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`Upside-down planet’ reveals new method of studying binary star systems

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 22, 2014, 13:12

A student astronomer at the University of Washington has found an ‘upside-down planet’ which may pave way for new method of studying binary star systems.

SpaceX`s Dragon docks at International Space Station

Last Updated: Monday, April 21, 2014, 18:41

SpaceX`s Dragon cargo ship docked at the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday following a delay of more than a month caused by launch flaws.

NASA crashed moon mission at 5,700 km per hour!

Last Updated: Monday, April 21, 2014, 15:53

Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), the moon exploring robot of NASA was annihilated when it impacted the surface of the moon, as planned last weekend, the US space agency announced.

Smartphone attached to flying robots set to assist astronauts on ISS

Last Updated: Sunday, April 20, 2014, 12:31

Two months after Google announced Project Tango, which is an experimental Android-powered smartphone with 3D sensors, its Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) team is working to get a prototype inside the International Space Station to assist NASA astronauts.

Large-scale asteroids hit Earth 3 to 10 times more than earlier revealed

Last Updated: Sunday, April 20, 2014, 12:29

Three former astronauts have claimed that they have evidence that remote parts of the Earth have endured 3 to 10 times more large-scale asteroid strikes than it has been ever revealed.

New technique could help probe Sun`s depth

Last Updated: Sunday, April 20, 2014, 12:25

A tracer has been found in the sun`s atmosphere to help track the flow of material coursing underneath the sun`s surface.

US Dragon spacecraft launched

Last Updated: Saturday, April 19, 2014, 11:54

A commercial spacecraft operated by US space company SpaceX blasted off Friday for its third cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA TV showed.

`Asteroid impact stored proof of life in glasses on earth`

Last Updated: Saturday, April 19, 2014, 11:49

Whenever an asteroid or a comet hit the earth in the past, the impact melted tonnes of soil and rock, some of which formed glass as it cooled. Now, a thrilling discovery has found that these impact glasses stored the signatures of ancient life at the time of the impact.