Space News
31 Dec 2017
AstronautsThese astronauts will celebrate New Year 16 times in space!
Six astronauts will get to celebrate the New Year's Day 16 times aboard the International Space Station (ISS), at 402.3km above Earth, encircling our planet every 90 minutes, according to NASA.
15 Dec 2017
Artificial Intelligence and Machine LearningNASA discovers Earth-like planet system using Artificial Intelligence!
The NASA has discovered the first star system apart from ours, with as many planets as our own. The biggest known system till now had seven planets.
25 Nov 2017
CaliforniaMan to launch himself in rocket to test Flat-Earth theory
Despite centuries of scientific work and ample modern-day evidence proving that the Earth is a sphere, California-based "Mad" Mike Hughes has decided to launch himself on a homemade rocket to prove that the Earth is flat.
21 Nov 2017
IndiaISRO aims to launch first privately-produced rocket by 2021
The ISRO has said it plans to launch for the first time a rocket completely built by private players by 2020-21.
09 Nov 2017
India1.39L Indians will be 'visiting' Mars next year
NASA has received 24.3L applications from around the world for its next Mars mission. Nearly 1.39L of them are Indians.
21 Oct 2017
NASANASA to auction decades-old vintage photos for upto $9000 each
NASA is putting up for auction vintage photographs of its space journey, including the first picture taken from the Moon and the first picture of Earth taken from space.
17 Oct 2017
Albert EinsteinProven: Gold, platinum are created by collisions of dead stars!
In a major development in astronomy, scientists have detected the warping of space caused by collision of dead stars.
07 Oct 2017
SpaceXJeff Bezos-backed company to launch humans into space in 18-months!
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company, Blue Origin, would start taking tourists to space within the next 18 months i.e. by Apr'19.
28 Sep 2017
MoonRussia-US to build first-ever space station orbiting Moon
Russia and the US have agreed to cooperate on a programme to build the first-ever space station orbiting the Earth's Moon.
28 Sep 2017
ItalyScientists detect fourth gravitational wave from black hole collision
Scientists have successfully detected signals of gravitational waves -ripples in the fabric of space and time- for the fourth time from the collision of two black holes.
15 Sep 2017
SaturnNASA's $3.9-bn spacecraft crashes into Saturn, ends 20-year mission
NASA's Cassini spacecraft plunged into Saturn's atmosphere today, at a speed of over 120,000 km/hr, ending a $3.9-billion mission.
07 Sep 2017
Solar SystemIs there a Mars-like 'Planet 9' hidden? Evidences say so!
There are currently eight planets in our solar system; but according to astronomers, there could be many more.
03 Sep 2017
International Space Station (ISS)Record-breaking NASA astronaut and crew back home
After logging 196 kilometers in space and 4,623 orbits of Earth, 57-year old NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to Earth with her crewmates.
02 Sep 2017
Solar SystemProof of aliens? Stephen Hawking mission detects mysterious signals
A mission to find alien life has picked up mysterious radio signals coming from a galaxy three billion light years away.
02 Sep 2017
IndiaWhy did ISRO's recent PSLV mission fail?
ISRO's PSLV-C39 mission to propel the IRNSS-1H satellite into the orbit was unsuccessful as the heat shield didn't separate in the last few minutes of the mission.
31 Aug 2017
IndiaISRO first private navigation satellite launch fails
ISRO launched its navigation satellite, IRNSS-1H at 7 pm today from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, but the mission was not successful.
20 Aug 2017
SaturnVoyager: The world's most audacious space mission
This August and September, humankind's most audacious space mission(s) turns 40.
15 Aug 2017
SpaceXSpaceX sends icecream to astronauts, humanity is doing it right
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which was launched on Monday, had a very unlikely cargo. Along with 6,400 pounds of cargo, live mice and science experiments, one sweet treat for the six International Space Station astronauts is also there.
12 Aug 2017
ChinaChina now sends unhackable messages from space to Earth
Only a month after breaking records by teleporting a photon into space, China has now set a new record by sending "hack-proof" messages from space.
