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A woman covers her head to beat the 35.5 deg Celsius heat on Monday afternoon.

Earth sweltered to 3rd hottest august, summer on record

The average temperature for June through August was 61.47 degrees (16.41 Celsius).

19 Sept 2017 9:38 AM IST

Venus atmosphere is dominated by strong winds that whirl around the planet far faster than Venus itself rotates.

Mysterious night side of Venus revealed for first time

Scientists have characterised wind and cloud patterns of the night side of planet Venus for the first time.

18 Sept 2017 2:18 PM IST

When NASA was looking for a new class of astronauts, only 12 were selected from a whopping 18,300 applicants.

Want a job at NASA? Read this first

The starting pay is pretty good, but the jobs are pretty hard to get, tough to keep.

18 Sept 2017 11:39 AM IST

SkyCools earlier prototype panel at the companys headquarters in Burlingame, California.

New technology could reinvent air conditioning

A radiative cooling technology could help cut energy consumption by nearly 70 per cent.

18 Sept 2017 10:20 AM IST

The discovery will involve findings from the Hubble Space Telescope and NASAs Cassini spacecraft, which is orbiting Saturn.

NASA space psychology subjects ending 8 months of isolation

The crew of four men and two women were quarantined on a vast plain below the summit of the world's largest active...

17 Sept 2017 8:54 AM IST

The crew of four men and two women were quarantined on a vast plain below the summit of the worlds largest active volcano in January.

Mars research subjects to emerge after 8 months of isolation

Their first order of business after subsisting on mostly freeze-dried and canned food.

16 Sept 2017 9:39 AM IST

This NASA handout image depicts the Cassini unmanned spacecraft above Saturns rings

Cassini spacecraft ends 13-year odyssey with fiery plunge into Saturn

Being low on fuel, NASA crashed it into Saturn to avoid any chance of it someday colliding with and contaminating nearby...

16 Sept 2017 9:04 AM IST

This NASA handout image depicts the Cassini unmanned spacecraft above Saturns rings

NASA's Cassini spacecraft ends 20-year-long epic journey

The Cassini mission gave scientists an unprecedented view of the sixth planet from the Sun.

15 Sept 2017 6:09 PM IST

Mars as seen by the webcam on ESAs Mars Express orbiter in 2016. (Photo: AFP)

NASA gravity map shows Mars has porous crust

The researchers mapped the density of the Martian crust, estimating the average density is 2,582 kilogrammes per cubic...

14 Sept 2017 8:02 PM IST

Jupiter is at its closest to the Earth and the hemisphere facing our planet is fully illuminated by the Sun

Titanium oxide detected in 'hot Jupiter' atmosphere

Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have detected titanium oxide in the atmosphere of a Jupiter-like exoplanet...

14 Sept 2017 7:04 PM IST

This NASA handout image depicts the Cassini unmanned spacecraft above Saturns rings

Cassini readies one last plunge into Saturn

NASA's Cassini probe is counting its final hours before one last plunge into Saturn on Sept. 15.

14 Sept 2017 9:16 AM IST

The Northern Lights are a result of collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the Earths atmosphere. (Photo: Mark Tarello/Twitter)

Amazing Northern Light display illuminates Finnish sky

Green, purple, pink and yellow lights danced across the sky in striking aurora displays over northern Finland early on...

10 Sept 2017 10:21 AM IST