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Human spaceflight: Indian space agency working on critical technologies

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 18:27

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is working on various critical technologies that would assist in the country`s dreams of sending humans on a spaceflight.

Sun unleashes massive solar flare, biggest of 2014

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 15:38

The sun emitted a huge solar flare on February 24.

Bullying black holes prevent star formation in nearby elliptical galaxies

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 12:52

A new research has found that massive elliptical galaxies in the nearby Universe contain plenty of cold gas, but still they fail to produce new stars as jets from the central supermassive black hole heat or stir up the gas.

NASA to launch satellite in collaboration with ISRO

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 09:06

US space agency NASA today said it would launch a water-related satellite in collaboration with India`s ISRO.

Astronomers find record-breaking lunar impact

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 11:25

Spanish astronomers have said that a meteorite with the mass of a small car had crashed into the Moon last September.

Water vapour detected in Jupiter-like exo-planet`s atmosphere

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 11:22

Researchers at Caltech and several other institutions have made the first detection of water in the atmosphere of the Jupiter-mass planet orbiting the nearby star Tau Bootis.

Watch Moon meet Venus on February 26

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 25, 2014, 10:59

Skygazers are in for a treat as the thin crescent moon will pair closely with Venus on Wednesday, February 26, morning. The event is one of the best celestial events of 2014.

Astronomer spots asteroid smashing into Moon

Last Updated: Monday, February 24, 2014, 22:39

Jose Maria Madiedo, a Spanish astronomer today said that he witnessed a fridge-sized asteroid smash into the Moon, in the biggest lunar impact by a space rock ever recorded.

Stream of stars in Andromeda galaxy shows cosmic collision

Last Updated: Monday, February 24, 2014, 14:05

Researchers at Niels Bohr Institute have detected a stream of stars in one of the Andromeda Galaxy`s outer satellite galaxies, a dwarf galaxy called Andromeda II.

Beanstalk-like `space elevator` could soon be a reality

Last Updated: Monday, February 24, 2014, 14:03

Researchers suggest that a space elevator consisting of an Earth-anchored tether that extends 62,000 miles into space could eventually provide routine, safe, inexpensive and quiet access to orbit.