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Calling it discovery of the decade, Jorge Freire, projects science director, said that from a conservation perspective, both of the assets as of the ship itself, this discovery is of great patrimonial value. (Photo: ANI)

Centuries-old shipwreck found near Lisbon

Judging by all the things that have been found on the ship, the officials are suspecting that the ship was coming into...

24 Sept 2018 7:48 AM IST

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin smiles before Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedevs annual report on countrys economic and social development in the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament, in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Russian space chief: No '2nd-tier status' with NASA outpost

Rogozin said that Russia wouldn't accept a second-tier role in a NASA-led plan to build an outpost near the moon.

23 Sept 2018 8:14 AM IST

Scientists say the soil and subsurface mapping data provided by the $600 million dollar project should help increase crop yields.

Argentina bets on $600 million satellite to advance agriculture sector

Argentina's SAOCOM 1a satellite â€œis going to boost the high quality precision agriculture Argentina relies on.â€

22 Sept 2018 8:28 AM IST

This computer image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows two drum-shaped and solar-powered Minerva-II-1 rovers on an asteroid. JAXA said confirmation of the rovers touchdown has to wait until it receives data from them. (JAXA via AP)

Japan space rovers lowered to asteroid to collect data

An unmanned spacecraft released two Minerva-II-1 rovers on the asteroid Ryugu in an effort to get clues to the origin of...

21 Sept 2018 7:52 PM IST

The international team is using technology including autonomous robots and human-piloted submarines to explore the seas dark depths where zinc, gold and copper are also found. (Representational Photo: Pixabay)

Deep sea robots uncover mineral riches in the abyss

The scientists, from the University of Bergen in Norway, are sending robots 2,500 metres (8,000 feet) down into the...

21 Sept 2018 12:32 PM IST

TESS is designed to build on the work of its predecessor, the Kepler space telescope.

NASA telescope discovers two new planets five months after launch

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, better known as TESS, made an early discovery of â€œsuper-Earthâ€ and...

21 Sept 2018 12:10 PM IST

The greater the energy consumption, the more likely a society was booming with population and political and economic activity. (Photo: ANI)

Globalisation a prehistoric practice?

The archaeological research used radiocarbon dating to examine human societies on a long-term scale.

20 Sept 2018 3:21 PM IST

Maezawa, 42, is the chief executive of Start Today Co., which he founded in 1998 as a CD sales business when he was still in his 20s.

Who is Maezawa? SpaceX's first traveller

The SpaceX mission, set for takeoff in 2023, is just the latest exploit for Yusaku Maezawa.

19 Sept 2018 12:42 PM IST

$Maezawa, 42, said he wants his guests for the lunar orbit â€œto see the moon up close, and the Earth in full view.\$ Science

First private moon flight passenger to invite creative guests

The Big Falcon Rocket is scheduled to make the trip in 2023, SpaceX founder Elon Musk announced at an event.

19 Sept 2018 12:09 PM 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)

Russian cosmonauts to conduct spacewalk to investigate leak

The leak was spotted last month in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft attached to the station.

19 Sept 2018 10:43 AM IST

A Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The Falcon Heavy, has three first-stage boosters, strapped together with 27 engines in all. (Photo: AP)

SpaceX's first private passenger is Japanese fashion magnate Maezawa

Billionaire Maezawa will take a trip around the moon planned for 2023 aboard its forthcoming Big Falcon Rocket...

18 Sept 2018 9:29 AM IST

The satellite applications include forestry mapping, land use and ice cover monitoring, flood and disaster monitoring and maritime missions.

PSLV-C42 launches two foreign satellites

The PSLV-C42 lifted off from the First Launch Pad of SHAR at 10.08 pm.

17 Sept 2018 10:13 AM IST