Hydrogen drawn from water in microgravity could fuel future deep-space travel

A multinational team of researchers decided to test their experiment in microgravity by building a tall tower and dropping it in a theme park styled laboratory.

Jul 11, 2018

Russia breaks record by launching fastest-ever mission to International Space Station

The mission was to deliver nearly 3 tonnes material that includes food, fuel and other supplies, the unmanned Progress cargo rocket lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

Jul 11, 2018

Israel is going to the Moon – SpaceX to launch lunar lander by year end

If it goes according to plan, Israel will be the third nation to successfully manage a soft touchdown on the Moon. Only the USA and China have managed to leave their mark on the Moon so far.

Jul 11, 2018

Listen to spooky plasma waves moving between Saturn and its moon Enceladus

Sweeping, hollow wave-like sounds, punctuated with a steady, fast-moving beat make it sound like the background score of a gripping horror film.

Jul 10, 2018

Panspermia theory proposes Earth was impregnated with life by falling asteroids

The Earth is about 4 billion years old and there is enough evidence to show that life evolved here, but where and at what point of time did life originate?

Jul 16, 2018

Airbus working on Mars rover to bring soil samples back to Earth

In 2026, Nasa will launch a recovery mission and will land a rocket on Mars carrying the Fetch rover.

Jul 9, 2018

Milky Way Galaxy looks the way it does because of a collision 10 billion years ago

The galaxy that crashed into the Milky Way did not survive the collision and its remains got scattered all over the galaxy. The debris is still visible to this day.

Jul 9, 2018

Aggressive mutant space bacteria poses serious risk to life on Earth, warns Russia

Bacteria and life, in general, go through a massive change in space and these mutated life forms could pose a serious risk to Earth, say the Russians.

Jul 8, 2018

NASA pauses Kepler Space Telescope's observations to download data as mission draws to an end

NASA says that the fuel is running very low and it is likely to run out in a few months at best. Kepler has been staring at the cosmos since 2009 and over 2,600 planets have been found using it.

Jul 8, 2018

NASA finds superstar system shooting cosmic rays at us from 10,000 light years away

The Eta Carinae star system is about 7,500 light years from Earth and is the brightest star in what makes up the constellation Carina.

Jul 6, 2018

Agriculture in space soon a reality? NASA astronauts might swap canned food for fresh greens

Agriculture in space will be the next big thing by NASA. In collaboration with a third-party, the space administration is studying crops that are expected to grow well in specific space conditions.

Jul 6, 2018

Europe takes space food craze a step further, Russia to make astronaut diet accessible to public

Seeing the increasing demand for space food on the global platform, especially after its popularity online and its rapid sales at an amusement park in Moscow, Russia is all set to make space food more accessible to the public.

Jul 6, 2018

Even dense neutron stars fall at the same rate as a feather – Einstein was right after all

The recent research is ten times more precise than the previous best test of gravity. The study shows that Einstein's Strong Equivalence Principle still stands. Alternative theories to General Relativity are not looking too good at this time.

Jul 5, 2018

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