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US may be in `worst position` of space exploration, fears Buzz Aldrin

Last Updated: Monday, July 14, 2014, 17:47

Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin has recently shown his concerns over US losing its position at the forefront of space exploration.

Orbital launches cargo ship to space station

Last Updated: Monday, July 14, 2014, 00:27

Orbital Sciences Corporation today launched its unmanned Cygnus cargo carrier on a journey to resupply the astronauts living aboard the International Space Station.

Orbital poised to launch cargo ship to space station

Last Updated: Sunday, July 13, 2014, 10:17

Orbital Sciences Corporation is poised to launch on Sunday its unmanned Cygnus cargo ship packed with more than 3,000 pounds of supplies for astronauts at the International Space Station.

Now, 3D-print a nebula at home!

Last Updated: Saturday, July 12, 2014, 19:42

Ever dreamed of holding a nebula in your hands? Thanks to NASA, this may now be a reality as the first high-resolution three-dimensional model of the expanding cloud produced by a massive star`s eruption is now available to all.

Supermoon to be visible tonight; other two on August 10, September 9

Last Updated: Saturday, July 12, 2014, 18:55

Supermoons appear during this time of the year when the moon looks bigger than normal.

Mars orbiter spacecraft to reach target in 75 days

Last Updated: Saturday, July 12, 2014, 14:01

Exactly 75 days from today, India`s Mars spacecraft is scheduled for a rendezvous with the red planet as it is rapidly coasting towards its target.

Observatory sheds light on last acts of first stars

Last Updated: Saturday, July 12, 2014, 11:40

XMM-Newton observatory has helped scientists to discover how the Universe`s first stars ended their lives in giant explosions from the recent detection of a gamma-ray burst from a massive blue supergiant.

Ages of sun-like stars revealed via gyrochronology

Last Updated: Saturday, July 12, 2014, 11:15

A new technique called gyrochronology has helped the scientists to determine the accurate ages of the Sun-like stars from its rotation period.

Hubble captures merger of two elliptical galaxies creating droplets of stars

Last Updated: Saturday, July 12, 2014, 10:57

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an unusual discovery by imaging two elliptical galaxies merging into one and giving birth to chains of stars winding around the galaxies` nuclei.

Mysterious cosmic radio-burst detected

Last Updated: Friday, July 11, 2014, 19:25

Using the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, astronomers have discovered a split-second burst of radio waves, providing important new evidence of mysterious pulses that appear to come from deep in outer space.