ISRO successfully tests crew escape module for human spaceflight

The test at Satish Dhawan Space Centre lasted 259 seconds. It was labelled a success after the crew escape system deployed successfully.

Jul 5, 2018

NASA is looking for new ways to manage trash when travelling in deep space

As humans travel further and further away from Earth, there will be no chance for supply missions to actually remove trash and bring stuff in, so there is an urgent call for technology that can help with trash management.

Jul 4, 2018

Asteroids and meteors result of a five-planet crash that annihilated whole worlds

The asteroid belt contains most of the remaining fragments of the rocks that could not become planets. Now there are about 200,000 asteroids in the region between Mars and Jupiter

Jul 4, 2018

Uranus experienced a 'cataclysmic collision' billions of years ago and got its rings in return

The massive impact might have also been responsible for the molten ice and lopsided lumps of rock inside the planet. The event also explains the planet's off-center magnetic field.

Jul 4, 2018

ISRO's eye captures image of galaxy cluster 800 million light years away

The three merging clusters have more than 500 galaxies and almost 100 times larger and more than 1,500 times massive as compared to our own Milky Way Galaxy.

Jul 4, 2018

PSLV breaks into Australian space market, to launch satellite from Down Under this year

PSLV has launched 237 satellites, nearly half of them from the United States and 27 other countries since its first commercial launch in 1999.

Jul 3, 2018

NASA wants to create a real life 'Prime Directive' to protect planets from humans

Planetary Protection Policies are out of date and need to be updated before humans start setting foot on other planets and bringing back samples to Earth.

Jul 3, 2018

Beam of light from neutron star merger seen for first time

Binary neutron stars GW170817 merged about 130 million light years away in the galaxy NGC 4993 and a beam of light and particles was seen peeking out from behind the Sun.

Jul 3, 2018

First ever image of a newborn planet caught by the ESO Very Large Telescope

The young planet is many times as big as Jupiter and has a surface temperature of over 1,000 degrees C.

Jul 3, 2018

July 2018: You can see Mars without a telescope throughout this month - how to identify the red planet

Take a good look at Mars as it comes ever so close to Earth this month. Mars will be closest to Earth on July 31 and this will not happen for the next 17 years,

Jul 2, 2018

NASA is on the hunt for strange meteorites that crashed into the Pacific Ocean

In March this year, a few meteors fell into the Pacific Ocean. They must be incredibly tough because they did not burn up in the atmosphere.

Jul 2, 2018

Electricity on Mars? It is possible to harvest wind energy, says new study

Most other sources of power like thermoelectric or even solar might not be as effective in the long run and wind could be a way to supplement other sources of power on Mars.

Jun 29, 2018

NASA on Oumuamua: Everything we know and what we don't about the interstellar visitor

Oumuamua's trajectory changed recently, leading astronomers to conclude that it is a comet. Here are all the things that we know and what we still don't know about this interstellar traveller.

Jun 29, 2018

Project Blue: Mission to photograph Earth-like exoplanets where humans could live

The Kepler-186f, about 550 light years away was the first identified exoplanet that is potentially habitable and it has been found to be a lot more habitable than once believed.

Jun 29, 2018

Milky Way galaxy is filled with carbon-rich, toxic 'space grease'

There are nearly 100 greasy carbon atoms for every million hydrogen atoms out there. That makes up for between a quarter and a half of all available carbon. In the Milky Way Galaxy alone, this makes up about 10 billion trillion, trillion tonnes of grease.

Jun 28, 2018