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Britain is keen to boost its space sector.

Britain plans to build first spaceport for launching satellites in...

Under the plans, US group Lockheed and its partners will receive 23.5 million pounds in grants from the UK Space Agency.

16 July 2018 8:09 PM IST

The bomb will be fielded first on the F-15E Strike Eagle. (Photo: Raytheon)

Raytheon's StormBreaker bomb has entered operational testing phase

StormBreaker, Formerly called the Small Diameter Bomb II, enters the phase after completing a successful Operational...

16 July 2018 12:53 PM IST

(Image: Blue Origin/Jeff Bezos)

Jeff Bezos plans to charge at least $200,000 for space rides

The New Shepard is designed to autonomously fly six passengers more than 62 miles (100 km) above Earth into suborbital...

16 July 2018 8:53 AM IST

The loss of the sublimated carbon dioxide leaves behind these spider-like features etched into the surface. (Photo: NASA)

Martian spiders' take over the planet's South Pole, discovers NASA

This is a seasonal occurrence on the Martian South Pole.

15 July 2018 7:36 PM IST

Viking 1 landing site on Mars (Photo: NASA)

NASA's Viking 1 accidentally burned Martian organic compounds in 1976

The rover's soil sampler accidentally burned up the organic compounds in the Martian soil.

15 July 2018 6:58 PM IST

In this geocolor GOES-16 satellite image taken Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, at 22:00 UTC, the eye of Hurricane Irma moves up Floridas west coast. (Photo: AP)

Scientists peer into heart of hurricanes to improve intensity forecast

There are more than a dozen scientific models for predicting hurricane intensity but they are of limited use, scientists...

15 July 2018 6:08 PM IST

On the menu were the fat and meat of a wild goat, meat of a red deer and whole wheat seeds. (Image: AP)

Ancient Iceman' shows signs of a well-balanced last meal

Scientists have uncovered the last meal of a frozen hunter who died 5,300 years ago in the Alps.

14 July 2018 12:56 PM IST

An illustration of the Igentia prima. (Photo: Universidad Nacional de San Juan)

Fossils of earliest-known giant dinosaur discovered in Argentina

Researchers said the dinosaur - named Ingentia prima, meaning the first giant - was up to 33 feet long.

14 July 2018 10:03 AM IST

The MeerKAT would be the worlds biggest and most powerful radio telescope. (Representational pic: Solar system, Photo : Pixabay)

South Africa's MeerKAT radio telescope to unlock mysteries of universe

Built at a cost of 4.4 billion rand, MeerKAT will be incorporated into the complex Square Kilometre Array (SKA)...

14 July 2018 9:10 AM IST

The New Shepard is designed to autonomously fly six passengers more than 62 miles (100 km) above Earth into suborbital space. (Photo: Blue Origins)

Have $200,000 for space rides? Blue Origins' spacecraft is almost...

The company is rumoured to start selling tickets in the range of about $200,000 to $300,000.

13 July 2018 12:09 PM IST

Scientists detected high-energy neutrinos in pristine ice deep below Antarcticas surface. (Photo: Pixabay)

Ghostly particles give scientists audacious new understanding of the...

Researchers have for the first time located a deep-space source for these ubiquitous subatomic particles.

13 July 2018 11:49 AM IST

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

NASA commercial crew program for space station faces delays, report...

Plans to launch the first NASA astronauts since 2011 to the International Space Station from the United States look set...

12 July 2018 8:51 PM IST