Space

Dinosaur-killing asteroid also triggered a global warming that lasted 100,000 years

The impact created a heat wave so intense that it melted rocks and set off wildfires that stretched across continents, with the increased temperatures on Earth lasting for thousands of years.

May 25, 2018

SpaceX wants to build underground Boring Company tunnels in Mars for human habitation

Humans might end up being Mars' mole people because the surface of the red planet is not exactly safe. Cosmic radiation, falling meteors, and Sun's rays have no filter on Mars because there is no magnetic field and the atmosphere is too thin.

May 24, 2018

NASA's Parker probe to 'touch the Sun' will carry 1.1 million names on its journey

The Parker Solar Probe is the first ever attempt to travel to the outer atmosphere of a star and study solar winds. The spacecraft will also carry a memory card with 1.1 million names on it to the Sun.

May 23, 2018

The EmDrive 'impossible engine' was built and tested- it works because of magnetic waves

EmDrive is a machine that produces thrust without exhaust and is seen as one of the frontline technologies that can finally take humans interstellar. A recent study was able to build an EmDrive and also test it, but it seems like the Earth's gravity plays a big role in its working.

May 23, 2018

SpaceX launches NASA's twin GRACE-FO satellites to track Earth's ice, gravity and water

SpaceX used the same Falcon 9 they used to launch the Zuma payload for the USAF last year. While the team did not attempt to land the core stage, they did try to catch the fairing. But Mr.Steven, the giant net aboard a ship, was unable to stick.

May 23, 2018

Is an exploding star to blame for a mass extinction on Earth 2.5 million years ago?

A supernova occurred about 160 light years away, 2.5 million years ago, and it might have permanently altered life on the planet at a DNA level.

May 22, 2018

New evidence suggests the existence of 'Planet Nine' somewhere beyond Pluto

The orbit of this planet, should it exist, will be about 10 to 20 thousand Earth years and it will be about 4 times the size of Earth and 10 times as dense.

May 22, 2018

Alien asteroid near Jupiter is first known outsider to travel through space to Solar System

A weird asteroid lives near Jupiter and shares its orbit, but spins in the opposite direction. It has traveled several millions of kilometres to end up inside the Solar System.

May 22, 2018

ISRO completes tests on GSAT-11, glitch-free satellite may be launched soon

ISRO's GSAT-11 is a communication satellite, said to be the "heaviest satellite ever." Weighing about 5,725 kilograms, the GSAT-11 is likely to blast off from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. The cost of the mission has been pegged at around Rs 500 crore.

May 21, 2018

First private-funding mission to the moon to be carried out in 2019

China's Magpie Bridge satellite will orbit 455,000 km from Earth to control future Moon robots

This is the first communications satellite that will operate so far from Earth and it is designed to help Chinese engineers control their robot which will explore the dark side of the Moon

May 21, 2018

China launches satellite to explore Moon's far side

Queqiao is expected to enter a halo orbit around the second Lagrangian (L2) point of the Earth-Moon system, about 455,000 km from the Earth. It will be the world's first communication satellite operating in that orbit. Monday's launch was the 275th mission of the Long March rocket series.

May 21, 2018

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Space

Dinosaur-killing asteroid also triggered a global warming that lasted 100,000 years

SpaceX wants to build underground Boring Company tunnels in Mars for human habitation

NASA's Parker probe to 'touch the Sun' will carry 1.1 million names on its journey

The EmDrive 'impossible engine' was built and tested- it works because of magnetic waves

SpaceX launches NASA's twin GRACE-FO satellites to track Earth's ice, gravity and water

Is an exploding star to blame for a mass extinction on Earth 2.5 million years ago?

New evidence suggests the existence of 'Planet Nine' somewhere beyond Pluto

Alien asteroid near Jupiter is first known outsider to travel through space to Solar System

ISRO completes tests on GSAT-11, glitch-free satellite may be launched soon

China's Magpie Bridge satellite will orbit 455,000 km from Earth to control future Moon robots

China launches satellite to explore Moon's far side

Strange laser beams being fired at Earth from Ant Nebula in deep space

NASA's exoplanet hunter takes first image of the cosmos as it swings by the Moon

Wrong axial tilt can freeze Earth-like planets even within the 'Goldilocks Zone'

China to compete with SpaceX by developing its own cheap, reusable rockets; launch by 2020

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]