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Chinas Shenzhou 11 spaceship onboard a Long March-2F carrier rocket takes off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest Chinas Gansu province on Monday Oct. 17, 2016. China launched a pair of astronauts into space Monday on a mission to dock with an experimental space station and remain aboard for 30 days in preparation for the start of operations by a full-bore facility six years from now. (Photo: AP)

Mongolia launches its first ever satellite

Mongol Sat-1 will help landlocked Mongolia expand its television, telecoms and broadband services.

20 April 2017 9:48 AM IST

The 520-day record set by Scott Kelly, whose one-year space station mission ended in March. (Representational Image)

Trump to call record-holder female astronaut in space

The call will be made by the US President to congratulate Peggy Whitson who holds the record for most spacewalks by a...

20 April 2017 8:50 AM IST

An artist impression released by the European Southern Observatory on April 19, 2017 shows a planet named LHS 1140 located in the liquid water habitable zone surrounding its host star (Photo: AFP)

'Super-Earth' orbiting nearby star boosts search for life beyond solar...

Named LHS 1140b, the planet orbits a star 40 light years away

20 April 2017 8:07 AM IST

Researchers found the fungus was able to form spores with thick walls that allowed it to survive for longer and spread further, including on the feet of water birds.

Scientists say 'alien' fungus threatens European salamanders

The fungus causes skin ulcers, effectively eating the salamander's skin and making it susceptible to secondary bacterial...

20 April 2017 8:01 AM IST

This NASA image obtained April 19, 2017 shows a movie of asteroid 2014-JO25 generated using radar data collected by NASAs Goldstone Solar System Radar in Californias Mojave Desert

Close call: When asteroids whisk past Earth

Dubbed 2014-JO25, the asteroid came nearest at 12:20 GMT

20 April 2017 7:57 AM IST

Space agency Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launching a record 104 satellites, including Indias earth observation satellite on-board PSLV-C37/Cartosat2 Series from the spaceport of Sriharikota on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

Next rocket will be game changer, says Isro

Isro's rockets can currently launch satellites weighing up to 2.2 tonnes; it depends on international launchers for...

20 April 2017 1:29 AM IST

NASA data used to create global map of human-made CO2.

NASA develops 3D-printed metal fabrics for use in space

The foldable fabric - which can change shape quickly - could be useful for large antennas and other deployable devices...

19 April 2017 8:22 PM IST

Jupiter is over five times more distant from the Sun, and yet its upper atmosphere has temperatures.

Massive super-Jupiter exoplanet discovered

Gravitational microlensing is a method of detecting new extrasolar planets circling their parent stars relatively...

19 April 2017 8:05 PM IST

The Indian pharmaceutical sector is expected to see a slight fall in the export value in FY17 due to price erosion and lack of any blockbuster drug, a top official said here on Wednesday.

Kerala frog's slime may help develop anti-viral drug

Researchers for Biotechnology in Kerala wondered if there might be peptides that neutralise human-infecting viruses

19 April 2017 8:01 PM IST

(Representational image/NASA)

NASA orbiter spots strange secondary craters on Mars

New images show the region of the red planet with secondary craters from 10-kilometre Zunil Crater to the northwest.

19 April 2017 7:40 PM IST

This computer generated handout image released by the European Space Agency (ESA) on May 15, 2015 shows the impact of the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) projectile on the Didymos asteroid. (Photo:AFP)

Big space rock to streak past Earth today

The next scheduled close encounter with a big rock will not happen before 2027

19 April 2017 8:17 AM IST

Scientists have sounded the alarm over the problems posed to space missions from orbital junk

Space debris problem getting worse, say scientists

Scientists have sounded the alarm over the problems posed to space missions from orbital junk

19 April 2017 8:05 AM IST