Space

SpaceX launches largest satellite on Falcon 9s 50th flight

SpaceX launches a satellite as big as a bus using Falcon 9, the rocket that marks its 50th flight milestone.

Mar 7, 2018

Planet parade: rare celestial alignment starts today and will end with a Blue Moon

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, along with Pluto and Antares will be aligned on the night sky this month.

Mar 7, 2018

Artist impression depicting winds from a red giant star impacting a neutron star to create prolonged X-ray emission

Red giant star spotted bringing dead companion back to life in rare celestial event

ESA's Integral space observatory detected a red giant star breathing life into a dead neutron star, forming a rare breed called a "symbiotic X-ray binary."

Mar 6, 2018

China's Tiangong-1 space station carrying toxics to crash on Earth: Impact location, date & other details

China's first space station, Tiangong-1 will come crashing down to Earth between March 24 and April 19.

Mar 6, 2018

A cherry red Tesla Roadster automobile floats through space after it was carried there by SpaceX's Falcon Heavy in this image obtained by Reuters on February 9, 2018.

Could Tesla Roadster contaminate Mars with earthly bacteria? NASA explains the consequences

The results would be similar to what happens on Earth when species are introduced into parts of the environment where they did not originally come from or exist.

Mar 6, 2018

SpaceX's 50th Falcon 9 launch carried its largest payload – a satellite the size of a bus to orbit

This is the 50th Falcon 9 launch from SpaceX.

Mar 6, 2018

Scientists have created a wide and sharp 3D map of the elusive dark matter

Scientists create wide and sharp 3D map of elusive dark matter to demystify universe's expansion

The newly-created dark matter map is only 11 percent of the planned final 3D map, according to the researchers.

Mar 5, 2018

New super-Earth planets: Astronomers discover exoplanets 100 light-years away from solar system

Three super-Earth planets were discovered to be orbiting a star about 100 light-years away from our solar system.

Mar 5, 2018

Epner Technology says its gold coating will never come off

NASA at Academy Awards: Oscar trophy coated in the same gold that helps telescopes observe distant galaxies

Oscar trophies and NASA's space telescopes are coated in the same gold, using a unique electroplating process developed by Brooklyn-based Epner Technology.

Mar 5, 2018

Alien hunters believe mysterious object spotted on Google Earth in Antarctica is a crash-landed UFO [Video]

Footage of a mysterious object on a remote island in Antartica was spotted on Google Earth, baffling viewers. Alien hunters are now convinced that it's a crashed UFO.

Mar 5, 2018

A new type of black hole where you can survive, but it will erase the past and future

The laws of physics logically conclude that the entire mass of a star gets squeezed into a tiny point called singularity.

Mar 4, 2018

Stephen Hawking knows what happened before the Big Bang

What happened before Big Bang? Stephen Hawking has the answer

What was around before the Big Bang, the moment when the universe began? Stephen Hawking naswered the question in an interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Mar 3, 2018

The exoplanet, called WASP-39b, is located more than 20 times closer to its star than the Earth is to the Sun

Discovery of hot exoplanet with water-rich atmosphere can help decode the complex planet formation process

NASA telescopes discovered a new exoplanet, called WASP-39b, which has a day-side temperature of 776.7 degrees Celsius.

Mar 3, 2018

Artist's illustration of what the cosmic dawn must have looked like.

Cosmic dawn: Astronomers detect signals from universe's first stars

If the signal is confirmed, experts say it would explain the origin of the first stars, black holes, galaxies and almost every other object that exists.

Mar 1, 2018

James Webb Space Telescope as seen on NASA website

Hubble Space Telescope successor JWST launch could be delayed again

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will replace NASA's Hubble Space Telescope which is two decades old.

Mar 1, 2018

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Space

SpaceX launches largest satellite on Falcon 9s 50th flight

Planet parade: rare celestial alignment starts today and will end with a Blue Moon

Red giant star spotted bringing dead companion back to life in rare celestial event

China's Tiangong-1 space station carrying toxics to crash on Earth: Impact location, date & other details

Could Tesla Roadster contaminate Mars with earthly bacteria? NASA explains the consequences

SpaceX's 50th Falcon 9 launch carried its largest payload – a satellite the size of a bus to orbit

Scientists create wide and sharp 3D map of elusive dark matter to demystify universe's expansion

New super-Earth planets: Astronomers discover exoplanets 100 light-years away from solar system

NASA at Academy Awards: Oscar trophy coated in the same gold that helps telescopes observe distant galaxies

Alien hunters believe mysterious object spotted on Google Earth in Antarctica is a crash-landed UFO [Video]

A new type of black hole where you can survive, but it will erase the past and future

What happened before Big Bang? Stephen Hawking has the answer

Discovery of hot exoplanet with water-rich atmosphere can help decode the complex planet formation process

Cosmic dawn: Astronomers detect signals from universe's first stars

Hubble Space Telescope successor JWST launch could be delayed again

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]