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Govt launches initiative to mitigate impact of gases on ozone

The research initiative will be led by the CSIR's Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad.

16 Sept 2016 8:56 AM IST

(NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute via AP)

Study: Pluto 'spray-painting' poles of its big moon Charon

A new study finds that Pluto is "spray-painting" the red poles of its big moon Charon.

15 Sept 2016 11:28 AM IST

SpaceX is aiming to resume flights in November following a launch pad fire that destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket.

SpaceX aims to resume launches in November, president says

The accident destroyed the $200 million satellite owned by Israel's Space Communication.

14 Sept 2016 9:43 AM IST

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Bullets trump rehab as Asia ‘quickens’ its war on drugs

A file photo of protesters staging a ‘die-in’ to dramatise the rising number of extra-judicial killings...

13 Sept 2016 5:42 AM IST

New technology help researchers in reading closed books

New technology help researchers in reading closed books

Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have developed a new technology that can read pages of a closed book, an...

13 Sept 2016 12:30 AM IST

Scientists estimate there is a one-in-800 chance that Bennu might actually hit Earth 166 years from now.

NASA asteroid probe may find clues to origins of life on Earth

Osiris-Rex is headed to a 1,640-foot (500-meter) wide asteroid named Bennu.

12 Sept 2016 9:16 AM IST

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SpaceX accident 'most difficult and complex' in its history

The Falcon rocket and a satellite were destroyed, and the pad was damaged.

10 Sept 2016 3:23 PM IST

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SpaceX appeals for help in probe of rocket blast

The rocket was being fuelled ahead of a standard, pre-launch test.

10 Sept 2016 11:37 AM IST

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Asteroid sample seeking NASA rocket blasts off from Florida to collect

United Launch Alliance is a private partnership between Lockheed and Boeing.

9 Sept 2016 11:32 AM IST

Earlier with similar configurations, GSLV flights successfully launched the D5 and D6 missions in January 2014 and August 2015.

ISRO's GSLV-F05 rocket launches advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR

GSLV-F05 is significant since it is the first operational flight of GSLV carrying the indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage.

8 Sept 2016 5:07 PM IST

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Science behind how to make perfect cars decoded

Researchers have decoded the science behind the perfect car.

8 Sept 2016 4:48 PM IST

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Rocket science: Scramjet and the dream

Why Isro’s new engine has put India in the right, rare orbit

8 Sept 2016 1:19 AM IST