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Indian Space Research Organisations (Isro) navigation satellite IRNSS-1I, on board the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C41), lifts off at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. (Photo: AP)

Isro takes one step closer to giving India its own GPS

The success assumes significance after Isro faced setbacks in two of its last three missions.

13 April 2018 1:27 AM IST

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

Artificial Intelligence has power to rule us forever: Elon Musk

Tesla founder demands strict laws to control robot-like dictator.

11 April 2018 2:08 AM IST

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ISRO to launch backup navigation satellite

Receivers to provide weather forecast, cyclone alert.

11 April 2018 1:40 AM IST

The discovery also shows these people were moving across the interior of the land, not coastlines, Petraglia added.

Fossil Homo sapiens finger from Saudi desert is 90,000 years old

Researchers say the bone provides a new clue about when and how our species migrated out of Africa.

10 April 2018 7:07 PM IST

The new tour highlights the mineral composition of the Aristarchus plateau, evidence for surface water ice in certain spots near the south pole, and the mapping of gravity in and around the Orientale basin.

NASA releases a 4K Moon tour' video

NASA has released a 'Moon tour' video that will make you want to go for a visit.

10 April 2018 4:05 PM IST

The spacecraft was flown by the US Air Force to Florida, where it will continue testing, and eventually undergo final assembly and mating to the third stage of the Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle.

Humanity's first flight to Sun set to launch in July: NASA

Parker Solar Probe is humanity's first mission to the Sun.

9 April 2018 6:49 PM IST

It has already docked with the International Space Station and the tests are expected to begin in the next few weeks. (Photo: Surrey Space Centre)

Harpoon-ed' spacecraft to clear space debris: Scientists to begin...

The RemoveDebris satellite is carrying a number of different devices designed to help clear the huge amount of debris...

9 April 2018 10:22 AM IST

(Photo: NASA)Star clusters are the key ingredient in stellar models because the stars in each grouping are at the same distance, have the same age, and have the same chemical composition.

Hubble measures precise distance to ancient globular star cluster for...

This new, refined distance yardstick provides an independent estimate for the age of the universe.

8 April 2018 6:33 PM IST

Engineers who have designed and created harpoons for two pioneering space debris clearing projects said the appeal of such time-tested concepts was their simplicity.

Scientists plan big on space junk crisis

Other devices being tested on the RemoveDebris satellite include a net to catch debris

7 April 2018 9:06 AM IST

With the engine shut down, Unity coasted upward to an apogee of 84,271 feet (25,686 meters). (Photo: Virgin Galactic)

VSS Unity spaceship goes supersonic in its first flight

The spaceship climbed steeply and went supersonic Mach 1.87 during the 30-second rocket burn.

6 April 2018 8:56 AM IST

Isro built on the existing capabilities it had, thanks to its record with the PSLV rocket, while also developing the cryogenic stage indigenously.

Thiruvananthapuram: Watch a spectacle in the skies today

The launch is scheduled at 7 p.m. on Friday from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS), Thiruvananthapuram.

6 April 2018 2:09 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.

Fourth stage of PSLV-C19 burns up over Central Atlantic

Where as upper stages (3rd or 4th stage) of a launch vehicle will also go into the orbit after injecting the spacecraft.

6 April 2018 1:27 AM IST