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The planet is believed to orbit Barnards Star every 233 days. (Photo: Pixabay)

Solar system's most distant object is 'Farout' pink dwarf planet

Its discovery was announced on Monday by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center.

19 Dec 2018 10:20 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 halts US satellite launch for national security mission

US Vice President Mike Pence, who travelled to Florida to watch the launch.

19 Dec 2018 10:19 AM IST

The Carnegie Institutions Scott Sheppard said the object is so far away and moving so slowly it will take a few years to determine its orbit. (Photo: AP)

Scientists spot solar system's farthest known object

Farout is about 120 astronomical units away that's 120 times the distance between Earth and the sun, or 11 billion...

18 Dec 2018 12:47 PM IST

Israel Aerospace Industries manager Opher Doron stressed that the small craft, roughly the size of a washing machine, faces a difficult, arduous journey. (Photo: AP)

First private Israeli lunar mission will launch in February

Officials from SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries, announced that the landing craft, dubbed Beresheet.

18 Dec 2018 11:42 AM IST

Indias heaviest satellite GSAT-11 was successfully launched by an Arianespace rocket from the French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. (Photo: Twitter | @isro)

Israeli spacecraft gets final element before 2019 moon launch

Israel has launched satellites before, but this is the first longer-range Israeli spacecraft of its kind.

18 Dec 2018 9:42 AM IST

GPS is best-known for its widespread civilian applications, from navigation to time-stamping bank transactions. (Photo: AP)

Next-generation of GPS satellites are headed to space

But some of their most highly touted features will not be fully available until 2022 or later.

17 Dec 2018 4:48 PM IST

The majority of the rulebook for the Paris agreement has been created. (Photo: AP)

Talks adopt rulebook' to put Paris climate deal into action

Negotiators delayed other key decisions until next year a move that frustrated environmentalists and countries.

17 Dec 2018 1:54 PM IST

The tiny satellites are called CubeSats , and will collect data on phenomena such as radiation belts or on autonomous movement in space for a group of universities and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

New Zealand's Rocket Lab shoots 13 tiny cube satellites into orbit

Sunday's launch was the second commercial launch for the New Zealand firm.

17 Dec 2018 8:54 AM IST

Images from the International Space Station posted on Twitter by astronaut Alexander Gerst on Tuesday showed Tramis enormous eye which he said was as if somebody pulled the planets gigantic plug. (Photo: Twitter | @Astro_Alex)

Russian cosmonauts take samples on 6th hour of spacewalk to crack...

Roscosmos has ruled out a manufacturing defect causing the 2 mm-wide hole found in August.

14 Dec 2018 1:38 PM IST

Virgins twin-fuselage carrier airplane holding the SpaceShipTwo passenger spacecraft took off at 7:11 a.m.

Virgin Galactic completes crewed space test, more flights soon

The successful test flight presages a new era of civilian space travel that could kick off as soon as next year.

14 Dec 2018 12:06 PM IST

Indias heaviest satellite GSAT-11 was successfully launched by an Arianespace rocket from the French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. (Photo: Twitter | @isro)

Russian cosmonauts take samples on sixth hour of spacewalk to crack...

Officials said the crew - three US astronauts, two Russian cosmonauts and one German - were never in danger.

12 Dec 2018 3:45 PM IST

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)

Curry signals willingness to meet with NASA over Moon landing doubts

Curry is willing to take NASA up on its offer to tour its lunar lab in Houston.

12 Dec 2018 3:43 PM IST