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(Photo: NASA)Star clusters are the key ingredient in stellar models because the stars in each grouping are at the same distance, have the same age, and have the same chemical composition.

Hubble measures precise distance to ancient globular star cluster for...

This new, refined distance yardstick provides an independent estimate for the age of the universe.

8 April 2018 6:33 PM IST

Engineers who have designed and created harpoons for two pioneering space debris clearing projects said the appeal of such time-tested concepts was their simplicity.

Scientists plan big on space junk crisis

Other devices being tested on the RemoveDebris satellite include a net to catch debris

7 April 2018 9:06 AM IST

With the engine shut down, Unity coasted upward to an apogee of 84,271 feet (25,686 meters). (Photo: Virgin Galactic)

VSS Unity spaceship goes supersonic in its first flight

The spaceship climbed steeply and went supersonic Mach 1.87 during the 30-second rocket burn.

6 April 2018 8:56 AM IST

Isro built on the existing capabilities it had, thanks to its record with the PSLV rocket, while also developing the cryogenic stage indigenously.

Thiruvananthapuram: Watch a spectacle in the skies today

The launch is scheduled at 7 p.m. on Friday from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS), Thiruvananthapuram.

6 April 2018 2:09 AM IST

Another one is on NASA and Isro collaborative satellite going to be launched in 2020 as part of a precursor to satellite launch.

Fourth stage of PSLV-C19 burns up over Central Atlantic

Where as upper stages (3rd or 4th stage) of a launch vehicle will also go into the orbit after injecting the spacecraft.

6 April 2018 1:27 AM IST

In this image provided by NASA, the Dragon capsule arrives at the International Space Station on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 with food and experiments. It will remain attached to the orbiting outpost for about a month, returning to Earth in May. Dragon launched Monday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a used Falcon rocket. SpaceX wants to reduce launch costs by recycling rocket parts. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX capsule reaches space station with food

The space station is currently home to astronauts from the US, Russia and Japan.

5 April 2018 2:39 PM IST

The biggest known structures in the universe are called galaxy clusters which are formed by thousands of galaxies like our milky way.

Centre of our galaxy is teeming with 10,000+ black holes

Astronomers poring over old x-ray observations have found signs of a dozen black holes in the inner circle of the Milky...

5 April 2018 1:56 PM IST

Among proposed ideas, planes might spray clouds of reflective sulphur particles high in the Earths atmosphere. (Photo: Pexels)

Developing nations to study ways to dim sunshine, slow warming

The solar geoengineering studies would be helped by a new $400,000 fund from the Open Philanthropy Project.

4 April 2018 11:45 AM IST

ISROs Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F08), carrying home-made GSAT-6A communication satellite takes off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. (Photo:AP)

India trying to reconnect with most powerful communications satellite:...

GSAT-6A is an advanced mobile communications satellite with a six-meter wide antenna, the biggest used by an ISRO...

3 April 2018 7:16 PM IST

The satellites, coded 30th and 31st in the BDS, entered the orbit more than three hours after the launch.

Twin navigation satellites launched in China

The launch was the 269th mission for the Long March rocket family.

3 April 2018 6:58 PM IST

This file photo shows visitors sit beside a model of Chinas Tiangong-1 space station at the 8th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai in southern Chinas Guangdong Province. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific

The experimental space laboratory re-entered around 8:15 a.m. Beijing time, the China Manned Space Engineering Office...

3 April 2018 3:31 PM IST

The effort is part of SpaceXs mission to lower the cost of space flight by re-using costly, multimillion-dollar components that typically have been discarded into the ocean after each launch. (Photo: Space X Twitter)

SpaceX's recycled rocket and spaceship deliver cargo to ISS

Monday's trip marked SpaceX's 14th resupply mission for NASA under a $1.6 billion contract.

3 April 2018 3:09 PM IST