Science
Russian Soyuz blasts off for ISS in first launch since accident
The rocket took off with a Progress MS-10 spacecraft at 18:14 GMT.
17 Nov 2018 9:07 AM
'We trust our rocket', crew says ahead of first space launch since failure
Russian investigators said the rocket failure was caused by a sensor that was damaged during assembly.
16 Nov 2018 4:24 PM
SpaceX, TeleSat Canada bids get US nod to expand satellite internet
SpaceX previously won approval to deploy 4,425 satellites.
16 Nov 2018 10:23 AM
Tesla slashes prices on home solar systems to spur sales
Tesla deployed just 93MW of solar in the third quarter, down from SolarCity’s more than 200MW a quarter in early 2016.
16 Nov 2018 10:18 AM
After aborted mission, NASA astronaut confident about December launch
Astronaut Anne McClain, along with a Russian cosmonaut and a Canadian astronaut, will man the December 3 mission.
15 Nov 2018 6:46 PM
Frigid planet detected orbiting nearby star
The planet, estimated to be at least 3.2 times more massive than Earth, was spotted circling Barnard’s Star.
15 Nov 2018 6:32 PM
Cargo mission to space station is set to launch this week
The unmanned Cygnus cargo craft will carry 7,500 pounds of groceries, hardware and research.
13 Nov 2018 8:31 AM
Scientists to swap dusty old kilogram for something more stable
The kilogram has been defined since 1889 by a shiny piece of platinum-iridium held in Paris.
13 Nov 2018 8:23 AM
Next US astronaut on Russian rocket confident after mishaps
Last month, astronauts had to make an emergency landing in Kazakhstan following a failed launch.
11 Nov 2018 11:52 AM
Stephen Hawking's thesis and wheelchair sell for $1 million
Hawking’s 117-page dissertation “Properties of expanding universes” from 1965 sold for 584,750 pounds.
10 Nov 2018 9:54 AM
Columns
An angry Jaitley wanted to know why the RBI had failed in its oversight duty of checking the increasing non-performing assets of retail banks.
The gap between what is pledged and what is delivered is always large, that’s just the way of politics.
Malik asks the Hurriyat to “abandon Pakistan” and the political parties to “tell the boys to avoid encounter sites and stone-pelting”.
For Hindus, the site where Lord Ram was born — irrespective of whether this can be historically proved or not — has very special significance.