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The problem with the satellites advanced imager cropped up during routine testing several weeks after liftoff. (Photo: NASA via AP)

Ailing weather satellite produces sharp snapshot of Earth

GOES-17's critical infrared sensors in the main instrument were not staying cold enough.

2 Jun 2018 9:55 AM IST

The methane ice-rich surface on Pluto may be sublimating away into the atmosphere, exposing a layer of water-ice underneath (Photo: NASA)

Pluto's dunes are made of grains of frozen methane

The dunes cover about 775 square miles (2,000 square km), roughly the size of Tokyo.

1 Jun 2018 11:43 AM IST

At least 75 homes most of them in Leilani Estates have been devoured by streams of red-hot molten rock creeping from about two dozen large volcanic vents, or fissures, that have opened in the ground since Kilauea rumbled back to life four weeks ago. (Photo: AP)

Hawaii mandatory evacuation: Volcanic eruption hits four-week mark

The mandatory evacuation zone lies within a slightly larger area that was already under a voluntary evacuation and...

1 Jun 2018 9:57 AM IST

Virgin Galactic says that brings the company closer to its goal of being able to fly its spacecraft more frequently than has been typical for human spaceflight. (Photo: Virgin Galactic)

VSS Unity flies again after 2 months, reaches 114,500 feet on its own

VSS Unity fired its rocket motor for 31 seconds and climbed to an altitude of 114,500 feet.

30 May 2018 8:07 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 is why a NASA camera melted during SpaceX launch

During a SpaceX rocket launch on May 22, a high-end Canon camera suffered disastrously.

29 May 2018 4:00 PM IST

Jeff Bezos details lunar manufacturing plans

Jeff Bezos details lunar manufacturing plans

At a Space Development Conference in Los Angeles, Bezos talked about his idea of colonising Moon by making it a centre...

29 May 2018 3:48 PM IST

Volcanic smog, or air pollution, is created by vapour, carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide gas released from Kilauea. (Photo: AP)

Hawaii volcano is pumping out vog'

Higher sulphur dioxide emissions recorded at the volcano's summit are creating the potential for heavier than usual vog,...

28 May 2018 8:50 AM IST

Christian numerologist David Meade has warned that the mysterious planet Nibiru is about to smash into Earth. (Photo: Pixabay)

Dino-killing asteroid caused Earth to heat up for 1,00,000 years

The monumental event is a rare case where Earth's systems were perturbed at a rate greater than what's occurring now...

27 May 2018 3:46 PM IST

In this Oct. 1, 2008, file photo, Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon, is shown during a preview of his work at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas. (Photo: AP)

Alan Bean, the fourth moonwalker, dies at 86

Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969.

27 May 2018 8:07 AM IST

Drilling is a vitally important part of Curiositys capabilities to study Mars. (Photo: NASA)

NASA's Curiosity to extract powder on Mars by drilling rocks

Curiosity tested percussive drilling this past weekend, penetrating about two inches into a target called -"Duluth.-"

25 May 2018 2:39 PM IST

In this file photo provided by Blue Origin, the New Shepard booster lands in west Texas during a test. (Blue Origin via AP)

Trump aims to make it easier for companies to get to space

The president has signed a space policy directive asking the government to make it easier for private companies to get...

25 May 2018 11:58 AM IST

This 1885 photo shows a side view of a human brain. In relation to body size, our brains are huge, about six times larger than one would expect from other mammals. And this three-pound organ sucks up fully 20 percent of the bodys energy needs. (Oscar G. Mason/J.C. Dalton/Philadelphia, Lea Brothers & Co. via AP)

Study offers new look at why our brains evolved to be so big

In relation to body size, our brains are huge, about six times larger than one would expect from other mammals.

24 May 2018 9:01 AM IST