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TESS is designed to build on the work of its predecessor, the Kepler space telescope.Science
NASA telescope discovers two new planets five months after launch

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, better known as TESS, made an early discovery of “super-Earth” and...

21 Sept 2018 12:10 PM IST

The greater the energy consumption, the more likely a society was booming with population and political and economic activity. (Photo: ANI)Science
Globalisation a prehistoric practice?

The archaeological research used radiocarbon dating to examine human societies on a long-term scale.

20 Sept 2018 3:21 PM IST

Maezawa, 42, is the chief executive of Start Today Co., which he founded in 1998 as a CD sales business when he was still in his 20s.Science
Who is Maezawa? SpaceX's first traveller

The SpaceX mission, set for takeoff in 2023, is just the latest exploit for Yusaku Maezawa.

19 Sept 2018 12:42 PM IST

Maezawa, 42, said he wants his guests for the lunar orbit “to see the moon up close, and the Earth in full view.\Science
First private moon flight passenger to invite creative guests

The Big Falcon Rocket is scheduled to make the trip in 2023, SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced at an event.

19 Sept 2018 12:09 PM IST

In this image provided by NASA, the Dragon capsule arrives at the International Space Station on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 with food and experiments. It will remain attached to the orbiting outpost for about a month, returning to Earth in May. Dragon launched Monday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a used Falcon rocket. SpaceX wants to reduce launch costs by recycling rocket parts. (Photo: AP)Science
Russian cosmonauts to conduct spacewalk to investigate leak

The leak was spotted last month in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft attached to the station.

19 Sept 2018 10:43 AM IST

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)Science
SpaceX's first private passenger is Japanese fashion magnate Maezawa

Billionaire Maezawa will take a trip around the moon planned for 2023 aboard its forthcoming Big Falcon Rocket...

18 Sept 2018 9:29 AM IST

The satellite applications include forestry mapping, land use and ice cover monitoring, flood and disaster monitoring and maritime missions.Science
PSLV-C42 launches two foreign satellites

The PSLV-C42 lifted off from the First Launch Pad of SHAR at 10.08 pm.

17 Sept 2018 10:13 AM IST

The new study adds to existing evidence on the dangers of pollution for unborn babies. (Photo: ANI)Science
Study shows carbon from polluted air is reaching placenta

Evidence of tiny particles of carbon, typically created by burning fossil fuels, has been found in placentas for the...

17 Sept 2018 9:01 AM IST

The findings showed that the reprogramming happens in retinal cells that are sensitive to motion.Science
Eyes have natural version for night vision

Retinal circuits, that were earlier thought to be unchanging and programmed for specific tasks, are adaptable to...

17 Sept 2018 8:51 AM IST

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.Science
Hubble Space Telescope set to peer in to earliest galaxies: NASA

The Hubble Space Telescope to study six massive galaxy clusters that may help shed light on how the earliest galaxies...

16 Sept 2018 6:54 PM IST

(Photo credit: ANI/ Image: Astronaut Rakesh Sharma)Science
Russia offers to train Indian astronauts

The Russian state space corporation made a proposal for participation of Russian specialists in the training of Indian...

16 Sept 2018 12:04 PM IST

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket with the NASA Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) onboard is seen shortly after the mobile service tower at SLC-2 was rolled back at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The ICESat-2 mission will measure the changing height of Earths ice. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)Science
NASA satellite launched to measure Earth's ice changes

The mission is a successor to the original Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite that operated from 2003 to 2009.

16 Sept 2018 11:02 AM IST

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