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The report found the splintered wreck was most likely sunk by an explosion. (Photo: AP)

Historians name 2 Indian Ocean 19th century shipwrecks

The museum's examination of the images of the scattered remnants found it was possibly the brig W. Gordon or the barque...

4 May 2018 8:34 AM IST

This composite image made from a series of Jan. 23, 2018 photos shows a self-portrait of NASAs Curiosity Mars rover on Vera Rubin Ridge. The rovers arm which held the camera was positioned out of each of the dozens of shots which make up the mosaic. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS via AP)

ExoMars Rover prepares for shake down ahead of Mars trip

If the 2020 mission goes to plan it would be Europe's first rover on Mars.

28 April 2018 9:21 AM IST

The technology could power habitats and life-support systems, enable astronauts to mine resources, recharge rovers and run processing equipment to transform resources such as ice on the planet into oxygen, water and fuel. (Photo: NASA)

Scientists shocked as NASA cuts only moon rover

It would have been the first US lunar lander since Apollo 17 in 1972.

28 April 2018 9:18 AM IST

Europes Sentinel-3B Earth-observation satellite launches atop a Rockot rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia on April 25, 2018. (Photo: ESA)

Europe launches seventh Sentinel Earth observation satellite

It will join its twin Sentinel-3A, which has been in orbit since 2016, to collect data on sea surface temperature.

26 April 2018 2:28 PM IST

An impression of 14 galaxies detected by ALMA (Atacama large Millimter/submillimeter Array) (Photo: ALMA)

Colossal cosmic collision alters understanding of early universe

The collision detected a pile-up of 14 galaxies, which are 90 per cent away across the observable universe.

26 April 2018 10:18 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)

NASA's Tess spacecraft embarks on quest to find new planets

The satellite the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or Tess will scan almost the entire sky for at least two...

20 April 2018 9:42 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 may soon identify 2,400 alien planets

NASA has identified 2,400 alien planets orbiting faraway stars in different solar systems.

19 April 2018 8:04 AM IST

The photo shows medieval Saxonian, Ottoman, Danish and Byzantine coins after a medieval silver treasure had been found near Schaprode on the northern German island of Ruegen in the Baltic Sea. (Photo: AP)

Archaeologists find silver treasure on German Baltic island

It is reportedly the biggest trove of such coins in the southeastern Baltic region.

18 April 2018 10:48 AM IST

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

More than 100 parts for NASA's Orion capsule to be 3D printed

Using this technology, experts say will eventually become key to efforts to send humans to Mars.

18 April 2018 9:59 AM IST

This Nasa handout artists rendition shows the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a Nasa Explorer mission launching in 2018 to study exoplanets, or planets orbiting stars outside our solar system. (Photo: AFP)

Nasa's new planet-hunter to seek closer, Earth-like worlds

TESS is designed as a follow-on to the US space agency's Kepler spacecraft, which was the first of its kind and launched...

17 April 2018 12:08 AM IST

NASAs latest space-bound astrophysics instrument will be carried aloft by a Falcon 9 rocket from the fleet of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musks private launch service, Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX.

NASA's newest planet-hunting spacecraft set for launch in Florida

A new NASA satellite will detect more Earth-like worlds around stars beyond our solar system.

16 April 2018 4:51 PM IST

It contains a cockpit with monitors and levers for the pilot to control the robots arms and legs.

Man builds a functional 'Gundam' inspired giant robot with an arm...

A man has made it a reality by creating a giant humanoid inspired by the science fiction franchise.

16 April 2018 1:05 PM IST