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, Triton Submarines LLC of Vero Beach, Florida, said on the company website that it is the only submersible certified to carry humans on dives of 36,000 feet.Science
Scientists prepare for expedition to the world's deepest depths

The project, known as Five Deeps Expedition, will use a special submersible vehicle that took more than three years to...

20 Oct 2018 11:55 AM IST

Cotton is widely grown around the world, with its fiber used to make textiles and the cottonseed used among other things to feed animals such as cattle and sheep that have multiple stomach chambers.Science
Modified cotton could be human food source

After cottonseed oil is extracted, the remaining high-protein meal from the new cotton plant can find many uses.

19 Oct 2018 10:13 AM IST

Hyperion has a mass 1 million billion times greater than the sun and is so distant that it is viewed from earth as it looked billions of years ago. (Photo: Daily Sabah)Science
Scientists in Chile unveil 'A Cosmic Titan' cluster of galaxies

Hyperion is like 5,000 galaxies of the Milky Way.

18 Oct 2018 10:10 AM IST

A Russian cosmonaut and a US astronaut survived an aborted liftoff after a Soyuz rocket bound for the ISS failed in mid-air.Science
No time to be nervous: cosmonaut shrugs off emergency landing

Ovchinin and American astronaut Nick Hague had to abort their mission on October 11.

17 Oct 2018 11:14 AM IST

The discovery of this unusual, so-called \vampire burial\ was made over the summer in the commune of Lugnano in Teverina in the Italian region of Umbria.Science
'Vampire burial' of child with malaria discovered

The skeletal remains, uncovered by archaeologists included a skull with a rock intentionally inserted into the mouth.

16 Oct 2018 9:26 AM IST

A Russian cosmonaut and a US astronaut survived an aborted liftoff after a Soyuz rocket bound for the ISS failed in mid-air.Science
Russia may resume manned space flights on November 28

Russia still planned to go ahead as planned with its next manned flight to the ISS in December.

16 Oct 2018 8:56 AM IST

The Russian Space Agency said it still planned to go ahead with the next manned flight in December. (Photo: NASA)Science
International Space Station crew has enough supplies for at least six...

Russia has temporarily suspended all manned space launches after two astronauts made a dramatic emergency landing in...

16 Oct 2018 8:44 AM IST

US astronaut Nick Hague, right and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), walk prior the launch of Soyuz MS-10 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)Science
Rocket failure astronauts will go back into space

The two astronauts who survived the mid-air failure of a Russian rocket would fly again.

12 Oct 2018 1:05 PM IST

Last year, Saudi Arabias Public Investment Fund said it planned to invest about $1 billion in Bransons space company, Virgin Galactic, The Spaceship Company and Virgin Orbit.Science
Virgin's Branson halts talks on $1 billion Saudi investment in space...

Branson also said he would suspend his directorship in two Saudi tourism projects around the Red Sea.

12 Oct 2018 10:20 AM IST

US astronaut Nick Hague, right and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, member of the main crew of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), walk prior the launch of Soyuz MS-10 space ship at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)Science
Russian space rocket fails in mid-air, two-man US-Russian crew lands...

US astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin landed safely.

11 Oct 2018 6:07 PM IST

The first test launch of the Space Launch System rocket, which is supposed to send humans to the moon and ultimately allow deep space exploration, was most recently slated for mid-2020 with a crew launch to follow in 2022. (Representational image/ Photo: NASA)Science
Boeing rocket for NASA over budget, could further delay launch: audit

Boeing is building the largest rocket in NASA's history but the aerospace giant's poor performance has resulted in an...

11 Oct 2018 10:34 AM IST

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch is seen in the distance over the Golden Gate Bridge near Sausalito, Calif. When SpaceX launched a rocket carrying an Argentine Earth-observation satellite from California, both the night sky and social media lit up. People as far away as Phoenix and Sacramento posted photos of the rocket returning to its launch site on Sunday night in what was the first time SpaceX landed a first-stage booster back at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base. (Justin Borja via AP)Science
SpaceX satellite launch lights up night sky, social media

This was the first time SpaceX landed the first-stage booster back at its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

9 Oct 2018 10:33 AM IST

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