Space

Countdown for ISRO's GSAT-6A satellite begins, launch on March 29

The 27-hour countdown for GSAT-6A satellite launch began at 1.56 pm Wednesday and the GSLV will blast off the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, at 4.56 pm Thursday.

Mar 28, 2018

Massive supernova puts out dying, burning star in just a few days

Supernovas normally take months to burn out, but this one went out in less than 3 days, burning very brightly as it expelled the remnants of a dying star.

Mar 28, 2018

Tiangong-1: Why did China launch a space station and later abandon it?

The space station was designed to be in orbit for only two years, but spent over four years in space. It is finally coming down on April 1.

Mar 28, 2018

The truth about Elon Musk's SpaceX punching a hole in the atmosphere

No, the Falcon 9 did not make a hole in the ozone as it exited the Earth carrying a small satellite in August last year.

Mar 28, 2018

'Alien Megastructure' star has gone dark again, record dip in brightness observed

Tabby's Star has dipped in brightness yet again, this time to a record level, yet no one seems to know why.

Mar 27, 2018

Photos of China's Tiangong-1 hurtling towards Earth are terrifying: Should you worry?

Take a look at the images of flaming China satellite, Tiangong-1, which were shot using a radar imaging system as the module appeared in low orbital height.

Mar 27, 2018

Elon Musk's Mars colonization plans published- here are the highlights

Elon Musk's plans to colonize Mars, build a massive rocket, and set up a Moon base is now officially academic literature and it is free for all to read.

Mar 27, 2018

Coming soon, on-demand meteor showers from Japanese aerospace entertainment company

Meteor showers can be ordered over any city in the world soon and small metallic pellets will be dropped from a satellite about 355 km above the Earth to achieve it.

Mar 26, 2018

ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 launch postponed as lunar mission requires more tests

It was earlier said that ISRO would launch the second moon mission in April, but ISRO chairman K Sivan has revealed that Chandrayaan-2 will take off in October.

Mar 24, 2018

Newly born black hole dedicated to Stephen Hawking by Russian astronomers

Researchers in Moscow detected a gamma ray burst indicative of the death of a star two days after the passing away of Stephen Hawking.

Mar 22, 2018

Black hole spews radiation while devouring star, reveals its feeding habits

For the first time ever, there is a definitive proof on how radiation streams that come out of black holes are formed and how strong they can get.

Mar 21, 2018

Why is asteroid Bennu 'potentially hazardous'? Need for NASA HAMMER explained

In theory, asteroid Bennu could smack right into Earth around September 21 in the year 2135, but it is a remote possibility.

Mar 21, 2018

Trappist-1's Earth-sized worlds may have too much water to host life

Astronomers say water likely makes up more than half the mass of the outer planets in the Trappist-1 system.

Mar 21, 2018

NASA tests and licenses technology for 3D printed rocket engine nozzles

Rocket engine nozzles go through extreme heat and high pressure and typically take months to build, but NASA's technique cuts it down to a few weeks.

Mar 20, 2018

Oceans on Mars could have formed early because of violent volcanic eruptions

Oceans on Mars likely formed earlier than thought before, or along with the Solar System's largest volcano - Tharsis.

Mar 20, 2018