Crew blasts off for International Space Station

Last Updated: Monday, November 24, 2014, 04:23

A Russian capsule carrying three astronauts from Russia, the United States and Italy has blasted off for the International Space Station.

International Space Station `farm` bears fruit

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 17:29

Astronauts are growing vegetables in an experimental greenhouse named Lada aboard the International Space Station (ISS) that are safe to eat.

Dazzling volcano eruption seen from space

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 17:28

Crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS) got a rare image of the Sarychev volcano as it erupted June 12, 2009.

How circumbinary planets form revealed

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 15:32

Researchers using Kepler space telescope have discovered how circumbinary planets form.

Space agencies gearing up against future asteroid strikes

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 15:27

With a mandate from the UN, space agencies from all over the world are about to establish a high-level group to help coordinate global response should a threatening asteroid ever be found heading towards Earth.

Relive Felix Baumgartner`s 9-minute epic space jump in new extended video

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 15:10

A new extended video reportedly shows Felix Baumgartner`s epic jump from the space around 128,097 feet high and gives space enthusiasts or adventurers a chance to relive the moment.

Zero gravity in space may impact astronauts` immunity

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 12:12

The clue to astronauts` immunity in outer space owing to prolonged travel lies in learning the negative impact of zero gravity on fruit flies.

Now, you too can become a planetary nursery finding `detective`

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 13:31

NASA has begun inviting the public to help astronomers discover embryonic planetary systems hidden among data from the agency`s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission through a new website, DiskDetective.org.

New space map shows that `rogue` asteroids may be more common than believed

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 11:39

A new map developed by researchers from MIT and the Paris Observatory charts the size, composition, and location of more than 100,000 asteroids throughout the solar system, and has shown that rogue asteroids are actually more common than previously thought.

Mystery of ultra-compact, burned-out galaxies solved

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 11:37

Astronomers using NASA`s Hubble Space Telescope and Europe`s Herschel Space Observatory have pieced together the evolutionary sequence of compact elliptical galaxies, which erupted and burned out when the universe was only 3 billion years old.

Indian-born engineer creates 3D printer that makes pizzas for astronauts

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 20:06

An Indian-origin engineer, who works for the Texas-based Systems & Materials Research Corporation, claims to have developed a 3D printer that can print food and pizza for astronauts on long missions.