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Because its light has taken so long to reach Earth, looking at this star is like peering back in time to when the universe was less than a third of its current age. (Photo: NASA)

Meet Icarus the farthest star sitting halfway across the universe

9 billion years that's how much it has taken MACS J1149+2223 Lensed Star-1's light to reach us.

3 April 2018 8:34 AM IST

The shape of Chinas falling space station Tiangong-1 can be seen in this radar image from the Fraunhofer Institute for High-Frequency Physics and Radar Techniques near Bonn, Germany. In the next few days, the unoccupied Chinese space station, Tiangong-1, is expected to reenter the atmosphere following the end of its operational life. Most of the craft should burn up. (Photo: AP)

China's 'space dream': A long march to the moon

The Tiangong-1 space module, which crashed was intended to serve as a stepping stone to a manned station.

2 April 2018 12:44 PM IST

The Indian space scientists are taking extraordinary efforts to establish a communication link with the satellite before it is lost permanently.

ISRO loses touch with satellite

The satellite was launched to provide better mobile communication across the country and also to boost the...

2 April 2018 1:37 AM IST

A former Isro scientist said that such a sudden loss of communication generally indicates some failure in the power system.

ISRO confirms losing contact with communication satellite GSAT-6A

Power system failure suspected; efforts on to establish link.

2 April 2018 12:51 AM IST

No one knows for sure where debris may land though many experts believe much of the station will burn up during re-entry.

Tiangong-1 space station to enter Earth's atmosphere on Monday: China

Beijing said on March 30 that it is unlikely any large pieces will reach the ground.

1 April 2018 2:10 PM IST

NASA intensifying search for planets orbiting stars beyond solar system

NASA intensifying search for planets orbiting stars beyond solar...

NASA plans to send the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, into orbit from the Cape Canaveral Air Force...

1 April 2018 1:54 PM IST

The universe possibly did not begin with a Big Bang or a big bounce, but rather as a result of the condensation of atoms in space.

The origin of the universe called into question

Big Bang is a scientific theory about how the universe started, and then made the stars and galaxies we see today.

1 April 2018 12:44 AM IST

Musk aims to make rockets as reusable as commercial aeroplanes, bringing down the cost of spaceflight and boosting efficiency. (Photo: AFP)

Elon Musk's Falcon 9's nose crashes, yet deployed 10 satellites...

The nose was said to â€œimpact water at high speed,â€ with Elon Musk not confirming successful recovery.

31 March 2018 2:06 PM IST

Tiangong-1 was originally planned to be decommissioned in 2013 but China has repeatedly extended the length of its mission. (Representative Image)

China says unlikely large pieces of space station will crash to earth

The craft is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere at some time from this week

31 March 2018 9:54 AM IST

US astronaut Richard Arnold shown here before heading to the International Space Station is one of two Americans undertaking a space walk. (Photo: AFP)

US astronauts make a spacewalk to perform ISS repairs

The walk, which lasted six hours and 10 minutes by flight engineers Drew Feustel and Ricky Arnold got off to a delayed...

30 March 2018 7:21 PM IST

This image is assembled from a series of January 2018 photos of Mars made by the Mars Curiosity rover. (AP File Photo, NASA)

Can we live in space? Can humans live on moon or Mars colony?

Tucked away in high-tech laboratories, a team of 30 researchers are studying new ways to keep humans alive on a...

30 March 2018 12:51 PM IST

The 415-tonne GSLV rocket blasted off at 4.56 pm from the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

GSAT-6A launch marks another Isro success

In the process, the GSLV rocket also emerged as Isro's reliable launch vehicle.

30 March 2018 1:35 AM IST