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Annually, Rs 2,500 crore of fuel is bought at petrol pumps and now a part of it being talked of being home delivered.

Scientists create fuel using air

Scientists have found a way to produce methanol - an important chemical often used as fuel in vehicles - using oxygen in...

8 Sept 2017 5:00 PM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a secret US Air Force space plane takes off NASAs Kennedy Space Center (Photo:AFP)

SpaceX launches US Air Force space plane on secret mission

SpaceX successfully launched a secret US military space plane on Sept 7 ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irma.

8 Sept 2017 8:15 AM IST

Solar storms result from an accumulation of magnetic energy in some places. (Photo: AFP)

NASA captures images of strong solar flares

Out of two solar falres emitted yesterday, the second recorded to be the 'most intense' since December 2018.

7 Sept 2017 3:27 PM IST

The Air Force is keeping mum over the other experiments that this secret space plane will be ferrying to space.

Secret space plane acrrying USAF experiments to take flight on 7th...

The fifth X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle will use SpaceX's Falcon 9 booster from the Kennedy Space Center.

5 Sept 2017 7:29 PM IST

Illustrated image of the exoplanet (Photo: NASA)

First evidence of water found on TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets

The Earth-sized planets orbiting the ultracool TRAPPIST-1 dwarf star 40 light-years away may have substantial amounts of...

5 Sept 2017 11:51 AM IST

The Dream Chaser was lifted to an altitude at which it would be released for a free flight that is scheduled to happen later this year.

Dream Chaser' mini space shuttle takes first flight

The craft did its first captive flight, suspended from a helicopter and went up to a higher altitude.

4 Sept 2017 7:40 PM IST

A 38-year-old brain dead mans organs have saved four lives. (Photo: Pixabay)

New medical camera sees through the body

The device, developed by researchers at the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt in the UK, detects the sources of...

4 Sept 2017 5:42 PM IST

The nomination drew fire from two US senators from Florida who questioned the Oklahoma representatives qualifications to lead such a complex and highly technical agency. (Photo: AFP)

Trump names former Navy aviator to head NASA

US President Donald Trump announced he plans to appoint a former navy pilot and Republican congressman to head NASA.

3 Sept 2017 8:27 AM IST

Isros 8th navigation satellite launch IRNSS-1H was termed as unsuccessful. (Photo: PTI)

Launch failed at the very last minute'

The snag has come as a surprise for space experts like Prof Roddam Narasimha.

1 Sept 2017 6:01 AM IST

Isros 8th navigation satellite launch IRNSS-1H was termed as unsuccessful. (Photo: PTI)

Isro fails to launch private satellite for navigation

The PSLV-C39 rocket and IRNSS-1H satellite, jointly assembled by Isro with private companies, together cost around Rs...

1 Sept 2017 1:13 AM IST

Saturn (Photo: NASA)

Astrophysicists make music from Saturn's moons, rings

It will plunge into the planet itself on September 15 to avoid contaminating any of its moons.

31 Aug 2017 2:03 PM IST

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, with NASAs Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-M aboard, in a NASA handout photo obtained on August 18, 2017. (Photo: AFP)

Space travel affects astronaut's health at molecular level

The effects of spaceflight on the human body have been studied actively since the mid-20th century.

31 Aug 2017 1:38 PM IST