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China came late to crewed space flight, launching its first man into space in 2003. (Photo: AP)

Report: China developing advanced lunar mission spaceship

The agency hopes Orion will carry astronauts into space by 2023.

10 March 2017 10:58 AM IST

Mount Etna, Europes most active volcano, spews lava during an eruption, near the Sicilian town of Catania, southern Italy. (Photo: AP)

Alaska volcano erupts again, sends ash cloud over Aleutians

Bogoslof Volcano erupted at 10:36 p.m. Tuesday, spewing ash for three hours and sending a cloud of it to 35,000 feet.

10 March 2017 10:41 AM IST

Sanjay Sudan and A.T. Shinjul

Thalassery school students to visit Nasa

Their project adjudged one of the best 3 by young scientists.

10 March 2017 1:46 AM IST

India and the US could jointly explore Mars in future. (Representational image)

Potatoes can be grown on Mars: study

The CIP launched a series of experiments to discover if potatoes can grow under Mars atmospheric conditions

9 March 2017 2:46 PM IST

Seven new Earth-sized exoplanets that may be able to sustain life have been discovered orbiting a star 39 light years away. (Photo: NASA)

NASA probe provides more information about TRAPPIST-1

These additional observations are expected to allow astronomers to refine the previous measurements of six planets

9 March 2017 2:27 PM IST

Photo: Illustration by Nature

Scientists create new form of matter 'Time Crystals'

The time crystal could find use in quantum computers and super-precise sensors.

9 March 2017 12:18 PM IST

The fault in our stars? (Photo: Pixabay)

Ancient stardust sheds light on the first stars

An international team of astronomers observed the most distant object ever.

9 March 2017 7:58 AM IST

A DNA study of an ancient fossil by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology has revealed that ostriches inhabited India about 25,000 years ago.

Genes show ostrich lived in India 130 million years ago

A DNA study by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology has revealed that ostriches inhabited India about 25,000...

9 March 2017 1:46 AM IST

The results showed that, although there were no adverse effects from taking statins, there were no advantages either for lung cancer patients. (Photo: Pixabay)

Mars trip may up leukaemia risk in astronauts: study

Researchers from NASA and are using human stem cells to measure the effects of deep space radiation.

8 March 2017 2:52 PM IST

In this Jan. 17, 1994, file photo, the covered body of Los Angeles Police Officer Clarence Wayne Dean, 46, lies near his motorcycle which plunged off the State Highway 14 overpass that collapsed onto Interstate 5, after a magnitude-6.7 Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles. A new study says an earthquake fault running from San Diego to Los Angeles is capable of producing a magnitude-7.4 temblor that could affect some of the most densely populated areas in California. (AP Photo/Doug Pizac, File)

Study: California fault could cause magnitude-7.4 quake

The fault poses a significant hazard to coastal Southern California and Tijuana, Mexico, according to the study.

8 March 2017 2:11 PM 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.

NASA to create the coolest spot in universe

NASA is planning to send an ice chest-sized box to the International Space Station (ISS).

8 March 2017 10:24 AM IST

A Vega launcher carrying the Sentinel-2B satellite lifts off from Europes Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on March 7, 2017 (Photo: AFP)

Europe launches fourth Earth monitoring satellite

Future satellites will focus on ocean data and Earth's atmosphere.

8 March 2017 8:24 AM IST