Life on Mars: European Space Agencys ambitions to reach the Moon and Mars

Over the next 10 years, the European Space Agency is planning to search for life on Mars, to begin the process of setting up a village on the moon and to test out deep space habitats for future long-duration missions.

Sep 21, 2016

NASA spacecraft to assess likelyhood of asteroid Bennu hitting Earth

The OSIRIS-REx aircraft successfully located the asteroid, which has a possibility of 1 in 2,500 of crashing with Earth.

Sep 15, 2016

Astronomers discover hundreds of black holes hiding in the star system

Astronomers at University of Surrey found evidence of black holes in the globular cluster NGC 6101. Using computer simulation they showed that the clusters strange appearance can be explained if stellar mass black holes are still present in the cluster. Until now it was assumed that black holes in globular clusters usually are ejected after their creation.

Sep 8, 2016

ISRO launches GSLV rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre Sriharikota [VIDEO]

The GSLV's success is important for India because it will be used to launch the country's second mission to the moon next year.

Sep 8, 2016

Astronomers make rare discovery that could help explain Milky Way formation

The Terzan 5 cluster could shed light on how the Milky Way was formed after an Italian-led team of astronomers found it contained two very different types of stars; some very young and some very old. The 7 billion year age gap between the two different types of stars suggests that star formation in Terzan 5 was not continuous but happened in two very distinct bursts.

Sep 7, 2016

Ice volcano half the size of Mount Everest found on dwarf planet Ceres near Jupiter [Watch Video]

The 4km high cryovolcano was identified using images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

Sep 3, 2016

New research shows dwarf planet has evidence of geological processes

A huge ice volcano has been discovered on Ceres, the dwarf planet that sits between Mars and Jupiter. Using imaging data from Nasa’s Dawn spacecraft, a team of scientists say they have found a 4km high cryovolcano formation, which has been dubbed Ahuna Mons.

Sep 1, 2016

Extraterrestrial radio signals investigated

A curious radio signal picked up by a Russian telescope is probably not a transmission from an extraterrestrial civilisation, but astronomers in California are taking a second look anyway, the SETI Institute said. A group of Russian astronomers last year detected what appeared to be a non-naturally occurring radio signal in the general location of a star system 94 light-years from Earth. SETI astronomers have spent the last two nights using an array of radio telescopes in California to study the suspect star, HD 164595, which has one known planet in orbit.

Aug 31, 2016

Indian space agency bags orders to launch 68 foreign satellites

ISRO's PSLV is a reliable workhorse that has been sending satellites successfully to its intended orbit for over 15 years.

Sep 1, 2016

EmDrive technology passes key peer review; is this the future of space travel?

Scientists at NASA's Eagleworks Laboratories have a paper on EmDrive technology, the futuristic space propulsion that is being reviewed by the peers.

Aug 31, 2016

ISRO successfully tests scramjet rocket engine that could reduce launch costs to a tenth

India is now the third nation after the United States of America (US) and Australia that has this technology.

Aug 28, 2016

New Earth-like planet hailed as most important found outside our solar system

This artist’s impression video shows a view of the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System. Proxima b is a little more massive than the Earth and orbits in the habitable zone around Proxima Centauri, where the temperature is suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface.

Aug 24, 2016

Great American Total Solar Eclipse: When is it? NASA reveals top spots for viewing the celestial event

The "Great American Total Solar Eclipse" is the first total eclipse since 1918 in North America.

Aug 24, 2016

Perseid Meteor Shower 2016: When and how to watch rare celestial show; live streaming information

Here is the live streaming information of Perseid Meteor Shower 2016.

Aug 10, 2016

Can this Indian start-up land a spacecraft on the moon?

Bengaluru-based TeamIndus is India's only entry for $30 million Google Lunar XPrize that looks for start-ups to land a rover on the moon.

Jul 25, 2016