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Newly-found brightest galaxies are `outrageously luminous`

Big Bang and microwave background for this work. They estimate that the newly observed galaxies they identified are about 10 billion years old and were formed only about 4 billion years after the Big Bang.

Mar 23, 2016, 21:32 PM IST

When Giotto met Comet Halley 30 years ago – Watch!

This week, scientists are celebrating the 30th anniversary of Giotto spacecraft’s close encounter with Comet Halley.

Mar 14, 2016, 18:09 PM IST

Russia-Europe rocket blasts off on mission seeking life on Mars

Russia`s Proton rocket carrying the spacecraft launched into an overcast sky at the Russian-operated Baikonur cosmodrome in the Kazakh steppe at 0931 GMT according to plan.

Mar 14, 2016, 16:05 PM IST

Europe, Russia embark on search for life on Mars

Europe and Russia are set to launch an unmanned spacecraft on Monday to smell Mars' atmosphere for gassy evidence that life once existed on the Red Planet, or may do so still.

Mar 12, 2016, 11:13 AM IST

Check out: Tim Peake shares amazing photo of glowing aurora from space!

British astronaut Tim Peake has been showering us with the beautiful images of the Earth taken from the International Space Station.

Mar 11, 2016, 08:57 AM IST

See pic: NASA's Hubble spots a stellar fingerprint!

NASA further reported that under 10 million years old and not yet burning hydrogen at its core, unlike the sun, this star is still in its infancy.

Mar 05, 2016, 08:27 AM IST

Goodbye Philae! Earth to bid adieu to comet probe

The robotic lander has not called home to the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission since its last call to mothership Rosetta seven months ago.

Feb 12, 2016, 21:53 PM IST

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Final journey of Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad will be conducted today in his native state, Karnataka.

Feb 12, 2016, 12:43 PM IST

Philae comet probe: World prepares for final farewell

Philae is a robotic lander that accompanied the Rosetta spacecraft until it landed on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

Feb 04, 2016, 13:40 PM IST

See pic: Beautiful image of Moscow under aurora from Space!

Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (ESA) shared this stunning image of Moscow under the aurora taken 200 miles above the Earth.

Jan 28, 2016, 10:26 AM IST

Check out: NASA's image of the day- Space Station Flyover of the Mediterranean

US space agency NASA has unveiled a beautiful picture of the dazzling lights of the Mediterranean.

Jan 27, 2016, 10:01 AM IST

NASA programme to protect Earth from asteroids

NASA, however, said that it has an asteroid impact and deflection mission concept in the works with the European Space Agency.

Jan 17, 2016, 19:19 PM IST

European Space Agency announces plans to build a 'Moon village' by 2030

According to the European Space Agency, a man made base on the moon should turn into reality by 2030.

Jan 05, 2016, 09:41 AM IST

British astronaut swaps family Christmas for space mission

"We've been so busy focusing on this mission I forgot that Christmas is just a week away," Peake told reporters at the Cosmonaut Hotel in Baikonur today.

Dec 14, 2015, 23:31 PM IST

Nod to Arianespace for launch of ISRO satellite

Arianespace got the nod to go ahead with the November 10 launch of Indian communication satellite GSAT-15 and Arabsat-6B, the agency said.

Nov 07, 2015, 11:18 AM IST

Hubble zeros in on quadruple star system DI Cha

DI Cha, also known as Hen 3-593 or HIP 54365, is a quadruple system containing two sets of binary stars, though only two stars are apparent.

Nov 02, 2015, 18:24 PM IST

Antarctica is gaining ice: NASA

According to the analysis of satellite data, the Antarctic ice sheet showed a net gain of 112 billion tonnes of ice a year from 1992 to 2001.

Nov 02, 2015, 10:55 AM IST

European-Russian joint mission to colonise the Moon

The probe, named “Luna 27,” will explore the freezing “dark” south pole of the Moon to assess whether there is water or any raw materials to create fuel and oxygen.

Oct 19, 2015, 20:58 PM IST

New 'SkinSuit' trialled in space

The SkinSuit is the brainchild of Dr James Waldie, aerospace engineer and senior research associate at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne.

Oct 19, 2015, 13:53 PM IST