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The International Space Station.Science
China to launch core module of its space station in 2018

The core module will be followed by a series of launches for other components of the space station.

3 March 2017 8:48 AM IST

A galaxy includes not only stars, planets, moons, gases, dust and other objects and material, but also a big helping of dark matter, a mysterious and invisible form of matter that is not yet fully understood.Science
Highest-resolution 3D maps of dark matter created

Scientist have created one of the highest-resolution 3D maps of dark matter ever.

2 March 2017 2:00 PM IST

Haematite tubes from the NSB hydrothermal vent deposits that represent the oldest microfossils and evidence for life on Earth 3.8 to 4.3 billion years ago. (Photo: AFP)Science
Fossils point to life on Earth 4 billion years ago

The fact that life kick-started not long after Earth formed suggests it could also emerge on watery worlds outside our...

2 March 2017 8:58 AM IST

SupermoonScience
Moon tourists risk rough ride, experts say

SpaceX announced it would launch two tourists to skirt Earth's satellite in 2018

2 March 2017 8:39 AM IST

NASA physicist Katherine Johnson (C), whose likeness is set to be made into a Lego, is surrounded by Hidden Figures actresses Janelle Monae (L), Taraji P. Henson (2ndR) and Octavia Spencer (R) as they present on stage at the Oscars February 26, 2017 (Photo: AFP)Science
Hidden figures no more: Lego honors 'Women of NASA'

Lego said it expects the new -"Women of NASA-" set to be available by the end of the year or in early 2018.

2 March 2017 8:26 AM IST

Universities and institutions can venture into Space technology on-orbit with guidance and support from Isro.Science
Descent experiments on Chandrayan-2 on: Isro

The GSLV Mk-II rocket with Saarc satellite will be launched at the end of March and GSLV Mk-III rocket will be launched...

2 March 2017 6:33 AM IST

It was flight-tested by DRDO in the presence of senior scientists and officials of the Strategic Forces Command.Science
Made-in-India's supersonic interceptor missile hits target

The missile capable of destroying incoming enemy ballistic missiles at low altitude met all its mission objectives.

2 March 2017 12:38 AM IST

NASA has designed a 11.4 centimetres carbon-composite shield, which is designed to withstand temperatures outside the spacecraft of 1,370 degrees Celsius. (Photo: Applied Physics Laboratory)Science
NASA plans Sun mission to probe its atmosphere

NASA plans to launch the Solar Probe Plus mission to the Sun which is about 149 million kilometres from the Earth.

1 March 2017 8:20 AM IST

An artists impression released on December 9, 2016 by the European Space Agency shows a Sun-like star close to a rapidly spinning supermassive black holeScience
When galaxies crash, black holes devour stars

The chances of a star disappearing into the maw of a black hole go up a hundredfold when galaxies crash

28 Feb 2017 8:12 AM IST

\We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year,\ said a statement by CEO Elon Musk.Science
SpaceX to send two tourists around Moon in 2018

The United States has not sent astronauts to the Moon since NASA's Apollo missions of the 1960s and '70s.

28 Feb 2017 7:52 AM IST

A space craft depictScience
First robotic spacecraft to Sun next year

NASA plans to launch the Solar Probe Plus mission to the Sun which is about 149 million kilometres from the Earth.

28 Feb 2017 2:09 AM IST

The sample was only around 1.5 micrometres thick and 10 micrometres in diameter - a fifth the diameter of a strand of human hair. It is possible that the sample is stable somewhere and missing, researchers said.Science
World's first metallic hydrogen sample disappears

The metallic hydrogen was being stored at temperatures around minus 193 degrees Celsius and at high pressures between...

27 Feb 2017 7:55 PM IST

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