NASA launches world's smallest satellite built by Indian students

On August 21, 2017, the Earth will cross the shadow of the moon, creating a total solar eclipse. During the eclipse, the moon will pass between the Sun and Earth, blocking the face of the sun and leaving only its outer atmosphere, or corona, visible in the ...

The launch of a Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket that will create artificial, colourful clouds in space has now been rescheduled for Saturday, June 24, with a launch window between 9:07 and 9:22 p.m. EDT. New Delhi: NASA has once again scrapped the ...

NASA's Kepler space telescope has spotted 219 new potential planets, of which at least 10 are near-Earth size with conditions suitable to host life. The new data is the most comprehensive and detailed catalogue release of candidate exoplanets, which are ...

Raja Chari, a Lieutenant Colonel with the US Air Force, may become the third person of Indian origin from the US after the late Kalpana Chawla and current NASA astronaut Sunita Williams to fly to space, if all goes well. He will report for duty in August this ...

A monthly analysis of global temperatures by NASA scientists has shown that May 2017 was the second warmest May in 137 years of modern record-keeping. The post NASA: May 2017 second hottest in history; 2016 temperatures warmest since 1880 appeared first on ...

The image shows Cassini spoting bright methane clouds drifting in the summer skies of Saturn's moon Titan, along with dark hydrocarbon lakes and seas clustered around the north pole.

While engineers are just getting started analysing the data, the test verified that the motor can fire within milliseconds when needed and will work as expected under high temperatures, according to NASA. (Image for representational purposes only) New Delhi: ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is designed to complement and extend the scientific capabilities of other NASA missions such as the Hubble Space Telescope New Delhi: NASA's new telescope James Webb Space will search for signs of extraterrestrial life on ...

New Delhi: The US space agency NASA has released a clear view of the south polar region of Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. The image was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft on May 19, 2017, from about 29,100 miles (46,900 kilometers) above the ...