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Another one is on NASA and Isro collaborative satellite going to be launched in 2020 as part of a precursor to satellite launch.

Isro tests tech to take humans on spaceflight

The CES is an essential technology for any launch vehicle intending to carry humans to space.

6 July 2018 6:01 AM IST

Another one is on NASA and Isro collaborative satellite going to be launched in 2020 as part of a precursor to satellite launch.

ISRO tests crew escape system to help future human flights

The crew escape system pulls the crew module along with the astronauts to a safe distance in the event of a launch...

6 July 2018 12:36 AM IST

ISROs GSLV-F08 carrying GSAT-6A communication satellite blasts off into the orbit from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

India's first manned mission to space in the works, ISRO undertakes...

ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) has tested a capsule prototype which will be used to send a group of humans in...

5 July 2018 7:28 PM IST

This image of Ceres limb was obtained by NASAs Dawn spacecraft on May 30, 2018 from an altitude of about 280 miles. Dawn has been orbiting Ceres since 2015, after first exploring the asteroid Vesta. Theyre located in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. (NASA)

NASA spacecraft sending back close-ups of dwarf planet Ceres

The spacecraft has been circling Ceres since 2015.

4 July 2018 11:01 AM IST

Representational image

Joy of science: Premier NIAS trains students

While NIAS MAIYA Prodigy fellowships were awarded to ten students from across the state last year, the number rose to 15...

4 July 2018 2:04 AM IST

With the help of an equipment named coronagraph, the scientists managed to get a clear picture.

New baby planet shot 370 light years away from Earth

The planet is actually being born around a star which, as per the cosmological timescale, is young with 5.4 million...

3 July 2018 5:03 PM IST

The photo provided by the European Southern Observatory ESO taken from the SPHERE instrument on ESOs Very Large Telescope is the first clear image of a planet caught in the very act of formation around the dwarf star PDS 70. The planet stands clearly out, visible as a bright point to the right of the centre of the image, which is blacked out by the coronagraph mask used to block the blinding light of the central star. (ESO via AP)

Astronomers report first image of baby planet being formed

Scientists said the planet appears as a bright spot in the snapshot taken using the ESO's very large Telescope in Chile.

2 July 2018 8:18 PM IST

A new study argues that meteorites that landed in volcanic pools of water 4 billion years ago were key to jump-starting life on Earth. (Photo: Pixabay )

NASA hunting for mysterious meteorite from the Pacific

The extraction will be carried by an exploration vehicle, making it the first instance of meteorite extraction from the...

2 July 2018 2:20 PM IST

The Met Office is also warning of potentially hazardous driving conditions in regions hit by the predicted storms. (Representative image/Source: Pixabay)

UK forecaster issues 1st ever thunderstorm alert

The official forecasters say torrential rain, hail and lightning are possible Sunday.

2 July 2018 1:48 PM IST

The Crew Interactive Mobile Companion, or CIMON, is an English-speaking droid roughly the size of a basketball that will help German astronaut Alexander Gerst conduct experiments on the International Space Station. (Photo: NASA)

HAL-like robot to help astronaut in space odyssey

CIMON, is an english-speaking droid roughly the size of a basketball that will conduct experiments on the International...

1 July 2018 11:36 AM IST

The 10-meter (33-foot) pencil rocket lifted only slightly from its launch pad before dropping to the ground, disappearing in a fireball. (AP Photo)

Japanese pencil rocket blows up after liftoff

The MOMO-2 rocket, developed by Interstellar Technologies, was supposed to reach as high as 100 kilometres into space.

1 July 2018 8:18 AM IST

UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (extreme L) at the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

UAE: Your brains can teach our scientists

The possibility of UAE investing in this project, however, did not come up for discussions, Prof Rudra Pratap added.

1 July 2018 6:38 AM IST