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Image of SpaceXs future spacesuit (Photo: Elon Musk/Instagram)

Elon Musk shows off SpaceX's future space suits

The first photo shared by Musk focused on the top-half of the suit, revealing the helmet, shoulder and colour...

10 Sept 2017 12:11 PM IST

The Northern Lights are a result of collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the Earths atmosphere. (Photo: Mark Tarello/Twitter)

Spectacular Northern Light display illuminates Finnish sky

Green, purple, pink and yellow lights danced across the sky in striking aurora displays over northern Finland early on...

10 Sept 2017 7:58 AM IST

Fuel prices rose by nearly Rs 2.50 per litre in July.

Scientists create fuel using air

Scientists have found a way to produce methanol - an important chemical often used as fuel in vehicles - using oxygen in...

8 Sept 2017 5:00 PM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a secret US Air Force space plane takes off NASAs Kennedy Space Center (Photo:AFP)

SpaceX launches secret US military space plane

The recoverable first stage of the launch vehicle then landed at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station less than 10 minutes...

8 Sept 2017 8:11 AM IST

Steam from active volcanoes has hollowed out extensive cave systems under the Antarctic ice that could be home to unique ecosystems, scientists say (Photo: AFP)

Warm Antarctic caves harbour secret life: scientists

Little is known about the flora and fauna that live in subglacial caves in Antarctica, and scientists say finding them...

8 Sept 2017 7:57 AM IST

Solar storms result from an accumulation of magnetic energy in some places. (Photo: AFP)

NASA captures images of 'most intense' solar flares

Out of two solar falres emitted yesterday, the second recorded to be the 'most intense' since December 2018.

7 Sept 2017 12:37 PM IST

Screegarb of NASAs footage showing extremely dangerous Hurricane Irma from space.

Video: This is what Hurricane Irma looks like from space

NASA show the core of Hurricane Irma along with the eye of what they describe as 'extremely dangerous' Hurricane.

7 Sept 2017 11:38 AM IST

The Air Force is keeping mum over the other experiments that this secret space plane will be ferrying to space.

US Air Force's secret space plane to take flight on 7th September

The fifth X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle will use SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster from the Kennedy Space Center.

5 Sept 2017 7:30 PM IST

Seven new Earth-sized exoplanets that may be able to sustain life have been discovered orbiting a star 39 light years away. (Photo: NASA)

First evidence of water found on Earth-sized exoplanets

The Earth-sized planets orbiting the ultracool TRAPPIST-1 dwarf star 40 light-years away may have substantial amounts of...

5 Sept 2017 11:48 AM IST

The 29-hour countdown for the launch of Indias eighth navigation satellite IRNSS-1H began at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the Sriharikota rocket port. (Photo: PTI)

NASA will track satellite, no danger: ISRO

He said that all satellites in low earth orbits fall back through the atmosphere at one time or the other and burn up...

5 Sept 2017 2:24 AM IST

As the heatshield failed to separate from the satellite, ISROs 8th navigation satellite launch IRNSS-1H was termed as unsuccessful and scientists have undertaken an analysis to study the cause of the incident. (Photo: PTI)

Nellore: Falling satellite may pose threat

Dr Subba Reddy said the satellite was not under the control of any ground station.

5 Sept 2017 2:21 AM IST

The Dream Chaser was lifted to an altitude at which it would be released for a free flight that is scheduled to happen later this year.

Dream Chaser' mini space shuttle takes first flight

The craft did its first captive flight, suspended from a helicopter and went up to a higher altitude.

4 Sept 2017 7:35 PM IST