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BZ orbits in the opposite direction of all the planets and nearly everything else in the solar system, called a retrograde orbit. (Photo: AFP)

'Alien asteroid' may be the oldest one in the solar system

The asteroid, called (514107) 2015 BZ509 or â€œBZâ€ for short, measures nearly 2 miles (3km) wide.

22 May 2018 8:14 PM IST

Evidence of more massive accretion onto the Earth than previously thought after the Moons formation. (Photo: Pixabay)

China launches satellite to explore dark side of moon: Xinhua

China aims to catch up with Russia and the United States to become a major space power by 2030.

21 May 2018 8:31 AM IST

TESS Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Photo: NASA)

NASA's planet-hunting probe completes lunar flyby

As part of camera commissioning, the science team snapped a two-second test exposure using one of the four TESS cameras.

20 May 2018 2:57 PM IST

The scientists viewed the galaxy, called MACS1149-JD1, as it existed roughly 550 million years after the Big Bang, which gave rise to the universe about 13.8 billion years ago. (Photo: NASA)

Oxygen presence in distant galaxy sheds light on early universe

Astronomers provides insight into star formation in perhaps the most distant galaxy ever observed.

17 May 2018 8:41 PM IST

In this frame from NASA TV, NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold, left, and NASA astronaut Drew Feustel work on shuffling around a couple of space station pumps at the International Space Station on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (NASA TV via AP)

Spacewalking astronauts tackle pump work at space station

Mission Control warned the spacewalkers to be careful of possible leaks of the toxic ammonia coolant.

16 May 2018 8:42 PM IST

The team comprising researchers from England, Australia and the Netherlands came to this conclusion after running a programme called Evolution and Assembly of Galaxies and their Environments. (Photo: ANI)

Aliens exist but may be in parallel Universe: Study

International team of scientists claims that aliens could be living in a parallel universe.

16 May 2018 8:15 PM IST

The findings support other evidence of plumes from Europa, whose ocean may contain twice the volume of all Earths oceans.

Life on Jupiter's moon? Europa's plumes suggest so

The discovery was made from data collected in 1997 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft that flew through a plume of water...

15 May 2018 11:07 AM IST

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc. (image:AP)

Elon Musk promises free rides through tunnel, but to where?

Elon Musk is promising the public â€œfree ridesâ€ through the first high-speed passenger tunnel drilled beneath Los...

13 May 2018 1:15 PM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the Tess satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, April 18, 2018. The satellite known as Tess will survey almost the entire sky, staring at the brightest, closest stars in an effort to find any planets that might be encircling them. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX launches new rocket primed for future crewed missions

Minutes later, the rocket's main-stage booster flew itself back to Earth.

12 May 2018 9:19 AM IST

It will have a weight of about four pounds, and a fuselage the size of a softball.

Video | Believe it or not, NASA to fly a helicopter on Mars

The Helicopter will take flight in thin Martian atmosphere with twin counter-rotating blades

12 May 2018 9:14 AM IST

SpaceX is working on a crew capsule that could carry humans into orbit as early as next year. (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX postpones its first commercial launch of updated Falcon 9...

The rocket's onboard computers halted the countdown about one minute before the Block-5 edition of the Falcon 9 was set...

11 May 2018 9:34 AM IST

In this photo, a new fissure erupts in Leilani Estates in Pahoa, Hawaii. Hawaiis erupting Kilauea volcano has destroyed homes and forced the evacuations of more than a thousand people. (U.S. Geological Survey via AP)

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts and destroys 26 homes

More than 1,700 residents who have been evacuated were allowed to briefly return to gather medicine, pets, and other...

7 May 2018 12:24 PM IST