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GRAPES-3 Muon Telescope at CRL in Ooty with artist's view of lightning strike. (Credit:Godawat/GRAPES-3)

Ooty: Cosmic Ray Lab breaks new ground with ‘Muon’ telescope

Phenomenal detection of high voltage in thunderstorm.

22 Mar 2019 2:28 AM

“The discovery of plumes is one of the biggest surprises of my scientific career,” said Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator at the University of Arizona in the US.

Nasa finds evidence of water on asteroid Bennu

Bennu may contain unaltered material from the very beginning of our solar system.

21 Mar 2019 5:27 AM

An investigation showed then that the abortive launch was caused by a sensor damaged during the rocket’s assembly at the cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Russian space rocket lifts off with October rocket failure astronauts

For Ovchinin and Hague, it is the first flight since an emergency landing two minutes after they blasted off in October.

15 Mar 2019 9:55 AM

Hague said the rocket failure in October and the successful emergency landing in which neither he nor Ovchinin were physically hurt had shown that the rocket was “able to do its job”.

Space station crew confident on eve of first launch since rocket failure

Ovchinin said a small fault had been discovered in their Soyuz-FG launch vehicle on Tuesday, but had been fixed.

14 Mar 2019 9:40 AM

The scientists and ethicists want to halt genetic alterations of “germline cells” - egg or sperm cells - that can then be inherited by others and “could have permanent and possibly harmful effects on the species.”

Experts call for halt to gene editing that results in designer babies

Gene editing of human eggs, sperm or embryos would result in genetically-altered babies.

14 Mar 2019 9:38 AM

Gene editing lets scientists alter traits by snipping out or adding specific genes in a lab. (Photo: AP)

Gene-edited food quietly arrives in restaurant cooking oil

The Minnesota-based company is hoping the announcement will encourage the food industry’s interest in the oil.

13 Mar 2019 11:42 AM

In the initial phase, the rover will land first and meet the human expedition team. (Photo: ISRO)

Toyota to build Japan’s next moon rover

The carmaker will help build a pressurized self-driving rover that will land on the lunar surface in 2029.

13 Mar 2019 11:13 AM

Although Japan has no plan currently to make a manned rocket that could send people into space, the rover could be a major contribution to an international space probe program in the future, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said.

Toyota, Japan space agency to develop moon rover

The rover will be an important element supporting human lunar exploration.

13 Mar 2019 9:45 AM

By Thursday the space station crew bid farewell to Ripley and closed the hatch ahead of Dragon’s Friday morning departure. (image:AP)

Musk's SpaceX capsule set to splash down Friday after space station stop

A SpaceX rocket had launched the 16-foot-tall capsule from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Saturday morning.

08 Mar 2019 1:14 PM

In September, Musk provoked a Twitter storm by smoking pot, drinking whiskey and wielding a sword on a live web show with comedian Joe Rogan. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's security clearance under review over pot use: official

Musk has a security clearance as SpaceX provides satellite launch services to the US government.

08 Mar 2019 1:05 PM

The micro air abrasion technology, so far being used in the industrial sector for cleaning heavy machines, is a minimum invasive technique to preserve objects without causing any physical harm.

Goa to use micro air abrasion technology to clean antiques

The coastal state has a rich collection of old artefacts and antiques.

07 Mar 2019 11:10 AM

A hospital in Jordan has given a victim of Yemen’s war new hope for the future. (Representational Image by 3dman_eu on Pixabay)

3D printed prosthetics for war victims developed

So far, more than 20 limbs have been fitted to patients, from Gaza, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.

06 Mar 2019 9:57 AM

Unlike earlier preservation processes such as mummification, the permanent embalming pioneered by Soviet scientists kept the bodies flexible, with unblemished skin and a lifelike, if rather waxy, pallor.

How Russia is keeping North Korea's dead leaders looking fresh

Three leaders were originally preserved by a team of specialists from the so-called “Lenin Lab” in Moscow

06 Mar 2019 9:56 AM

SpaceX’s 16-foot-tall (4.9 meter) Crew Dragon capsule, atop a Falcon 9 rocket, lifted off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center at 2:49 a.m. (0749 GMT), carrying a test dummy nicknamed Ripley.

