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This composite image provided by NASA, derived from data collected by the Jupiter-orbiting Juno spacecraft, shows the central cyclone at the planets north pole and the eight cyclones that encircle it. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM via AP)

Geometric clusters of cyclones churn over Jupiter's poles

Jupiter's poles are blanketed by geometric clusters of cyclones and its atmosphere is deeper than suspected.

8 March 2018 8:33 AM IST

This illustration from NASA shows Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. NASA is accepting online submissions until April 27, 2018, for sending your name on the spacecraft all the way to the sun. (NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben via AP)

NASA will fly you to the sun _ or at least your name

NASA is accepting online submissions for this hottest ticket in town.

8 March 2018 8:24 AM IST

Ice skaters take advantage of unseasonable warm temperatures to ice skate outside at Westchester Lagoon in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo: AP)

Arctic not so chill this record warm winter

One scientific theory is that this is changing weather further south and plays a role in extreme events, especially in...

7 March 2018 12:37 PM IST

The orbiting satellite is almost as big as a city bus.

SpaceX racks up 50th launch of Falcon 9 rocket

The latest Falcon took flight from Cape Canavera, successfully hosting a massive communications satellite for Spain's...

7 March 2018 8:12 AM IST

When NASA was looking for a new class of astronauts, only 12 were selected from a whopping 18,300 applicants.

China to recruit civilian astronauts, boost crewed missions

New astronauts will include maintenance engineers and payload specialists as well as pilots.

5 March 2018 9:17 AM IST

The extra-large science load includes a cosmic ray monitor, a mini satellite with cheap, off-the-shelf scopes for potential military viewing, and 20 mice for an eye and brain study.

NASA launches advanced weather satellite for western US

GOES-S is the second satellite in a $11 billion effort that's revolutionising forecasting with fast, crisp images of...

5 March 2018 8:56 AM IST

The goal is to develop these two research vehicles, Khaled al-Awadhi, director of Automated Collection Systems at the RTA, said.

Dubai tests autonomous pods in drive for smart city

Dubai hopes to use for local transportation under the city's 2030 Dubai Future Accelerators.

4 March 2018 9:47 AM IST

Arianespace has drawn up an action plan following the incident that includes a fix for the problem experienced during the Ariane 5 launch.

European satellite launches to go ahead after Ariane 5 failure

An independent investigation found that the cause of the error was that the rocket was fed with incorrect data.

3 March 2018 11:34 AM IST

The artworks appeared as dark smudges in natural light but researchers at the British Museum and Oxford Universitys Faculty of Oriental Studies found the tattoos in 2017 with infrared photography.

Tattoos discovered on mummies after millennia under wraps

The mummies were unearthed 100 years ago in the Egyptian town of Gebelein, around 40 km (24 miles) south of modern-day...

2 March 2018 9:41 AM IST

Its the second satellite in an $11 billion effort thats already revolutionizing forecasting with fast, crisp images of hurricanes, wildfires and other natural calamities.

NASA launches advanced weather satellite for western US

The first spacecraft in the series has been monitoring the Atlantic and East Coast for the past year.

2 March 2018 9:04 AM IST

The image provided by Simon Pierce, Jonathan Green checks on a fin-mounted satellite tag on a whale shark in the Galapagos Islands area of Ecuador. Despite typically being bigger than a double-decker bus, the elusive whale shark has only tiny, almost useless teeth. Its also one of the least understood animals in the ocean. (simonjpierce.com via AP)

Cracking the mysteries of the elusive, majestic whale shark

In an attempt to solve some of the most enduring mysteries, a group of scientists spent several weeks diving with whale...

1 March 2018 3:01 PM IST

The image provided by the National Science Foundation shows a timeline of the universe. (N.R. Fuller/National Science Foundation via AP)

Astronomers glimpse cosmic dawn, when the stars switched on

Scientists have detected a signal from 180 million years after the Big Bang when the earliest stars began glowing.

1 March 2018 2:04 PM IST