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Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by 2030

This is the first time the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has said it aims to send an astronaut beyond the...

30 Jun 2017 3:41 PM IST

On June 23, ISROs workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C38 lifted off from the First Launch Pad in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The rocket will inject Indias sixth eye in the sky Cartosat-2 series along with 30 nano satellites into Sun Synchronous Orbit. Peek into how ISRO prepared for the launch.Science
NASA rocket creates colourful artificial clouds

The NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket was successfully launched from the US space agency's Wallops Flight...

30 Jun 2017 3:02 PM IST

The sun follows roughly an 11-year cycle.Science
Activities at surface of sun to change: NASA

Solar minimum period will drop sunspots and enhance effects of space weather.

30 Jun 2017 1:54 AM IST

One of the researchers quadcopter drones with wheels. Photo: Brandon Araki/MIT CSAILScience
Drones that drive: A new approach to developing flying cars

CSAIL team's system of quadcopters that fly and drive suggest another approach to developing flying cars.

29 Jun 2017 10:36 AM IST

GSAT-17 is being loaded to cargo aircraft at HAL airport to be transported to Kourou, French Guiana (Photo: ISRO)Science
ISRO launches communication satellite GSAT-17 from French Guiana

India's latest communication satellite GSAT-17 has been successfully launched from the spaceport of Kourou in French...

29 Jun 2017 8:16 AM IST

\We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year,\ said a statement by CEO Elon Musk.Science
Fly me to the Moon? Why the world should be wary of Elon Musk's space...

The first flight is set for 2018, a target so ambitious it verges on the incredible.

28 Jun 2017 4:57 PM IST

Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been repeatedly pummelled by space rocks that have caused anything from an innocuous splash in the ocean to species annihilation.Science
Are asteroids humanity's 'greatest challenge'?

Astrophysicists monitoring the risk classify objects into sizes ranging from a few millimetres to behemoths 10...

28 Jun 2017 4:56 PM IST

This is much different from Earths magnetosphere, which typically only switches between open and closed in response to changes in the solar wind.Science
Uranus' magnetic field flips on and off like a light switch

The US made the discovery based on the data from NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft that sped past Uranus in 1986.

28 Jun 2017 3:43 PM IST

Observations from radio telescopes like this one appear to indicate that two black holes are orbiting each other, 750 million light years from Earth. (Image credit: National Radio Astronomy Observatory)Science
Black holes appear to be orbiting each other

Stanford research reveals extremely fine measurements of motion in orbiting supermassive black holes.

28 Jun 2017 3:05 PM IST

Green sea turtles are listed as threatened or endangered throughout their range. (Credit: Thierry Work, USGS)Science
Reptile skin grown in lab for the first time

The scientists were able to grow a tumor-associated virus to better understand certain tumor diseases.

28 Jun 2017 3:02 PM IST

Hours after CRS-11 lifted off, this flight-proven booster rolled into the hangar at 39A; targeting June 17 launch of BulgariaSat-1. (Photo: SpaceX/Twitter)Science
SpaceX plans expansion of rocket refurbishing facilities in Florida

SpaceX wants to expand facilities in Florida to refurbish and store its reusable rocket boosters.

28 Jun 2017 9:53 AM IST

The view was obtained at a distance of about one million kilometers from Saturn. (Photo: NASA)Science
NASA Cassini probe captures Saturn's dawn in stunning image

The image was taken in green light with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera on March 31.

27 Jun 2017 2:06 PM IST

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