Washington: NASA’s newest planet hunter telescope, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (…
SpaceX to send Japanese billionaire as private passenger to the Moon
California: A Japanese billionaire, Yusaku Maezawa, will be the first private passenger to fly aboar…
Refurbished KAPS-2 nuclear plant in Gujarat attains ‘criticality’
Mumbai: Two years after the shut down of the Kakrapur Atomic Power Station (KAPS-1&2) due to a l…
Indian rocket lifts off with two earth observation satellites from UK
Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted off success…
Carbon from polluted air is reaching placenta: Study
Washington: Turns out, soot from polluted air can affect the placenta. According to a recent researc…
Hubble’s new campaign to observe early galaxy formations
Washington: Hubble Space Telescope has embarked on a new campaign to help astronomers better underst…
Here’s how air pollution affects foetal development
Washington: For the first time, researchers have found evidence of tiny particles of carbon, typical…
BPA replacements in plastics may up reproductive problems
New York: The array of alternative bisphenols A (BPA) now used to replace the plastic chemical in bo…
Optimism trumps despair at climate summit
San Francisco: Mayors, governors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, investors and celebrities delivered a double-…
Eyes in the sky aim to protect Earth’s rainforests, resources
San Francisco: In the Brazilian state of Para, every week, authorities receive alerts showing them w…
India will fly its first small rocket next year: ISRO Chairman
Chennai: The Indian space agency expects to fly its first small rocket with a carrying capacity of a…
NASA space lasers to reveal new depths of planet’s ice loss
Tampa: NASA is poised to launch Saturday its most advanced space laser ever, ICESat-2, a $1 billion …
ISRO not to fly any living being before actual manned space mission
Chennai: The Indian space agency will not test fly any living being on its two experimental flights …
SpaceX announces new plan to send tourist around Moon
Los Angeles: SpaceX on Thursday announced a new plan to launch a tourist around the Moon using its B…
Pro-hunting nations block whale sanctuary bid
Brazil: Pro-whaling nations on Tuesday blocked a near two-decade effort to create a South Atlantic h…
NASA’s Orion aces final parachute test ahead of Moon mission
Washington: NASA has successfully completed the final test to qualify Orion’s space capsule…
India to launch two UK satellites on Sunday
Chennai: Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will put into orbit on Sunday two forei…
Russia denies suspecting US astronauts of drilling hole on space station
Moscow:Russia on Wednesday reacted angrily to a report that it suspects US astronauts of deliberatel…
NASA to launch satellite tracking Earth’s melting ice on Saturday
Washington: NASA is set to launch its Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2 —…
Researchers map Disney star Nemo’s genomes!
Washington: A team of researchers mapped Nemo’s genome, providing the research community with …