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The Parker Solar Probe is set to orbit within 3.9 million miles of the suns surface, where temperatures exceed 2,500 Fahrenheit (1,377 Celsius) (Photo:AFP)

A real scorcher: NASA probe to fly into sun's atmosphere

The solar Probe will liftoff from Kennedy Space Center in Florida in July 2018

1 Jun 2017 10:09 AM IST

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

Saturn's moon Enceladus may have tipped over: study

Researchers found evidence that the moon's spin axis - the line through the north and south poles - has reoriented.

31 May 2017 2:31 PM IST

The researchers also integrated certain proteins into the virus that are otherwise found only in cancer cells.

Artificial designer viruses can help fight cancer, says study

The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, may pave the way for novel cancer treatments.

30 May 2017 12:37 AM IST

Juno found cyclones as big as 1,400km in diameter swirling over Jupiters north and south poles, the research published in this weeks issue of the journal Science shows.

Cyclones, ammonia river found on Jupiter

Scientists hope to learn how the storm maintains itself and if a mass of material underlies the churning clouds.

30 May 2017 12:33 AM IST

The usage of drones will be made for carrying out a detailed survey.

New NASA tech to help drones land safely

The software links on-board drone components like batteries and motors to monitor their health.

29 May 2017 5:10 PM IST

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), in India there will be more than 17 lakh new cases of cancer and over 8.8 lakh deaths are predicted in 2020.

New designer viruses can help fight cancer: study

Most cancer cells only provoke a limited reaction by the immune system - the body's defence mechanism.

29 May 2017 2:21 PM IST

Corals can recover if the water temperature drops and the algae are able to recolonise them, but it can take a decade. (Photo: AFP)

Great Barrier Reef bleaching worse than first thought

The 2,300km World Heritage-listed Great Barrier Reef suffered its most severe bleaching on record last year due to...

29 May 2017 11:09 AM IST

India's largest rocket ever made, to be tested in June

The rocket made by ISRO rocket, is 200 full-grown Asian elephants put together heavy and is going to be tested in the...

28 May 2017 4:55 PM IST

NASAs ISS cameras stream a real-time live view of the Earth from multiple cameras onboard. Click on the video below to see the Earth from the ISS in real time.

NASA's Moon orbiter camera survived meteoroid hit

The camera captures moderate resolution images using filters to provide information about the properties and colour of...

27 May 2017 3:29 PM IST

The idea developed from a prosthetics hand he made in 2011, the first-ever made on a 3-D printer. The robot is made with a 3-D printer and micro-cameras.

French designer shows off DIY robot in public for 1st time

Designer Gael Langevin unveiled the robot at a technology fair in Romania this week.

27 May 2017 9:55 AM IST

When completed will be the worlds largest optical telescope, some five times larger than the top observing instruments in use today.

Construction starts on world's largest telescope

The size of the ELT has the potential to transform our understanding of the universe.

27 May 2017 9:23 AM IST

Researchers are surveying the sky around massive galaxy clusters that are the right size and distance away to focus light from very distant galaxies

Scientists decode the formation of antimatter in our galaxy

The antimatter came from a system where two white dwarfs form a binary system and collide with each other.

26 May 2017 8:16 PM IST