star wanders too close to the black hole whose powerful gravity rips the star apart

12 Jan 2017 9:29 PM IST

The usage of drones will be made for carrying out a detailed survey.

New NASA tech to help drones land safely

The software links on-board drone components like batteries and motors to monitor their health.

29 May 2017 5:10 PM IST

India's largest rocket ever made, to be tested in June

The rocket made by ISRO rocket, is 200 full-grown Asian elephants put together heavy and is going to be tested in the...

28 May 2017 4:55 PM IST

Thirty astronauts, three of them moonwalkers, took part in the outdoor ceremony, including two who had extra reason to celebrate.

New exhibit stars NASA's earliest, greatest astronauts

Thirty astronauts, three of them moonwalkers, took part in the outdoor ceremony, including two who had extra reason to...

12 Nov 2016 9:49 AM IST

When completed will be the worlds largest optical telescope, some five times larger than the top observing instruments in use today.

Construction starts on world's largest telescope

The size of the ELT has the potential to transform our understanding of the universe.

27 May 2017 9:23 AM IST

The Apollo 11 Contingency Lunar Sample Return Bag, used by Neil Armstrong on Apollo 11 to bring back the very first pieces of the moon ever collected, is displayed during a media preview for Space Exploration auction in New York. (Photo: AFP)

Neil Armstrong's moon bag sells for $1.8mn in New York

The bag fell short of Sotheby's pre-sale estimate of $2-4 million.

21 July 2017 8:23 AM IST

Flight Analog Program Manager, Lisa Spence, toasts with sparkling grape juice the HERA XIII crew for a successful end to the first 45-day mission. Credits: NASA

Goodbye HERA, Hello Sleep: NASA's HERA XIII crew returns home

This mission was the first of its kind to last 45 days, as well as incorporate sleep reduction for research purposes.

20 July 2017 10:51 AM IST

The mystery has gripped the internet as speculation mounts about the potential for a discovery of alien life on the red dwarf star known as Ross 128 -- despite the best attempts of astronomers to put such rumors to rest. (Photo: AFP)

'Peculiar' radio signals emerge from nearby star

Some very 'peculiar signals' have been noticed coming from a star just 11 light-years away, according to scientists in...

19 July 2017 8:24 AM IST

This diagram illustrates the positions of Mars, Earth and the sun during a period that occurs approximately every 26 months, when Mars passes almost directly behind the sun from Earths perspective. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA to refrain sending commands to Mars orbiters

Data will keep coming from Mars to Earth, although loss or corruption of some bits is anticipated and the data will be...

18 July 2017 9:31 AM IST

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Ancient stardust sheds light on the first stars

An international team of astronomers observed the most distant object ever.

9 March 2017 9:39 AM IST

Saturn (Photo: NASA)

Possible key ingredients of life discovered on Saturn's Moon

NASA finds Moon of Saturn has chemical that could form Membranes.'

30 July 2017 10:26 AM IST

The unmanned Cygnus resupply ship operated by the US company OrbitalATK is show making a delivery to the International Space Station in October 2016 (Photo: AFP/NASA)

Three-man crew reaches space station as US boosts research

The men will join two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut already aboard the station, a project of 15 nations.

29 July 2017 8:34 AM IST