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The nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station pad where SpaceX had been launching its Falcon 9 rockets was damaged during a fueling accident in September. The company expects to return the pad to service later this year after repairs.

SpaceX poised to launch first recycled rocket

The goal of the launch is to send a communications satellite for Luxembourg-based company SES into a distant orbit.

30 March 2017 4:07 PM IST

Dasari Venkatakrishnarao

A great leap in science

At 27, this young research scholar is selected for the Lindue Nobel Laureate meeting which is being held in Germany.

29 March 2017 12:15 AM IST

Predatory publishing is becoming an organised industry, said social scientist Pisanski, who decided not to name-and-shame the journals caught out by the sting.

Pay to publish' offers rampant in some scientific journals

One journal suggested Ms Fraud organise a conference after which presenters would be charged for a special issue.

28 March 2017 2:13 AM IST

An overdose of opiates essentially makes the body forget to breathe. Naloxone works by blocking the brain receptors that opiates latch onto and helping the body remember to take in air. (Photo: AP )

Opioid abuse tied to higher suicide risk in veterans

The suicide risk is particularly high when veterans misuse prescription sedatives.

28 March 2017 2:09 AM IST

Scientists and engineers envision tiling the squares together like a quilt to make a complete sensor network.

NASA's 'sensory skin' can detect damages outside spacecraft

The new invention uses a series of several technologies to create circuits printed on thin layers

27 March 2017 8:27 AM IST

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet in the International Space Stations Cupola observatory, one of ESAs contributions to the orbital outpost, on November 22, 2016 (Photo: AFP)

Spacewalk a success for French, US astronauts

The goal for Friday's outing was to prepare for the installation of the second of two parking spots for space taxis

25 March 2017 12:54 PM IST

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has spoken to a Hong Kong audience by hologram, showcasing the growing reach of a technology which is making inroads into politics, entertainment and business (Photo: AFP)

Stephen Hawking appears as hologram in Hong Kong

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, 75, appears via hologram to address an audience in Hong Kong

25 March 2017 12:43 PM IST

SpaceX Dragon capsule

Spacewalking astronauts prep station for new parking spot

The 250-mile-high complex already has one docking port in place for the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing Starliner

25 March 2017 8:08 AM IST

Nasa has pinpointed C/2016 U1 NEOWISE as a comet, which is set to fly close to Earth this week.

NASA sending 'futuristic' atomic clock to space

The clock will be smaller, lighter with magnitudes more precise than any atomic clock flown in space before

22 March 2017 2:38 PM IST

It was developed by studying how the jaw of Nereis virens a sand worm, forms and adapts in different environments, researchers said.

Worm-inspired material adapts to its environment

The resulting pH- and ion-sensitive material is able to respond and react to its environment.

21 March 2017 2:54 AM IST

The Dragon cargo capsule, seen attached to a Falcon 9 rocket, both made by SpaceX, at Cape Canaveral in Florida (Photo: AFP)

SpaceX cargo ship returns to Earth

The capsule undertook a more than six-hour journey back to Earth

20 March 2017 7:51 AM IST

The information will be transmitted by the satellite twice a day, which will help Africa towards disaster prevention.

Teenage girls plan Africa's first private space satellite launch

The data will be used to predict Africa's future problems.

18 March 2017 11:06 AM IST