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A Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The Falcon Heavy, has three first-stage boosters, strapped together with 27 engines in all. (Photo: AP)

Japan lunar exploration firm to head for moon on SpaceX rockets

On reaching space in SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, Ispace plans to orbit its lunar lander around the moon.

27 Sept 2018 8:56 AM IST

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

Japanese supply ship heads to space station after delays

The craft was launched Sunday at 2:52 a.m. from the Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan.

26 Sept 2018 10:07 AM IST

NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory released the photo Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

NASA's Mars Opportunity rover seen, but still not heard

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took the picture last week from 166 miles (267 kilometers) up.

26 Sept 2018 9:35 AM IST

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

This tool will tell you which NASA technology you use every day

Called NASA Home and City, the interactive tool shows how the work of NASA scientists affects your daily life.

25 Sept 2018 10:56 AM IST

Strong fisheries management and efforts to reduce CO2 emissions, however, might slow or even stop that trend. (Photo: ANI)

Ocean acidification may deplete sea scallop fisheries

As levels of carbon dioxide increase in the Earth's atmosphere, the upper oceans become increasingly acidic.

24 Sept 2018 8:32 AM IST

The tropospheric polar vortex, sometimes, extends toward mid-latitudes accompanied with the meandering of mid-latitude westerly jets. (Photo: ANI)

Arctic weather observations may help in predicting tropical cyclones

Upper-level observations such as radiosondes in the Arctic can help to forecast mid-latitude extreme events.

24 Sept 2018 8:19 AM IST

JAXA, in a statement, claimed that a kilometer-wide diamond-shaped space rock is rich in water and organic materials. (Photo: ANI)

Japan successfully lands robot rovers on asteroid's surface

Known as MINERVA-II1, the rovers are collectively world's first mobile exploration robot to land on the surface of an...

24 Sept 2018 8:08 AM IST

Calling it discovery of the decade, Jorge Freire, projects science director, said that from a conservation perspective, both of the assets as of the ship itself, this discovery is of great patrimonial value. (Photo: ANI)

Centuries-old shipwreck found near Lisbon

Judging by all the things that have been found on the ship, the officials are suspecting that the ship was coming into...

24 Sept 2018 7:48 AM IST

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin smiles before Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedevs annual report on countrys economic and social development in the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament, in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russian space chief: No '2nd-tier status' with NASA outpost

Rogozin said that Russia wouldn't accept a second-tier role in a NASA-led plan to build an outpost near the moon.

23 Sept 2018 8:14 AM IST

Scientists say the soil and subsurface mapping data provided by the $600 million dollar project should help increase crop yields.

Argentina bets on $600 million satellite to advance agriculture sector

Argentina's SAOCOM 1a satellite â€œis going to boost the high quality precision agriculture Argentina relies on.â€

22 Sept 2018 8:28 AM IST

This computer image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows two drum-shaped and solar-powered Minerva-II-1 rovers on an asteroid. JAXA said confirmation of the rovers touchdown has to wait until it receives data from them. (JAXA via AP)

Japan space rovers lowered to asteroid to collect data

An unmanned spacecraft released two Minerva-II-1 rovers on the asteroid Ryugu in an effort to get clues to the origin of...

21 Sept 2018 7:52 PM IST

The international team is using technology including autonomous robots and human-piloted submarines to explore the seas dark depths where zinc, gold and copper are also found. (Representational Photo: Pixabay)

Deep sea robots uncover mineral riches in the abyss

The scientists, from the University of Bergen in Norway, are sending robots 2,500 metres (8,000 feet) down into the...

21 Sept 2018 12:32 PM IST