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NASA intensifying search for planets orbiting stars beyond solar systemScience
NASA intensifying search for planets orbiting stars beyond solar...

NASA plans to send the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, into orbit from the Cape Canaveral Air Force...

1 April 2018 1:54 PM IST

The universe possibly did not begin with a Big Bang or a big bounce, but rather as a result of the condensation of atoms in space.Science
The origin of the universe called into question

Big Bang is a scientific theory about how the universe started, and then made the stars and galaxies we see today.

1 April 2018 12:44 AM IST

Musk aims to make rockets as reusable as commercial aeroplanes, bringing down the cost of spaceflight and boosting efficiency. (Photo: AFP)Science
Elon Musk's Falcon 9's nose crashes, yet deployed 10 satellites...

The nose was said to “impact water at high speed,” with Elon Musk not confirming successful recovery.

31 March 2018 2:06 PM IST

Tiangong-1 was originally planned to be decommissioned in 2013 but China has repeatedly extended the length of its mission. (Representative Image)Science
China says unlikely large pieces of space station will crash to earth

The craft is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere at some time from this week

31 March 2018 9:54 AM IST

US astronaut Richard Arnold shown here before heading to the International Space Station is one of two Americans undertaking a space walk. (Photo: AFP)Science
US astronauts make a spacewalk to perform ISS repairs

The walk, which lasted six hours and 10 minutes by flight engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold got off to a delayed...

30 March 2018 7:21 PM IST

This image is assembled from a series of January 2018 photos of Mars made by the Mars Curiosity rover. (AP File Photo, NASA)Science
Can we live in space? Can humans live on moon or Mars colony?

Tucked away in high-tech laboratories, a team of 30 researchers are studying new ways to keep humans alive on a...

30 March 2018 12:51 PM IST

The 415-tonne GSLV rocket blasted off at 4.56 pm from the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.Science
GSAT-6A launch marks another Isro success

In the process, the GSLV rocket also emerged as Isro's reliable launch vehicle.

30 March 2018 1:35 AM IST

This photo shows researchers testing Chinas first space station module Tiangong-1 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest Chinas Gansu Province prior to its launch on September 29, 2011. (Photo: AP)Science
China's defunct space lab hurtling toward Earth for re-entry

China's defunct and believed out-of-control space station is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere sometime in the...

29 March 2018 4:50 PM IST

This image made with the Hubble Space Telescope shows the diffuse galaxy NGC 1052-DF2, lighter area in center. Several other galaxies can be seen through it. (P van Dokkum/NASA/ESA via AP)Science
Astronomers baffled by distant galaxy void of dark matter

The unusual galaxy's stars are speeding around with no apparent influence from dark matter, according to a study.

29 March 2018 4:26 PM IST

NASA plans to send the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, into orbit from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set for blast-off between April 16 and June on a two-year, $337-million mission. (Photo: NASA)Science
Planet exploration back on track with NASA's next-gen space telescope

NASA expects TESS to detect thousands more previously unknown worlds no larger than twice as big as our home planet.

29 March 2018 7:54 AM IST

Webb will orbit the sun at a point about 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometres) from Earth unreachable in case of a breakdown. (Photo: NASA)Science
NASA's next-gen James Webb space telescope delayed until 2020

NASA says that more time is needed to assemble and test the James Webb Space Telescope.

28 March 2018 8:58 AM IST

Tiangong-1 was originally planned to be decommissioned in 2013 but China has repeatedly extended the length of its mission. (Representative Image)Science
Chinese space station to fall into Earth this weekend: ESA

The Tiangong-1 ceased functioning in March 2016 and is rumoured to be out of control since then.

28 March 2018 7:57 AM IST

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