WATCH | Meteor shower in Australia has residents describing it as 'a big giant stomping on the ceiling'

CCTV footage from Alice Springs and Tennant Creek (central Australia) captured the meteor shower on May 19.

27 days ago

Mysterious dark matter smashed through our milky way and it's hiding somewhere

A piece of dark matter has ripped a hole in our galaxy and no one seems to find out where it went in our galaxy.

28 days ago

Blue Moon: Life on the Moon may not be too far away

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin revealed their first lunar lander, Blue Moon.

May 10, 2019

Beresheet, Israel's $100 million spacecraft, crashes minutes before moon landing

The $100 million spacecraft, built by SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries, lost communications with the control room during the landing sequence.

Apr 12, 2019

Big questions the first close-up image of a black hole does not answer

The image that European Space Agency obtained from a network of radio telescopes proved decades of predictions on how the event horizon behaves but many vital questions remain unanswered

Apr 11, 2019

ISRO's spy in the sky: All you need to know about India's intel satellite EMISAT

Historic PSLV-C45 flight places India's 'spy detector' satellite on orbit to act as a force multiplier by monitoring electromagnetic radiation indicating radar activity.

Apr 1, 2019

Don't make space unstable, US warns India after Mission Shakti missile test

The External Affairs Ministry has played down any risk of debris, noting the test was in low-Earth orbit and said the remnants would "decay and fall back on to the Earth within weeks."

Mar 28, 2019

Mission Shakti: Will India's anti-satellite missile (ASAT) test trigger space arms race in the region?

India's new capability achieved with Mission Shakti will drive China to further develop its anti-satellite weapons system, which is already watched with grave suspicion by the US.

Mar 27, 2019

What is Mission Shakti, anti-satellite weapon that India tested today?

ASAT are space weapons designed to disable or destroy satellites for strategic military purposes. Testing this missile today, India showed its military might in space as it became the 4th country to become a part of the elite space superpower club.

Mar 27, 2019

Twitter goes berserk after PM Modi's speech; Rahul Gandhi wishes World Theatre Day

PM Modi has announced that India has become a space superpower along with the United States, Russia and China.

Mar 27, 2019

NASA declares end of Opportunity rover's mission on Mars

The rover last communicated with Earth on June 10, 2018, as a dust storm blanketed the solar-powered rover's location on Mars. It has not been heard from for eight months since then.

Feb 14, 2019

British billionaire Richard Branson to go to space by July?

Branson wants to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, which took place on July 20, 1960, during the Apollo 11 mission.

Feb 8, 2019

India successfully launches communication satellite GSAT-31

According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the telecommunication satellite, GSAT-31, was successfully launched on February 6 from Kourou launch base.

Feb 6, 2019

NASA spacecraft's first orbit around asteroid Bennu breaks record

Inching around the asteroid at a snail's pace, OSIRIS-REx's first orbit marks a leap for humankind.

Jan 1, 2019

ISRO launches 'Indian Angry Bird' satellite to improve defense communication

The satellite, GSAT-7A, along with GSAT-6 and GSAT-7, will form a band to help with defence and security communication in the Ku band over India.

Dec 19, 2018