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The data showed less dimming in the stars red light than in its blue light, and a large opaque object would dim all colours of light equally when passing in front of a star. (Photo: Reuters)

Sorry, sci-fi fans: star's oddness not due to alien mega-structure

The dimming could be due to some sort of dust, though the cause remains uncertain.

4 Jan 2018 9:32 AM IST

Private traders have imported 1.72 million tonne (MT) wheat so far and total inbound shipments are expected to cross 2 MT this year.

New tech from NASA can boost wheat yield by three times in Space

The world's first "Speed Breeding" technique can boost the production by three-times in Space.

3 Jan 2018 4:04 PM IST

The booster also carried 18 micro satellites built in Canada, Germany, Japan, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States. (Photo: AP)

Russia says satellite launch failure due to programming error

Russian space agency Roscosmos said that it had lost contact with the newly-launched weather satellite.

1 Jan 2018 8:36 PM IST

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Japans Norishige Kanai quickly moved one of those old hands to a long-term storage location outside, and took the other one inside so it can be returned to Earth for a tuneup and then flown back up.

Spacewalking astronauts finish months of robot arm repair

This last spacewalk in the series should have been completed long before.

17 Feb 2018 12:45 PM IST

There are six astronauts aboard the space station. (Photo: AP)

Russian cargo ship docks at International Space Station

It was launched on February 13 from the Russian space complex in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

16 Feb 2018 8:29 AM IST

FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai presents his dissent during a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearing at the FCC in Washington. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX gets US regulator to back satellite internet plan

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai proposed the approval of an application by SpaceX to provide broadband services using satellites...

15 Feb 2018 8:35 AM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

'Pillownauts' to help study adverse effects of space travel

A 3-day bed rest study is being carried out at the University of Nottingha.

13 Feb 2018 9:22 AM IST

Many space experts and legislators are expressing concern.

Trump aims for moon, pulls back on space station, telescopes

The government would set aside $150 million to encourage commercial development and use future savings to aim for the...

13 Feb 2018 8:48 AM IST

The United States has already spent some USD 100 billion to launch, operate and support the orbital station.

US privatise International Space Station

The US plan involves privatising the ISS, a low-orbit space station piloted by the US space agency and developed with...

12 Feb 2018 9:10 AM IST

This December 2017 false-color image made available by NASA in February 2018 shows KBO (Kuiper Belt object) 2012 HZ84. This image is, for now, one of the farthest pictures from Earth ever captured by a spacecraft. It was made by the New Horizons at 3.79 billion miles from Earth. (Photo: AP/NASA)

Farthest photos ever taken, from nearly 4 billion miles away

The NASA spacecraft has set a record for the farthest photos ever taken.

11 Feb 2018 1:19 PM IST

This photo shows two scientists test space suits and a geo-radar for use in a future Mars mission in the Dhofar desert of southern Oman. The desolate desert in southern Oman resembles Mars so much that more than 200 scientists from 25 nations organized by the Austrian Space Forum are using it for the next four weeks to field-test technology for a manned mission to Mars. (Photo: AP)

Mars on Earth: Simulation tests in remote desert of Oman

Astronaut Kartik Kumar says next step to Mars is to tackle non-engineering problems like medical emergency responses and...

9 Feb 2018 5:43 PM IST

On February 6, an asteroid passed within 114,000 miles (184,000 kilometres), slightly more than halfway to the moon. (Photo: NASA)

Asteroid coming close Friday: Don't worry, we're safe

The newly discovered space rock will pass within 39,000 miles (64,000 kilometres) of Earth on February 9.

9 Feb 2018 5:16 PM IST