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Its trailing twin Voyager 1, which reached interstellar space in 2012 and is now 13 billion miles (21 billion kilometers) from Earth. (Photo: NASA)

NASA's Voyager 2 becomes 2nd craft in interstellar space

The spacecraft is now beyond the outer boundary of the heliosphere, some 11 billion miles from earth.

11 Dec 2018 1:29 PM IST

In this image taken from NASA on August 24, 2018, the asteroid Bennu is seen from an image obtained from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraf. (Image: AFP)

NASA's first look: Tiny asteroid is studded with boulders

Osiris-Rex hooked up last week with the asteroid Bennu, which is only about three blocks wide and weighs about 80...

11 Dec 2018 1:08 PM IST

Scientists believe that asteroids and comets crashing into early Earth delivered organic compounds and water that seeded the planet for life. (Photo: NASA)

NASA probe finds signs of water on nearby asteroid Bennu

OSIRIS-REx, which flew last week within a scant 12 miles (19 km) of the asteroid Bennu.

11 Dec 2018 9:39 AM IST

With its Change 4 mission, China hopes to be the first country to make a soft landing.

China launches pioneering mission to far side of moon

A Long March 3B rocket carrying a lunar probe blasted off at 2:23 a.m. from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in...

9 Dec 2018 7:04 PM 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)

NASA's InSight lander 'hears' wind on Mars

Two sensors picked up the vibrations: an air pressure sensor inside the lander and a seismometer on the lander's deck

8 Dec 2018 10:42 AM IST

The moon as viewed by Chandrayaan-Is camera from a distance of 3,11,200 km on November 4. (Photo: ISRO)

China launches probe to explore dark side of Moon

Advancing China's space programme has been a priority of its leaders.

8 Dec 2018 10:29 AM IST

The murky case threw the spotlight on Thailands then unregulated rent-a-womb industry. (Photo: Pixabay)

World's first baby born via womb transplant from dead donor

Dani Ejzenberg, a doctor at Brazil's Sao Paulo University hospital, led the research.

6 Dec 2018 10:00 AM IST

Scientists believe that asteroids and comets crashing into early Earth delivered organic compounds and water that seeded the planet for life. (Photo: NASA)

NASA deep space probe reaches asteroid deemed potential Earth threat

Osiris-Rex embarked on NASA's unprecedented seven-year mission to conduct a close-up survey of the asteroid Bennu.

5 Dec 2018 2:57 PM IST

The current norm for receiving a womb transplant is that the organ would come from a live family member willing to donate it. (Representational Photo: Pixabay)

World's first baby born via womb transplant from dead donor

The case involved connecting veins from the donor uterus with the recipient's veins as well as linking arteries and...

5 Dec 2018 2:47 PM IST

A Falcon 9 SpaceX heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. The Falcon Heavy, has three first-stage boosters, strapped together with 27 engines in all.

SpaceX launches biggest US 'rideshare' mission with 64 satellites

The Falcon 9 blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 10:34 a.m.

4 Dec 2018 11:13 AM IST

In this image provided by NASA, the Dragon capsule arrives at the International Space Station on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 with food and experiments. It will remain attached to the orbiting outpost for about a month, returning to Earth in May. Dragon launched Monday from Cape Canaveral, Florida, aboard a used Falcon rocket. SpaceX wants to reduce launch costs by recycling rocket parts. (Photo: AP)

Russia launches first manned voyage to ISS since rocket accident

The Soyuz lifted off at 1131 GMT from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

4 Dec 2018 11:11 AM IST

JAXA, in a statement, claimed that a kilometer-wide diamond-shaped space rock is rich in water and organic materials. (Photo: ANI)

NASA deep space probe reaches asteroid deemed potential Earth threat

Scientists estimate there is a one-in-2,700 chance of the asteroid slamming into Earth 166 years from now.

4 Dec 2018 11:09 AM IST