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Smartphones can achieve a commendable solar eclipse shot with certain tweaks and modifications. (photo: abcnews)

Wear solar specs or make a viewer to safely watch eclipse

There should be absolutely no peeking without glasses or certified filters.

20 Aug 2017 8:03 AM IST

The experiment will help scientists find different ways to look for protecting the human body from space radiations other than the use of a bulky space suit. (Photo: UAE US Embassy)

ISs experiment by teen can help colonise Mars

Alia Almansoori's Genes in Space' experiment will determine effects of harmful radiations on DNA.

19 Aug 2017 8:49 PM IST

ÂThe H-IIA rocket blasts off from the Tanegashima space centre in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan. (Photo: AFP)

Japan launches satellite for better GPS system

The launch was initially scheduled last week but was postponed due to a technical glitch.

19 Aug 2017 3:33 PM IST

Total solar eclipses occur somewhere on Earth every year or so, but most cast their shadow over oceans or remote land. (representational image

What's a total solar eclipse and why this one is so unusual

The last time a total solar eclipse swept the whole width of the US was in 1918.

19 Aug 2017 8:46 AM 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)

NASA launches satellite to help astronauts communicate with Earth

The satellite will "support critical space communication into the mid-2020s," NASA said in a statement.

19 Aug 2017 8:02 AM IST

Cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin (left) and Sergey Ryazanskiy are pictured in the Orlan spacesuits they are wearing during todays spacewalk. Credit: @SergeyISS

Cosmonauts release 3D-printed satellite into space

The exterior casing of the first one tossed overboard was made with a 3-D printer.

18 Aug 2017 10:02 AM IST

A graphic illustratng total solar eclipse to happen on August 21.

Facts about the US solar eclipse on August 21

This is the first eclipse to pass over the United States in the 21st century.

18 Aug 2017 8:39 AM IST

Total solar eclipses occur somewhere on Earth every year or so, but most cast their shadow over oceans or remote land. (representational image

First eclipse in nearly a century to sweep North America

Experts warn that looking directly at the eclipse can burn the retina, possibly causing lasting blind spots.

18 Aug 2017 8:06 AM IST

To understand how rainfall on Mars changed over time, the researchers had to consider how its atmosphere has changed.

Mars 2020 rover to use smart techniques to find signs of life

The Mars Exploration Program with a planned launch in 2020 builds on the success of prior rovers.

17 Aug 2017 4:02 PM IST

The extra-large science load includes a cosmic ray monitor, a mini satellite with cheap, off-the-shelf scopes for potential military viewing, and 20 mice for an eye and brain study.

SpaceX Dragon delivers scientific bounty to space station

The Dragon holds 3 tons of cargo, mostly research.

17 Aug 2017 9:52 AM IST

Total solar eclipses occur somewhere on Earth every year or so, but most cast their shadow over oceans or remote land. (representational image

Can't see the solar eclipse? Tune in online or on TV

Ronald Dantowitz, an astronomer, will be using 14 cameras to capture the August 21 solar eclipse.

17 Aug 2017 8:17 AM IST

Crew members looking out the cockpit windows of a RNZAF P3 Orion during search operations for wreckage and debris of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. (Photo: AFP)

Scientists potentially narrow MH370 search area to 3 spots

The expanse adjoins original search zone far southwest Australia identified via satellite analysis of the final hours of...

16 Aug 2017 1:01 PM IST