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FILE - In this July 20, 1969 file photo, Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, right, trudges across the surface of the moon leaving behind footprints. Moon dust collected by Armstrong during the first lunar landing is being sold at a New York auction. The lunar dust plus some tiny rocks that Armstrong also collected are zipped up in a small bag and are worth an estimated $2 million to $4 million. Theyre just some of the items linked to space travel that Sothebys is auctioning off to mark the 48th anniversary of the first lunar landing on July 20. (AP Photo, File)

Auction: Apollo 11 moon landing manual to fetch $9 million

The detailed manual was used by US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to land on the moon in 1969.

2 May 2019 10:02 AM IST

Evidence of more massive accretion onto the Earth than previously thought after the Moons formation. (Photo: Pixabay)

Space rock left big crater on moon during full lunar eclipse

The findings are in the Royal Astronomical Society's Monthly Notices.

2 May 2019 10:01 AM IST

The Indian mission to the Moon would see a landing by the space shuttle in the southern pole since it is the part of the lunar surface that has not been explored by any other country as yet. The landing zone will also give ISRO an opportunity to name the area or site, putting India into the history of space exploration.

India ready for mission to the Moon on July 9, 2019

The mission will make India the fourth country in the world to land a spacecraft on the Moon.

2 May 2019 9:51 AM IST

While most xenon isotopes have half-lives of less than 12 days, a few are thought to be exceptionally long-lived, and essentially stable. Xenon 124 is one of those, though researchers have estimated its half-life at 160 trillion years as it decays into tellurium 124. The universe is presumed to be merely 13 to 14 billion years old. (Photo: Rice University)

18,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years = Half-life of Xenon 124:...

18 sextillion years is 18 followed by 21 zeros. The universe is only 13.8 billion years old.

29 April 2019 10:44 AM IST

By doing so and that too in just three minutes -- India had entered the elite club of space countries USA, China and Russia, The Prime Minister said. The satellite was orbiting at an altitude of 300 kilometres. (Photo: AFP | Representational Image)

Germany eyes slice of lucrative space market

Firms likely to benefit from any future spending rise in Germany include Airbus and Bremen-based OHB.

29 April 2019 10:09 AM IST

After all, the cloud forests of this country, whose name is a somewhat-understated geographical description (Costa Rica literally translates to rich coast), host a dizzying 500,000 species.

Human intrusion degrading air quality of Amazon rainforest: Study

Vehicle emissions and other human activities in the city release nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere.

27 April 2019 10:25 AM IST

Following the birth of Love and Prince, the doctors decided to wait for at least six months before conducting a surgery to separate them (Photo: AFP)

This medical robot can autonomously navigate inside one's body

Surgeons have used robots operated by joysticks for more than a decade.

27 April 2019 10:24 AM IST

Following the birth of Love and Prince, the doctors decided to wait for at least six months before conducting a surgery to separate them (Photo: AFP)

This medical robot can autonomously navigate inside one's body

Surgeons have used robots operated by joysticks for more than a decade.

27 April 2019 10:24 AM IST

Surgery is thought to help by affecting hormones, gut bacteria and other substances that affect how the body handles insulin and blood sugar (Photo: AFP)

Micro-robots can help dentists remove plaque: Study

Such robotic biofilm-removal systems could be valuable in a wide range of potential applications.

27 April 2019 10:23 AM IST

The chances of chemotherapy affecting breast cancer patients with genetic biomarker IDs is higher. (Photo: Pixabay)

Researchers discover AI-powered solution to assess impact of...

The details of the study were published in the Journal of JAMA Network Open.

27 April 2019 10:21 AM IST

By doing so and that too in just three minutes -- India had entered the elite club of space countries USA, China and Russia, The Prime Minister said. The satellite was orbiting at an altitude of 300 kilometres. (Photo: AFP | Representational Image)

China's rocket start-ups go small in age of 'shoebox' satellites

Demand for nanosatellites as small as a shoebox is expected to explode in the next few years.

27 April 2019 9:45 AM IST

Although the seismic event was too small to provide solid data on the planets interior, the seismometer on the InSight will enable scientists to gather similar data. (Photo: ABC)

NASA's InSight Lander captures first 'marsquake'

The lander measured and recorded audio of faint seismic signal, the first- ever recorded trembling.

25 April 2019 10:57 AM IST