Did aliens make an appearance during the Super Blue Blood Moon? - Watch
The video was shared on YouTube by the alien-hunting channel called 'UFOmania' and managed to fetch more than 40,000 views in just 24 hours.
Feb 02, 2018, 17:25 PM IST
Russian Roscosmos successfully flags off 11 space satellites 'without glitch'
During its mission the Fregat upper-stage rocket performed a complex sequence, forming several orbits for the delivery of the satellites, the Roscosmos space agency said.
Feb 01, 2018, 16:16 PM IST
Remembering Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian woman in space, on her 15th death anniversary
She was 40-years-old at the time of her death.
Feb 01, 2018, 09:41 AM IST
Scientists use microbes to convert human waste into space food
The study was published in the quarterly scientific journal Life Sciences in Space Research.
Jan 31, 2018, 18:56 PM IST
NASA attempting to contact satellite it lost contact with over a decade ago
NASA said it has acquired time on the Deep Space Network to focus on the source and determine whether the signal is indeed IMAGE.
Jan 31, 2018, 11:43 AM IST
NASA postpones second spacewalk, schedules it for mid-February
The spacewalk is to be performed by NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei – who led the first spacewalk on January 23 as well – joined by Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
Jan 29, 2018, 17:24 PM IST
NASA shows interest in technology developed by Rajasthan-based researcher
According to Dr Tailor, the thermal spray coating technology could reduce the thermal spray coating cost by almost 50 percent.
Jan 29, 2018, 12:58 PM IST
SpaceX schedules early February launch of Falcon Heavy rocket
The Falcon Heavy, a reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle, is seen as the world's most powerful rocket since NASA's Saturn V moon rocket in the 1960s.
Jan 28, 2018, 12:10 PM IST
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei captures first space-selfie of 2018 – See pic
On Monday, January 29, Mark Vande Hei will lead another spacewalk, this time with crewmate Norishige Kanai of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), to complete maintenance on the robotic hand of the Canadarm2's robotic arm.
Jan 27, 2018, 12:36 PM IST
There are two planets that can support human life, say scientists
The planets studied are referred to by letter, planets b through h, in order of their distance from the star.
Jan 24, 2018, 17:51 PM IST
It's a wrap! NASA astronauts successfully complete 2018's first spacewalk
The spacewalk was the 206th in support of space station assembly and maintenance, the third in Mark Vande Hei’s career and the first for Scott Tingle.
Jan 24, 2018, 11:27 AM IST
Changes in Mercury's orbit reveal how the Sun is losing mass as it ages
For long, scientists have studied Mercury's motion, and have also charted a road map of Mercury's orbit, called "ephemeris" to study its closest point to the Sun and its farthest point from the Sun.
Jan 23, 2018, 19:06 PM IST
A 'hot Jupiter' with unusual winds? Scientists discover mysterious exoplanet
Unlike Jupiter, the so-called hot Jupiters circle astonishingly close to their host star – so close that it typically takes fewer than three days to complete an orbit.
Jan 23, 2018, 18:30 PM IST
Astronauts all set to venture out of the ISS for 2018's first spacewalk today
This will be the first spacewalk of 2018 with Vande Hei taking the lead.
Jan 23, 2018, 10:33 AM IST
Gurugram villagers left disappointed after 'fallen meteor' turned out to be frozen human poop
The object's yellowish-brown colour and transparent surface led villagers to mistake it for a space rock. Some villagers even took pieces of the rock home and refrigerated it.
Jan 22, 2018, 18:38 PM IST
SpaceX's three-core Falcon Heavy rocket launch deferred due to US govt shutdown
The US government shutdown has left upcoming launches from NASA and space transport services company SpaceX in limbo.
Jan 22, 2018, 13:02 PM IST
NASA's small nuclear reactor to power habitat on Mars
This pioneering space fission power system could provide up to 10 kilowatts of electrical power, enough to run two average households, continuously for at least 10 years
Jan 19, 2018, 11:31 AM IST
Lonely black hole hiding in giant star cluster identified
Astronomers discovered that one of the stars in a global cluster is being flung backwards and forwards at speeds of several hundred thousand kilometres per hour, with the pattern repeating every 167 days.
Jan 18, 2018, 19:10 PM IST
Saturn's moon Titan has 'sea levels' similar to Earth, reveals Cassini
Titan is the only world we know of in our solar system, besides Earth, that has stable liquid on its surface and the latest finding that shows remarkable similarities between the two.
Jan 18, 2018, 13:45 PM IST
New Earth observation satellite successfully launched by Japan
This was the first launch of a JAXA Epsilon rocket ordered by a private company, a successful concept which the Japanese Aerospace agency hopes will boost this type of order.
Jan 18, 2018, 08:56 AM IST
