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Young DJ set to be first black African in space

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 15:30

No one in Mandla Maseko`s family has ever stepped outside South Africa, but the young township DJ is set to rocket into space next year.

`Rare` brown dwarf discovery provides benchmark for future exoplanet research

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 11:51

A team of researchers have directly imaged a very rare type of brown dwarf that can serve as a benchmark for studying objects with masses that lie between stars and planets.

Scientists reconstruct evolutionary history of Milky Way galaxy

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 12:05

A team of researchers have found a way to reconstruct the evolutionary history of our galaxy, the Milky Way, to a new level of detail.

Comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft wakes up from slumber, signals Earth

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 09:39

The mission is different from NASA`s Deep Impact, a spacecraft that fired a projectile into a comet in 2005 so scientists could study the resulting plume of matter.

Pregnant dust ring now `delivering` new planets

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 15:52

As you sip your cup of tea on a chilly morning, an enormous ring of dust and gas - encircling a distant star - may be giving births to new planets at this very moment.

India tests long range n-capable missile

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 13:15

India Monday tested its long range nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile from a military base in Odisha, sources said.

Astronomers get first glimpse of `glue` of universe

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 12:27

Astronomers have found a distant quasar illuminating a vast nebula of diffuse gas, revealing for the first time part of the network of filaments believed to connect galaxies in a cosmic web.

Europe`s Rosetta probe set to wake up from hibernation

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 12:18

Rosetta, which was launched about ten year ago on a long quest to chase and land on a comet, will be roused by an onboard "alarm clock" at 10:00 GMT on Monday.

Space technology providing safer train journeys

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 14:07

Researchers in Germany are now checking train brakes on a daily basis, which are crucial for safe rail journeys, using advanced technology that helps spacecraft return safely to Earth.