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NASA first astronaut woman to break this record

U.S. astronaut Christina Koch, who led the first all-female spacewalk in 2019, was due to return to Earth on Thursday after a record stay aboard the I...

Thursday, February 6, 2020 3:54 PM

Earth's temperature likely marks hottest decade on record

The past decade is almost certain to be the hottest on record, weather experts warned on Tuesday, painting a bleak picture of vanishing sea ice, devas...

Thursday, December 12, 2019 2:53 PM

ISRO launches PSLV-C48 carrying earth observation satellite from Sriharikota

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched a radar imaging earth observation satellite and nine customer satellites by PSLV-C...

Wednesday, December 11, 2019 4:25 PM

Post-apocalyptic fossils show rise of mammals after dinosaur demise

A revelatory cache of fossils dug up in central Colorado details as never before the rise of mammals from the post-apocalyptic landscape after an aste...

Friday, October 25, 2019 12:39 PM

Planetary 'autopsies' indicate worlds like Earth common in the cosmos

A new way of studying planets in other solar systems - by doing sort of an autopsy on planetary wreckage devoured by a type of star called a white dwa...

Friday, October 18, 2019 1:31 PM

Water outside Earth? Researchers discover vapour in exoplanet's atmosphere

In an unprecedented discovery, researchers have found water outside Earth, on an exoplanet- a planet out of our solar system.

Thursday, September 12, 2019 10:47 AM

Chandrayaan-2 completes second de-orbiting maneuver successfully: ISRO

The second de-orbiting maneuver for Chandrayan 2 spacecraft was performed successfully in the wee hours of Wednesday.

Wednesday, September 4, 2019 11:36 AM

Moon lander separation successful, says ISRO

ISRO on Monday successfully carried out the separation of lander 'Vikram' from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, the space agency said.

Monday, September 2, 2019 2:17 PM

Pentagon in talks with Australia on rare earths plant

The U.S. Department of Defense is in talks with Australia to host a facility that would process rare earth minerals, part of an effort to reduce relia...

Thursday, August 29, 2019 12:41 PM

Chandrayaan-2 leaves earth's orbit, moving towards moon

India's second moon mission 'Chandrayaan-2' left the earth's orbit early on Wednesday.

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 9:52 AM

Antarctic Ozone hole is healing: IIT Kharagpur study

A research team of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur have come up with new data "confirming" that the Antarctic Ozone hole is on a "healin...

Friday, November 30, 2018 12:05 PM

Moon to get first mobile phone network

The moon will get its first mobile phone network next year, enabling high-definition streaming from the lunar landscape back to earth, part of a proje...

Wednesday, February 28, 2018 1:08 PM