Home » Science

Science - Page 100

The supply ship is a 9-meter- (30-foot-) long cylinder that will be retrieved by the space stations robotic arm. (Photo: AP)

Russian Soyuz blasts off for ISS in first launch since accident

The rocket took off with a Progress MS-10 spacecraft at 18:14 GMT.

17 Nov 2018 9:07 AM IST

A Russian Soyuz-2 booster rocket takes off from the Plesetsk launch facility in northwestern Russia. (Photo: AP)

'We trust our rocket', crew says ahead of first space launch since...

Russian investigators said the rocket failure was caused by a sensor that was damaged during assembly.

16 Nov 2018 4:21 PM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the Tess satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The satellite known as Tess will survey almost the entire sky, staring at the brightest, closest stars in an effort to find any planets that might be encircling them. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX, TeleSat Canada bids get US nod to expand satellite internet

SpaceX previously won approval to deploy 4,425 satellites.

16 Nov 2018 10:23 AM IST

Solar panels installed at Shenoy Nagar metro station. Image; DC

Tesla slashes prices on home solar systems to spur sales

Tesla deployed just 93MW of solar in the third quarter, down from SolarCity's more than 200MW a quarter in early 2016.

16 Nov 2018 10:18 AM IST

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has relied on Russian rockets to ferry astronauts to the space station.

After aborted mission, NASA astronaut confident about December launch

Astronaut Anne McClain, along with a Russian cosmonaut and a Canadian astronaut, will man the December 3 mission.

15 Nov 2018 6:43 PM IST

The planet is believed to orbit Barnards Star every 233 days. (Photo: Pixabay)

Frigid planet detected orbiting nearby star

The planet, estimated to be at least 3.2 times more massive than Earth, was spotted circling Barnard's Star.

15 Nov 2018 6:30 PM IST

Former NASA Astronaut Tom Jones speaks during a news conference on NASAs 25-year plan for humans to inhabit Mars

NASA wants people on Mars within 25 years

The US space agency believes it can put humans on the Red Planet within 25 years.

14 Nov 2018 6:14 PM IST

The Russian Space Agency said it still planned to go ahead with the next manned flight in December. (Photo: NASA)

Cargo mission to space station is set to launch this week

The unmanned Cygnus cargo craft will carry 7,500 pounds of groceries, hardware and research.

13 Nov 2018 8:32 AM IST

Just as the meter once the length of a bar of platinum-iridium, also kept in Paris is now defined by the constant speed of light in a vacuum, so a kilogram will be defined by a tiny but immutable fundamental value called the Planck constant .

Scientists to swap dusty old kilogram for something more stable

The kilogram has been defined since 1889 by a shiny piece of platinum-iridium held in Paris.

13 Nov 2018 8:23 AM IST

In this image from video made available by NASA, US astronaut Anne McClain speaks during an interview in Star City, Russia on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. She is set to blast off Dec. 3 on her first spaceflight, with a Russian and Canadian. (NASA via AP)

Next US astronaut on Russian rocket confident after mishaps

Last month, astronauts had to make an emergency landing in Kazakhstan following a failed launch.

11 Nov 2018 11:50 AM IST

On Wednesday, the world and the scientific community woke up to some sad news of famed theoretical physicist Stephen Hawkings demise.

Stephen Hawking's thesis and wheelchair sell for $1 million

Hawking's 117-page dissertation Properties of expanding universes from 1965 sold for 584,750 pounds.

10 Nov 2018 9:54 AM IST

The ecosystems response is lagging behind the rate of climate change. (Photo: ANI)

Study suggests Amazon forests failing to keep up with climate change

The team also found that bigger trees are out competing smaller plants.

9 Nov 2018 12:17 PM IST