Unmanned US capsule onboard SpaceX rocket blasts off to ISS

The capsule successfully separated from the rocket about 11 minutes after the launch.

04 Mar 2019 9:02 AM

This time around, the only occupant on board SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule was a dummy named Ripley -- but NASA plans to put two astronauts aboard in July, although that date could be delayed.

SpaceX launches astronaut capsule

The first and second stages separated without incident, placing Dragon in Earth’s orbit 11 minutes after take-off.

03 Mar 2019 1:12 AM

Europe has invested billions in its Galileo global positioning satellites, partly to ensure it is not dependent on US systems, but it still relies on the US military to track the hardest-to-spot threats in space.

Space junk spreads, Europe's satellites flying blind

For now, the threat from thousands of dead satellites that continue to circle the planet is manageable.

02 Mar 2019 9:39 AM

SpaceX’s 16-foot-tall (4.88-meter-) Crew Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket was set for lift off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center at 2:49 a.m. (1049 GMT) local time.

SpaceX all set to launch capsule to space station

Elon Musk tweeted a photo of the inside of Crew Dragon capsule with a mannequin nicknamed Ripley strapped inside.

02 Mar 2019 9:38 AM

Companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX, LeoSat Enterprises, and Canada’s Telesat are working to enable data networks with hundreds or even thousands of tiny satellites that orbit closer to Earth than traditional communications satellites, a radical shift made possible by leaps in laser technology and computer chips.

Airbus, OneWeb launch first satellite

The growth in satellites will spur demand for rocket launch services.

28 Feb 2019 7:49 AM

NASA has awarded SpaceX USD 2.6 billion.

NASA clears SpaceX test flight to space station

The approval cleared a key hurdle for SpaceX in its quest to help NASA revive America’s human spaceflight program.

25 Feb 2019 11:11 AM

Branson is racing against competitors such as Blue Origin, the space business of Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring tourists into space.

Branson's Virgin Galactic takes another step toward space tourism

The reusable SpaceShipTwo craft previously flew to an altitude of more than 51 miles in December 2018.

24 Feb 2019 10:48 AM

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Watch: 'Nimbu pani' prepared under unhygienic condition at Kurla station; shop sealed

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Apple announces Apple Card, a new kind of credit card created by Apple

Apple Card is an innovative, new kind of credit card created by Apple and designed to help customers lead a healthier financial life.

Lack of well fitting suits makes NASA scrap all-women spacewalk

Until now, male-only or mixed male-female teams had conducted spacewalk since the space station was assembled in 1998. (Representational Image)

South Korean professor forced students to write daughter's thesis: Report

The daughter then included the thesis in an application to Seoul National University's dental school. (Representational Image)

Tata Harrier vs Hyundai Creta: Real world performance, mileage comparison

So, while we have already compared the two SUVs on paper, let’s see how they fare in the real world conditions.

Apple announces Apple TV+ and new Apple TV app

The new Apple TV app will be available to iPhone, iPad and Apple TV customers in over 100 countries with a free software update this May, and to Mac this fall.

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Nasa finds evidence of water on asteroid Bennu

“The discovery of plumes is one of the biggest surprises of my scientific career,” said Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator at the University of Arizona in the US.

Russian space rocket lifts off with October rocket failure astronauts

An investigation showed then that the abortive launch was caused by a sensor damaged during the rocket’s assembly at the cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Space station crew confident on eve of first launch since rocket failure

Hague said the rocket failure in October and the successful emergency landing in which neither he nor Ovchinin were physically hurt had shown that the rocket was “able to do its job”.

Experts call for halt to gene editing that results in designer babies

The scientists and ethicists want to halt genetic alterations of “germline cells” - egg or sperm cells - that can then be inherited by others and “could have permanent and possibly harmful effects on the species.”

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Lifestyle Gallery

One of the most celebrated festivals of India, Holi is here and people can't wait to usher in more colour into their lives. A symbol of triumph of good over evil, Holi is the harbinger of spring and is also celebrated to show gratitude for a good harvest. (Photo: PTI)

Holi 2019: The celebration of colours

Christmas is an annual festival, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration around the world. (Photos: AP)

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