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Of the eight Wi-Fi powered stations, five, including Churchgate, Bandra, Bandra Terminus, Dadar (WR) and Khar Road, are on the Western Railway line, while the restKalyan, Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Dadar (CR)are on Central Railway line.

ISRO aims high-speed internet age for India with 3 new satellites

ISRO will launch three communication satellites namely, GSTA-19, GSAT-11 and GSTA-20.

22 May 2017 1:32 PM IST

(Image: NASA/Screen grab)

Human activity is greatly influencing space weather: study

Space weather, which affects the region of near-Earth space where astronauts and satellites travel, is typically driven...

22 May 2017 9:14 AM IST

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station experience decreased physical fitness because of a decrease in the way oxygen moves through the body, according to a Kansas State University kinesiology study. Photo courtesy of NASA.

NASA plans emergency spacewalk on International Space Station

A pair of astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Tuesday for an emergency spacewalk.

22 May 2017 7:59 AM IST

The censors will measure the acceleration, rotation and the magnetosphere of the earth,â€ said Srimathy Kesan, founder, Space Kidz India, a group which the young scientists are members of.

Kalam sat' shipped to Virginia

The team of six, which started designing the satellite a year ago, finally completed assembling the parts by Saturday

22 May 2017 2:14 AM IST

Some food items normally beneficial may be harmful in excess

Self-medication raises acidity among youth

Doctors insist on proper diagnosis as it could be a digestive problem, not acid reflux.

22 May 2017 1:24 AM IST

77% of milennials believe that robotics will improve economic growth.

New 3-D printed 'bionic skin' lets robots 'feel'

The University of Minnesota discovery is also a major step forward in printing electronics on real human skin

21 May 2017 7:30 PM IST

Solar nebula is a key stage during which much of the solar system evolution took shape. (Photo: NASA)

Newly-found distant 'warm Neptune' has primitive atmosphere

The analysis is one of the most detailed studies to date of a -" warm Neptune,-" a planet that is Neptune-sized and...

21 May 2017 7:28 PM IST

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

In tribute to Kalam, NASA names new species after him

Scientists at NASA have named a new organism discovered by them after the much-loved A P J Abdul Kalam.

21 May 2017 12:58 PM IST

Professor Stephen Hawking

To survive, man must leave Earth

We are running out of space, says Hawking.

21 May 2017 1:17 AM IST

Back in 2015, a team lead by Yales Tabetha Boyajian observed the mysterious phenomenon staged by the star KIC 8462852. (Photo: NASA)

The mysterious 'Alien Megastructure' star dims again

The star has earned a nickname, called Tabby Star, after Tabetha Boyajian, the scientist.

20 May 2017 3:14 PM IST

Hubble spots a moon around the dwarf planet 2007 OR10. These two images, taken a year apart, reveal a moon orbiting the dwarf planet 2007 OR10. (Photo: NASA)

Moon orbiting solar system's 3rd largest dwarf planet found

With this discovery, most of the known dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt larger than 965 kilometres across have...

20 May 2017 7:31 AM IST

Free treatment and complete defence against lifestyle diseases.

Kissing bug disease found to be deadlier

However, a new study has found that deaths fueled by the infection are much more common than we know and are going...

20 May 2017 2:43 AM IST