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The unmanned X-37B (Photo: US Air Force/ Twitter)

Unmanned US Air Force space plane lands after secret, 2-year mission

The unmanned X-37B, which resembles a miniature space shuttle, touched down at 7:47 a.m. EDT (1147 GMT)

8 May 2017 8:19 AM IST

The brick made using artificial Martian soil (Photo: AFP)

Technique to turn Mars or Moon rocks into concrete developed

Making Earth-style concrete requires large amounts of heat and energy, which would be very short supply for first human...

8 May 2017 7:45 AM IST

Six per cent of people described themselves as exclusively digital readers.

Period-tracking apps may be inaccurate: study

Researchers focused on nine different period tracking apps, and on what characteristics users liked or disliked

7 May 2017 5:28 PM IST

NASAs Saturn-orbiting spacecraft Cassini (Photo:NASA)

Cassini finds 'the big empty' between Saturn and its rings

Scientists had hoped to find space dust in the region befor sending Cassini to Saturn forever.

6 May 2017 10:31 AM IST

Isros communication satellite GSAT-9 on-board GSLV-F09 lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

South Asia Satellite puts Indian diplomacy in new orbit

Naughty boy' performs launch with textbook precision.

6 May 2017 1:13 AM IST

Akash with President Pranab Mukherjee

Following the heart!

School student Akash Manoj has developed a prototype to prevent silent heart attacks.

6 May 2017 12:48 AM IST

Poor illumination at home also took a toll on the childrens eyes.

'Smart' contact lens may diagnose diabetes, glaucoma

The new smart contact lens sensors use electrodes made of highly stretchable and transparent graphene sheets and metal...

5 May 2017 8:59 PM IST

The first satellite, SGDC, separated from the rocket just over 28 minutes after lift-off and the second, KOREASAT-7, was placed in orbit a little more than 36 minutes from launch.

Strike-delayed European rocket launches in French Guiana

The launch was delayed several times after the French territory in South America was hit by disruptions following a...

5 May 2017 8:40 PM IST

(Representational image/NASA)

Rocket to take 1,500 images of Sun in five minutes: NASA

A sounding rocket, designed to take 1,500 images of the Sun in just five minutes from about 320 kms above the Earth's...

5 May 2017 7:46 PM IST

Swiss adventurer Raphael Domjan, who is behind the project, aims to take the plane on its first stratospheric flight next year. (Photo credit: SolarStratos)

First test flight of stratospheric solar plane

Pilot Damian Hischier took the craft for a seven-minute test flight, reaching an altitude of 300 metres (nearly 1,000...

5 May 2017 5:55 PM IST

(Image: ESAG. Porter, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)

3D-printed bricks from moondust may help build lunar colonies

The solar furnace focuses sunlight into a high-temperature beam to melt the soil grains together.

5 May 2017 1:18 PM IST

The 20 meter long Agni-II missile is a two stage solid propelled ballistic missile. (Photo: ANI)

Test-fire of Agni-II missile fails to meet desired parameters

The last user trial of Agni-II conducted on November 9, 2014, from the same base was a success.

5 May 2017 8:28 AM IST