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In this image provided by NASA, the Dragon capsule arrives at the International Space Station on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 with food and experiments. It will remain attached to the orbiting outpost for about a month, returning to Earth in May. Dragon launched Monday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a used Falcon rocket. SpaceX wants to reduce launch costs by recycling rocket parts. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX capsule reaches space station with food

The space station is currently home to astronauts from the US, Russia and Japan.

5 April 2018 2:39 PM IST

The biggest known structures in the universe are called galaxy clusters which are formed by thousands of galaxies like our milky way.

Centre of our galaxy is teeming with 10,000+ black holes

Astronomers poring over old x-ray observations have found signs of a dozen black holes in the inner circle of the Milky...

5 April 2018 1:56 PM IST

Among proposed ideas, planes might spray clouds of reflective sulphur particles high in the Earths atmosphere. (Photo: Pexels)

Developing nations to study ways to dim sunshine, slow warming

The solar geoengineering studies would be helped by a new $400,000 fund from the Open Philanthropy Project.

4 April 2018 11:45 AM IST

ISROs Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F08), carrying home-made GSAT-6A communication satellite takes off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. (Photo:AP)

India trying to reconnect with most powerful communications satellite:...

GSAT-6A is an advanced mobile communications satellite with a six-meter wide antenna, the biggest used by an ISRO...

3 April 2018 7:16 PM IST

The satellites, coded 30th and 31st in the BDS, entered the orbit more than three hours after the launch.

Twin navigation satellites launched in China

The launch was the 269th mission for the Long March rocket family.

3 April 2018 6:58 PM IST

This file photo shows visitors sit beside a model of Chinas Tiangong-1 space station at the 8th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai in southern Chinas Guangdong Province. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific

The experimental space laboratory re-entered around 8:15 a.m. Beijing time, the China Manned Space Engineering Office...

3 April 2018 3:31 PM IST

The effort is part of SpaceXs mission to lower the cost of space flight by re-using costly, multimillion-dollar components that typically have been discarded into the ocean after each launch. (Photo: Space X Twitter)

SpaceX's recycled rocket and spaceship deliver cargo to ISS

Monday's trip marked SpaceX's 14th resupply mission for NASA under a $1.6 billion contract.

3 April 2018 3:09 PM IST

Because its light has taken so long to reach Earth, looking at this star is like peering back in time to when the universe was less than a third of its current age. (Photo: NASA)

Meet Icarus the farthest star sitting halfway across the universe

9 billion years that's how much it has taken MACS J1149+2223 Lensed Star-1's light to reach us.

3 April 2018 8:34 AM IST

The shape of Chinas falling space station Tiangong-1 can be seen in this radar image from the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques near Bonn, Germany. In the next few days, the unoccupied Chinese space station, Tiangong-1, is expected to reenter the atmosphere following the end of its operational life. Most of the craft should burn up. (Photo: AP)

China's 'space dream': A long march to the moon

The Tiangong-1 space module, which crashed was intended to serve as a stepping stone to a manned station.

2 April 2018 12:44 PM IST

The Indian space scientists are taking extraordinary efforts to establish a communication link with the satellite before it is lost permanently.

ISRO loses touch with satellite

The satellite was launched to provide better mobile communication across the country and also to boost the...

2 April 2018 1:37 AM IST

A former Isro scientist said that such a sudden loss of communication generally indicates some failure in the power system.

ISRO confirms losing contact with communication satellite GSAT-6A

Power system failure suspected; efforts on to establish link.

2 April 2018 12:51 AM IST

No one knows for sure where debris may land though many experts believe much of the station will burn up during re-entry.

Tiangong-1 space station to enter Earth's atmosphere on Monday: China

Beijing said on March 30 that it is unlikely any large pieces will reach the ground.

1 April 2018 2:10 PM IST