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The discovery will involve findings from the Hubble Space Telescope and NASAs Cassini spacecraft, which is orbiting Saturn.

Scientists developing deep space habitat for NASA

The prototype will integrate technologies to keep astronauts safe while onboard and operate the spacecraft autonomously...

27 July 2017 4:28 PM IST

The astronauts space suits are tested before the launch. (Photo: AFP)

Astronauts gear up for space with tough Russian training

Astronaut Randy Bresnik, astronaut Paolo Nespoli and Russian cosmonaut commander Sergei Ryazansky are due to blast off...

27 July 2017 12:26 PM IST

A certain type of communicationsvery low frequency (VLF) radio communicationshave been found to interact with particles in space, affecting how and where they move. (Photo: NASA)

NASA probes spot man-made barrier around Earth

Humans have long been shaping Earth's landscape, but now scientists have found that we can shape our near-space...

19 May 2017 9:44 AM IST

Researchers are surveying the sky around massive galaxy clusters that are the right size and distance away to focus light from very distant galaxies

Scientists decode the formation of antimatter in our galaxy

The antimatter came from a system where two white dwarfs form a binary system and collide with each other.

26 May 2017 8:16 PM IST

It was the worlds first successful launch from a private site, and was seen as a further advancement in the move towards private enterprise carrying small satellites and other cargo towards the stars.

New Zealand becomes the 11th country to launch into space

The rocket blasted off from the company's facility at Mahia, on the east coast of the North Island.

25 May 2017 4:07 PM IST

Isros PSLV C36 lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. (Photo: PTI )

ISRO to launch record 83 satellites in one go in Jan

The space agency had earlier sent 10 satellites into orbit in a single mission in 2008.

28 Dec 2016 8:22 AM IST

Vera Rubin (Photo: Vassar College Library)

Pioneering astronomer Vera Rubin dies at 88

Rubin, who helped find powerful evidence of dark matter, found that galaxies don't quite rotate the way they were...

27 Dec 2016 8:47 AM IST

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Assam scientist leads breakthrough research on black holes

With the help of the NASA's Hubble Space telescope, the team of researchers discovered breakthrough result on black...

9 April 2017 1:04 PM IST

a Russian Soyuz 2.1b rocket carrying the Meteor M satellite and additional 18 small satellites lifts off from the launch pad at the new Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia. (Photo: AP)

Russian space experts regain control of 1st Angola satellite

The Russian-built satellite successfully entered a designated orbit after launch from the Baikonur pad in Kazakhstan.

30 Dec 2017 9:43 AM IST

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Tatooine' from Star Wars could actually be a habitable planet

An Earth-sized 'Tatooine' like planet could be quite hospitable if located at the right distance from its two stars.

13 April 2017 5:34 PM IST

Night-time view of India and surrounding area from space in 2016 (Photo: NASA)

NASA releases images of night-time view of India

The image was made possible by the satellite possible by the satellite day-night band' of the Visible Infrared Imaging...

13 April 2017 3:24 PM IST

NASAs Juno spacecraft soared directly over Jupiters south pole when JunoCam acquired this image on February 2, 2017 at 6:06 a.m. PT (9:06 a.m. ET), from an altitude of about 62,800 miles (101,000 kilometers) above the cloud tops. (Image: Nasa)

There's a -"Great Cold Spot-" on Jupiter too

Newly captured "Great Spot" changes shape continuously and is colder than surrounding regions.

12 April 2017 1:44 PM IST