Space

Meteor Shower: First Ever Camelopardalid Approaches Earth; Must Watch for Skygazers [Representational Image]

Perseid Meteor Shower 2014: US, India and Europe to get Best View of 'Shooting Stars'; Tips on How to Watch it

The Perseid meteor shower 2014 will peak from Tuesday to Wednesday night. North America, Europe, Asia including India and some parts of Africa will have the best view of the Perseid meteor shower. However, majority parts of South America, some parts of Africa and most of Australia will have considerably low rate of shower.

Aug 13, 2014

Supermoon 2014: World Celebrates Biggest Moon of the Year [Photos]

An unusually big Supermoon lit the skies on Sunday, thereby offering a visual treat to the sky gazers across the globe.

Aug 11, 2014

Perseid Meteor Shower to Beautify the Sky Despite Supermoon: View Celestial Event Online

Sky watchers will be treated with another meteor show this year that will beautify the skies on 11 August.

Aug 11, 2014

Chandrayaan-2: Indo-Russian Moon Mission to be Launched by 2017

The revised Chandrayaan-2 project, an unmanned mission to moon jointly by India and Russia, is likely to be completed by 2016-17, the Indian government stated on Thursday.

Aug 8, 2014

NASA Plans to Make Oxygen on Mars 2020 Rover

The Mars 2020 Rover will have an array of futuristic gizmos, with an oxygen-making device being the highlight amongst them.

Aug 1, 2014

NASA's Mars Rover Opportunity Makes Space Record, Travels Furthest in Space

The Opportunity rover broke the Russian Rover, Lonokhod 2's previous record and intends to move on further.

Jul 29, 2014

Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower [Representational Image] (Wikimedia Commons/Brocken Inaglory)

Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower 2014: Watch the Shooting Stars on 29 July Live Online

The annual meteor shower, Delta Aquarid, will peak on the wee hours of Tuesday, 29 July. It is expected that up to 20 meteors per hour will amaze the sky gazers on that day.

Jul 28, 2014

India Earns ₹4,408 Crore by Launching Satellites of Other Countries

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has earned ₹4,408.07 crore, through launching satellites of other countries during the last 22 years, the Union government stated on Thursday.

Jul 17, 2014

Mars Curiosity Rover Finds Huge Iron Meteorite 'Lebanon' on Red Planet Surface

Nasa's Mars rover, Curiosity, has discovered its first meteorite on the planet's surface, and it is a mightily impressive one.

Jul 17, 2014

Apollo 11 Launch Anniversary: History and Bizarre Facts About Moon Mission

Today marks the 45th anniversary of the launch of Nasa's historic moon mission on 16 July 1969. Changing the course of human history, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr were sent into space.

Jul 16, 2014

NASA has predicted that humans will be able to find alien life forms within 20 years from now.

NASA: We will Find Aliens in 20 Years

NASA has predicted that humans will be able to find alien life forms 20 years from now.

Jul 16, 2014

Meteor? UFO-Landing Site? Mysterious Crater in Siberia's 'End of the World' Baffles Scientists

A huge and mysterious crater, spotted in a remote Siberian land ironically known as the "End of the World," has intrigued people and scientists.

Jul 16, 2014

Missing Light Crisis: 'Something is Amiss in the Universe'

There is a "missing light crisis" taking place in the universe with a huge deficit on what there should be and what there actually is, astronomers have said.

Jul 10, 2014