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The entire United States will fall into shadow as a solar eclipse passes on August 21 (Photo: AFP)Science
First total solar eclipse in 99 years to sweep US

Experts warn that looking directly at the eclipse can burn the retina, possibly causing lasting blind spots.

18 Aug 2017 7:41 AM IST

A spacecraft sent to Mars would need rockets and fuel powerful enough to lift back off for the return trip and the humans would need protection from unprecedented physical and mental challenges as well as deep-space radiation.Science
Mars 2020 rover to use smart techniques to find signs of life

The Mars Exploration Program with a planned launch in 2020 builds on the success of prior rovers.

17 Aug 2017 3:57 PM IST

Scientists dealt a blow Monday to the quest for organisms inhabiting worlds besides Earth, saying our planet was unusual in its ability to host liquid water -- the key ingredient for life. (Photo: AFP)Science
Mystery of how first animals appeared on Earth solved

Brocks said the rise of algae triggered one of the most profound ecological revolutions in Earth's history.

17 Aug 2017 3:38 PM IST

The extra-large science load includes a cosmic ray monitor, a mini satellite with cheap, off-the-shelf scopes for potential military viewing, and 20 mice for an eye and brain study.Science
SpaceX Dragon delivers scientific bounty to space station

The Dragon holds 3 tons of cargo, mostly research.

17 Aug 2017 9:52 AM IST

This celestial event is a solar eclipse in which the moon passes between the sun and Earth and blocks all or part of the sun for up to about three hours, from beginning to end, as viewed from a given location. (Image: Pixabay)Science
Can't see the solar eclipse? Tune in online or on TV

Ronald Dantowitz, an astronomer, will be using 14 cameras to capture the August 21 solar eclipse.

17 Aug 2017 7:54 AM IST

Crew members looking out the cockpit windows of a RNZAF P3 Orion during search operations for wreckage and debris of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean (Photo: AFP)Science
Scientists potentially narrow MH370 search area to 3 spots in southern...

The expanse adjoins original search zone far southwest Australia identified via satellite analysis of the final hours of...

16 Aug 2017 12:59 PM IST

A replica of a Chilesaurus diegosuarezi skeleton, a vegetarian dinosaur, exhibited at the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo: AFP)Science
'Missing link' bolsters bold theory on dino evolution

Dinosaurs were the monarchs of Earth for 160 million years until a space rock collided with the planet 65.5 million...

16 Aug 2017 11:13 AM IST

The two-tonne satellite, now called \South Asian Satellite\ and its launch by GSLV (Geo-Stationary Satellite Launch Vehicle) Mk-II, would cost Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) about Rs 500 crores.Science
Chandrayaan-2 launch likely next March

The capacity of the solid propellant plant in Shar is also being enhanced to facilitate launching of heavy satellites.

16 Aug 2017 12:46 AM IST

Nasa is also designing new rockets called Space Launch System (SLS) for carrying the human to Mars.Science
NASA: let's say something to Voyager 1 on 40th anniversary of launch

Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977, and a sister ship, Voyager 2, actually went up about two weeks earlier.

15 Aug 2017 2:50 PM IST

SpaceX regularly launches unmanned cargo ships to the International Space Station, and is working on a crew capsule that could carry humans into orbit as early as next year (Photo: AFP)Science
SpaceX launches experiments, ice cream to space station

The space station was zooming 250 miles above the Atlantic, just off Nova Scotia, when the Falcon took flight.

15 Aug 2017 2:23 PM IST

Scientists will focus on the sun, but they will also examine what happens to Earths weather, to space weather, and to animals and plants on Earth as the moon totally blocks out the sun.Science
More than spectacle: Eclipses create science and so can you

Astronomers are going full blast to pry even more science from the mysterious ball of gas that's vital to Earth.

15 Aug 2017 9:23 AM IST

This celestial event is a solar eclipse in which the moon passes between the sun and Earth and blocks all or part of the sun for up to about three hours, from beginning to end, as viewed from a given location. (Image: Pixabay)Science
Tyson's solar eclipse tip: Don't video it, experience it

Experience this one emotionally, psychologically, physically, says Tyson.

15 Aug 2017 9:12 AM IST

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