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This image made available by NASA shows the planet Mars. This composite photo was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s. The attraction is sure to grow on Monday, November 26 with the arrival of a NASA lander named InSight. (NASA via AP, File)

NASA probe detects likely 'marsquake': an interplanetary first

The faint rumble characterized by JPL scientists as a likely marsquake, roughly equal to a 2.5 magnitude earthquake.

24 April 2019 11:37 AM IST

Scientists take step towards creating artificial embryos. (Photo: Pixabay)

China draws up tighter rules on human gene and embryo trials

Chinese authorities launched an investigation into He's work and said they had halted the kind of research he was...

21 April 2019 10:45 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket transporting the Tess satellite lifts off from launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla.(Photo: AP)

SpaceX suffers capsule anomaly during Florida tests

The initial tests completed successfully but the final test resulted in an anomaly on the test stand.

21 April 2019 10:37 AM IST

The eco-friendly air conditioner

Discovery of eco-friendly material for refrigerators and ACs

Researchers described the enormous thermal changes under pressure achieved with plastic crystals.

19 April 2019 11:12 AM IST

Intelsat said restoration paths on other Intelsat satellites and third-party satellites have been provided for a majority of the disrupted services.

Intelsat says satellite made by Boeing fails

The 29e propulsion system experienced damage, and while working to recover the satellite a second anomaly occurred.

19 April 2019 10:17 AM IST

This image made available by NASA shows the planet Mars. This composite photo was created from over 100 images of Mars taken by Viking Orbiters in the 1970s. The attraction is sure to grow on Monday, November 26 with the arrival of a NASA lander named InSight. (NASA via AP, File)

Back on Earth, China's Mars simulation base greets first visitors

They were not on the set of Star Wars, but at a Chinese-built Mars simulation base in the barren, windswept hills of...

19 April 2019 10:09 AM IST

Altogether, 13 women passed the arduous physical testing and became known as the Mercury 13. But NASA already had its Mercury 7 astronauts, all test pilots and men.

NASA's 1st female astronaut candidate, Jerrie Cobb, dies at 88

In 1961, Cobb became the first woman to pass astronaut testing.

19 April 2019 9:30 AM IST

Study testing value of DNA sequencing as part of routine medical care showed roughly one in five people carried mutation linked with rare disease (Photo: Pixabay)

US researchers begin CRISPR gene editing trials on humans

CRISPR is a technique in which modifications are made at the DNA level with the potential to cure many diseases.

18 April 2019 10:26 AM IST

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

NASA announces record-setting spaceflight mission by woman astronaut

The extended missions are aimed at gathering additional data on the effects of long-duration human spaceflight.

18 April 2019 10:25 AM IST

The new case in Shenmu city of Shaanxi province killed 19 of 33 pigs.

Yale study revives cellular activity in brains hours after death

The study offers no immediate clinical breakthrough for humans.

18 April 2019 9:51 AM IST

Scientists grow first adult-like human heart muscle. (Photo: Pixabay)

Scientist's 3D print heart in major medical breakthrough

The scientists used fully personalised non-supplemented materials as bio-inks for 3D printing.

17 April 2019 11:46 AM IST

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

300 feet deep liquid lake found on Saturn's moon

Titan and Earth are the solar system's two places with standing bodies of liquid on the surface.

16 April 2019 12:43 PM IST