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Nasas competition was aimed at finding a safe, medically sound solution for taking waste away from astronauts bodies if confined for long.

NASA weighing risk of adding crew to megarocket's 1st flight

The objective is to speed up a manned mission; under the current plan, astronauts wouldn't climb aboard until 2021.

25 Feb 2017 7:59 AM IST

Solar nebula is a key stage during which much of the solar system evolution took shape. (Photo: NASA)

Solar system exploration human imperative of the future

The former Chairman of ISRO said that establishing a human colony on the Moon is certainly possible that can use...

24 Feb 2017 2:57 PM IST

The Sun will all but disappear as the Moon crosses its path. (Representational image)

'Ring of fire' eclipse treat for southern skygazers

A spectacular 'ring of fire' solar eclipse Sunday will regale skygazers in South America and southern Africa.

24 Feb 2017 10:39 AM IST

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

Scientists turn to Chile's Atacama desert to study life on Mars

Astrobiologists seeking to understand where life might be found on Mars.

24 Feb 2017 9:44 AM IST

Juno trekking to Jupitor (Photo : NASA/ Twitter)

NASA's Jupiter-circling spacecraft stuck making long laps

It currently takes Juno 53 days to fly around the solar system's biggest planet.

24 Feb 2017 9:28 AM IST

An illustration showing the SpaceX Dragon attached to the Space Station Harmony Module. (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX cargo ship arrives at space station after GPS glitch delay

The Dragon cargo ship made a perfect approach to the capture point.

24 Feb 2017 7:47 AM IST

A GPS problem forced Space X to abort a planned rendezvous between an unmanned Dragon cargo ship and the International Space Station. (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX cargo ship aborts rendezvous with space station

The cargo ship is packed with more than 5,000 pounds (2,267 kilograms) of food, gear and science experiments for the six...

23 Feb 2017 8:47 AM IST

his handout artists conception released by the European Southern Observatory shows a size comparison of the planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system, lined up in order of increasing distance from their host star. (Photo: AFP)

Exoplanets 101: Looking for life beyond our Solar System

The first exoplanet was detected in 1995, but the number has exploded in the last few years.

23 Feb 2017 8:32 AM IST

All of them orbit at the right distance to possibly have liquid water somewhere on their surfaces.

Seven new Earth-sized exoplanets found

Astronomers have found other seven-planet systems before, but this is the first time to have so many Earth-sized worlds.

23 Feb 2017 8:04 AM 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)

Cool facts about 7 Earth-size planets circling single star

Astronomers have discovered seven Earth-size planets orbiting a single nearby star.

23 Feb 2017 7:49 AM IST

NASA finds 7 new Earth-size planets orbiting star, could hold life

NASA finds 7 new Earth-size planets orbiting star, could hold life

The planets circle tightly around a dim dwarf star called Trappist-1, barely the size of Jupiter.

23 Feb 2017 12:13 AM IST

The Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment operates at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in the Black Hills of South Dakota

NASA telescope detects possible dark matter signals

The signal is similar to one seen by the NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope at the centre of our own Milky Way...

22 Feb 2017 8:39 PM IST