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In this July 24, 2009, file photo, the Gran Telescopio Canarias, one of the the worlds largest telescopes, is viewed at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on the Canary Island of La Palma, Spain. An agreement has been reached for a giant telescope to be built in Spains Canary Islands if it cannot be put atop a Hawaii mountain. Telescope builder TMT International Observatory says Hawaiis Mauna Kea remains the preferred location for the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope. (AP Photo/Carlos Moreno, File)Science
Spain will get giant telescope if Hawaii doesn't

TMT International Observatory says Hawaii's Mauna Kea remains the preferred location for the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter...

31 March 2017 10:35 AM IST

In this image made from video provided by NASA, US astronauts Peggy Whitson, above, and Shane Kimbrough work on the outside of the International Space Station on Thursday, March 30, 2017. An important piece of micrometeorite shielding was lost during the spacewalk. (Photo: NASA via AP)Science
Spacewalkers lose piece of shielding, use patch instead

The astronauts filled the gap using the cover that they had just removed from the relocated docking port.

31 March 2017 10:29 AM IST

Over time, energized particles in the solar wind stripped off Mars atmosphere, leaving a thin and still-shrinking envelope of gases around the planet (Photo: NASA)Science
Solar wind turned Mars into dry, cold planet: study

About 4 billion years ago when life was starting on Earth, Mars also had a dense atmosphere

31 March 2017 8:17 AM IST

Internet entrepreneur Elon Musks SpaceX has for years been honing the technology of powering its boosters back to careful Earth landings on solid ground and in the water (Photo: AFP)Science
SpaceX hails 'revolution' after recycled rocket launch, landing

If SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket system proves reusable, it could slash space launch costs by 30 per cent

31 March 2017 7:59 AM IST

The US space agency Nasa has reported that Indias earth observation satellite Risat-1 had experienced a “fragmentation event†in September last year, when pieces appeared to have broken off. (Representational image)Science
NASA's Mars probe completes 50,000th orbit

The orbiter continues diverse science observations of Mars and communications-relay service for two active Mars rovers.

30 March 2017 6:03 PM IST

The study appears in the journal Science.Science
China to build new scientific observation station in Tibet

The station, which will cover 2,600 square meters, is expected to be constructed in October in Deshing village of Metok...

30 March 2017 5:34 PM IST

Elon Musk was a founder of payments company PayPal, electric carmaker Tesla Motors and SpaceX, maker and launcher of rockets and spacecraft. (Photo: AFP)Science
SpaceX poised to launch first recycled rocket

The goal of the launch is to send a communications satellite for Luxembourg-based company SES into a distant orbit.

30 March 2017 4:07 PM IST

Peggy Whitson will be 56 when she rockets off the planet Thursday, and shell celebrate her 57th birthday in February on the International Space Station. (Photo:AP)Science
Peggy Whitson set to break Sunita Williams' spacewalking record

Williams has made seven spacewalks totalling 50 hours and 40 minutes

30 March 2017 3:13 PM IST

Astronauts will launch aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in September (representational image)Science
Five astronauts assigned to future ISS mission: NASA

Astronauts Joe Acaba, Ricky Arnold, Nick Hague, Serena Aunon-Chancellor and Shannon Walker have begun training for...

30 March 2017 8:28 AM IST

NASA scientists discover ancient microbes that can survive on a diet of sulfite, manganese and copper oxide in the Naica mine in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.Science
NASA stopwatch can measure billionth of second

NASA scientists have developed a stopwatch timer that can measure within a fraction of a billionth of a second

29 March 2017 8:26 AM IST

The NASAs spacecraft Juno, orbiting around Jupiter, acquired the image of a “Dark Spot†through the JunoCam on Feb. 2, 2017 (Photo: NASA)Science
Nasa unveils enhanced-color image of a mysterious -"Dark Spot-" on...

NASA revealed citizen scientist Roman Tkachenko enhanced the colour to bring out the rich detail in the storm and...

28 March 2017 2:14 PM IST

The US space agency Nasa has reported that Indias earth observation satellite Risat-1 had experienced a “fragmentation event†in September last year, when pieces appeared to have broken off. (Representational image)Science
Risat-1 satellite is functioning normally, says Isro

An Isro official said there was some anomaly which had been rectified, and the satellite was functioning normally.

28 March 2017 7:02 AM IST

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