08 Aug 2017
South AfricaGhana's first satellite, GhanaSat-1 is now orbiting Earth
Ghana's first satellite GhanaSat-1, built by a Ghanaian engineering team at All Nations University, is now operational. It was made possible with a little help from others but it's still a significant achievement.
03 Aug 2017
SriharikotaNew launchpad at Sriharikota to boost ISRO's launch capacity
ISRO's launch capacity will soon receive a boost as the launchpad center at the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota will get a second vehicle assembly building by the end of this year.
31 Jul 2017
Christopher NolanCan ISRO help realize interstellar travel?
Christopher Nolan fans may be familiar with his 2014 sci-fi masterpiece 'Interstellar', which took us on an exciting, emotional 'interstellar' quest to find another habitable planet.
28 Jul 2017
Solar SystemScientists might have made a significant discovery: The first exomoon
In what could be a significant discovery, a team of scientists has detected a signal from what is believed to be the first known "exomoon": a moon beyond our solar system.
28 Jul 2017
IranUS calls Iran's space rocket launch test 'provocative'
On July 27, Iran launched a rocket which it claims can deliver a satellite into space, ratcheting tensions with the US.
22 Jul 2017
GoogleGoogle can now take you to outer-space! Find out how
Ever wondered what Earth looks like from space? Or wanted to take a tour of a spaceship?
14 Jul 2017
IISERIndian scientists discover galaxy 'supercluster', calls it Saraswati
Taking a giant leap for Indian space research, Indian astronomers discovered a supercluster of galaxies located in the direction of Pisces.
13 Jul 2017
United States of AmericaFirst object teleported into space; Chinese scientists break records
Teleportation seemed a science fiction a few decades ago.
12 Jul 2017
Astronauts'Astronauts in Mars may face fungal infection risk'
A recent study by NASA has discovered a "surprising" setback to the colonization of Mars.
09 Jul 2017
PortugalMilky Way could be home to 100 billion brown dwarfs
A study by scientists from Portugal's University of Lisbon and Scotland's University of St. Andrews has explained that our galaxy, the Milky Way, could be home to about a 100 billion brown dwarfs or "failed stars" as they are called.
23 Jun 2017
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)How does ISRO protect its assets from space debris?
ISRO has made major strides in recent times capitalizing on the ability of its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicles (PSLV) to launch massive payloads.
20 Jun 2017
Solar SystemNASA discovers 10 Earth-like planets outside solar system
NASA detected 219 potential new planets just outside our solar system.
02 Jun 2017
TechnologyNASA's Parker Solar Probe: Humanity's first mission to the sun
In 1969, when Neil Armstrong from NASA's Apollo 11 mission took the first step on the moon and made history, it was immortalized by the famous quote, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
30 May 2017
MumbaiMaharashtra- HSC results to be declared today
The results of the Class 12 Maharashtra state board exams are set to be declared by 1 pm today.
28 Apr 2017
AstronautsNASA spacesuits are outdated and pose severe risk, says report
NASA is spending nearly $200 million on new spacesuits but by the time they arrive it might be too late.
25 Apr 2017
IndiaISRO's next space adventure to Venus is now seeking proposals
ISRO has announced that it will start accepting proposals regarding space-based experiments to study Venus, as it gears up to accomplish its first voyage to the planet.
20 Apr 2017
United States of AmericaSatellites at risk: Scientists warn of aggravating space debris problem
Scientists speaking at the seventh European Conference on Space, warned the international community on the increasing danger posed to space exploration by space debris from over 60 years of exploration.
14 Apr 2017
Solar SystemExtraterrestrial life could possibly exist in our solar system
In a press conference last night, NASA shared its latest findings in the search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system.
23 Feb 2017
Solar System7 new Earth-sized planets discovered
Astronomers have spotted 7 Earth-sized planets revolving around a star called TRAPPIST-1.
20 Jun 2015
Kalpana Chawla32 years ago, Sally Ride made history!
On 18 June 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to travel in space.
