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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch is seen in the distance over the Golden Gate Bridge near Sausalito, Calif. When SpaceX launched a rocket carrying an Argentine Earth-observation satellite from California, both the night sky and social media lit up. People as far away as Phoenix and Sacramento posted photos of the rocket returning to its launch site on Sunday night in what was the first time SpaceX landed a first-stage booster back at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base. (Justin Borja via AP)

SpaceX satellite launch lights up night sky, social media

This was the first time SpaceX landed the first-stage booster back at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

9 Oct 2018 10:33 AM IST

Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 is a little less than 17.7 billion kilometres from Earth, or more than 118 times the distance from Earth to the Sun. (Photo: NASA)

NASA probe nearing interstellar space

NASA's Voyager 2 has detected an increase in cosmic rays that originate outside our solar system, the US space agency...

7 Oct 2018 5:21 PM IST

SpaceX is working on a version of its Dragon capsule that will carry crew to the space station, perhaps as early as next year (Photo: AFP)

Debut of SpaceX, Boeing crew capsules off until next year

NASA stresses these latest launch dates are subject to still more change.

6 Oct 2018 10:04 AM IST

$University Geology Professor Mona Sirbescu first identified the piece as more than just a rock. She then sent two small slices of the rock to the Smithsonian for confirmation. \I could tell right away that this was something special,\ she said. \Its the most valuable specimen I have ever held in my life, monetarily and scientifically.\$ Science

Holy Cow! A $100K meteorite was being used as a doorstop rock

The 23-pound rock was used for decades by Michigan man.

6 Oct 2018 9:57 AM IST

This illustration from NASA shows the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. Launched in August 2018, the spacecraft will get a gravity assist on October 3, 2018, as it passes within 1,500 miles of Venus. (Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP)

NASA's Parker Solar Probe swinging by Venus on way to sun

The flyby is the first of seven that will draw Parker ever closer to the sun.

3 Oct 2018 9:28 AM IST

A round frozen world just 186 miles (300 kilometres) across, the Goblin was spotted by astronomers in 2015 around Halloween, thus its spooky name. (Photo: AP)

Scrawny dwarf planet, named Goblin, found well beyond Pluto

A scrawny dwarf planet nicknamed the Goblin has been discovered well beyond Pluto.

3 Oct 2018 9:22 AM IST

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today launched Indias best-ever high-resolution earth imaging satellite, HysIS. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

India's Earth observation satellite among 31 sent into space

The rocket launched from the southern state of Andhra Pradesh carried the Hyper-Spectral Imaging Satellite with...

30 Nov 2018 8:03 PM IST

In this photo provided by Korea Aerospace Research Institute, a single stage rocket takes off from its launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea, Wednesday, November 28, 2018. (Korea Aerospace Research Institute via AP)

South Korea conducts successful rocket engine test

Yonhap News Agency, citing South Korean officials, reported that South Korea successfully tested its locally developed...

28 Nov 2018 5:24 PM IST

Viking 1 landing site on Mars (Photo: NASA)

Mars landing looms for NASA; anxiety building a day out

InSight's journey of six months and 300 million miles (482 million kilometres) comes to a precarious grand finale on...

26 Nov 2018 7:01 PM IST

This image made available by NASA shows the planet Mars. This composite photo was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s. The attraction is sure to grow on Monday, November 26 with the arrival of a NASA lander named InSight. (NASA via AP, File)

New lander will add to humans' long fascination with Mars

In our solar system family, Mars is Earth's next-of-kin, the next-door relative that has captivated humans for...

26 Nov 2018 2:23 PM IST

The images were taken from the European-built Cupola module with a camera set to take pictures at regular intervals.

Watch: Cool video of a spacecraft leaving Earth, from ISS

The spacecraft was launched atop a Soyuz rocket with 2,564kg of cargo and supplies.

24 Nov 2018 12:13 PM IST

TESS Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Photo: NASA)

Arianespace launches Morocco's second earth observation satellite

Arianespace is majority-owned by a joint venture of Airbus and Safran.

22 Nov 2018 10:18 AM IST