Rare photos of spaceship before it hit comet revealed
The European Space Agency (ESA) has shared a hidden image from Rosetta spacecraft, moments before it struck a comet.
Sep 30, 2017, 14:58 PM IST
Hubble telescope spots farthest active inbound comet
Slightly warmed by the Sun, it has already begun to develop a fuzzy cloud of dust over 100,000 kilometres wide, called a coma, enveloping a tiny, solid nucleus of frozen gas and dust.
Sep 30, 2017, 14:13 PM IST
Moon village the first stop to Mars: ESA
At an annual gathering of 4,000 global space experts in Adelaide, the ESA said the Moon was the “right place to be” as humans expand economic activities beyond low-Earth orbit, even while Mars remained the “ultimate destination”.
Sep 29, 2017, 16:10 PM IST
Launch of James Webb Space Telescope delayed by NASA
NASA has postponed the launch of James Webb Space Telescope from October 2018 to around mid-2019 due to issues related to integration of various spacecraft elements.
Sep 29, 2017, 13:30 PM IST
Elon Musk vows to transform travel, colonise Mars
SpaceX plans its first trip to the red planet in 2022, carrying only cargo, to be followed by a manned mission in 2024, Musk, who serves as chief executive and lead designer of Space Exploration Technologies
Sep 29, 2017, 12:44 PM IST
'Several China's space missions delayed due to failed rocket'
The Long March-5 rocket made its maiden flight in November 2016 from Wenchang, successfully sending its payload into pre-set orbit.
Sep 28, 2017, 16:30 PM IST
Eating habits of black holes make some galaxies appear brighter
For decades, astronomers have tried to pin down why two of the most common types of active galaxies, known as Type-I and Type-II galaxies, appear different when observed from Earth.
Sep 28, 2017, 16:24 PM IST
India set for another rendezvous with Moon, Chandrayaan 2 to lift off in March 2018
Chandrayaan 2 will be launched aboard GSLV Mk 2, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Sep 28, 2017, 14:10 PM IST
Fourth gravitational wave signal detected – Five things you need to know
The latest observation was made on August 14, 2017. It's the first gravitational wave signal recorded by the Virgo detector.
Sep 28, 2017, 09:56 AM IST
Time-lapse video of dancing northern lights from space has taken the Internet by storm – Watch
Astronauts who have been a part of the space station crew in the past, have all shared beautiful images of auroras seen from the orbiting laboratory, forming a shield-like cover on the Earth's surface.
Sep 27, 2017, 13:57 PM IST
NASA's OSIRIS-REx captures Earth in all its glory while on its way to Bennu – See pic
While whizzing past our home planet, the MapCam camera on the spacecraft looked towards Earth to capture a color composite image, which NASA has now released.
Sep 27, 2017, 09:44 AM IST
New Horizons: Origins of Pluto's giant blades of ice decoded
They are one of the most puzzling feature types on Pluto, and it now appears the blades are related to Pluto’s complex climate and geological history.
Sep 27, 2017, 08:55 AM IST
Hidden lava tubes on Moon, Mars can serve as human habitats
Lava tubes can form in two ways: 'overcrusted' tubes form when low-viscosity lava flows fairly close to the surface, developing a hard crust that thickens to create a roof above the moving lava stream.
Sep 26, 2017, 19:04 PM IST
Designed to last 6 months, India's Mangalyaan completes 3 years in Mars orbit
The country had on September 24, 2014 successfully placed the Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft in the orbit around the red planet, in its very first attempt, thus breaking into an elite club.
Sep 26, 2017, 13:01 PM IST
NASA's Hubble spies on cool galaxy with a hot corona! - See pic
At 150 million light-years from Earth, astronomers highlighted NGC 6753 as one of only two known spiral galaxies that were both massive enough and close enough to permit detailed observations of their coronas.
Sep 25, 2017, 12:49 PM IST
Pence to visit NASA centre building deep space mission rocket
NASA has set its goal of sending humans to the Red Planet in the 2030s.
Sep 25, 2017, 12:06 PM IST
NASA's heartbeat detector helps search for Mexico quake survivors
In tests, FINDER has detected heartbeats through 30 feet of rubble or 20 feet of solid concrete.
Sep 25, 2017, 12:00 PM IST
Australia makes official announcement to establish its own national space agency
The space industry is worth $318 billion annually globally and $3.1 billion in Australia alone.
Sep 25, 2017, 11:11 AM IST
Ultra-high energy cosmic rays come from outside our galaxy
Cosmic rays are atomic nuclei that travel through space at speeds close to that of light.
Sep 23, 2017, 16:05 PM IST
NASA's asteroid-bound spacecraft slingshots past Earth
NASA`s asteroid sample return spacecraft flew past Earth on Friday on its way to asteroid Bennu, for a rendezvous next August.
Sep 23, 2017, 12:34 PM IST
