Juno's closest flyby past Jupiter on Saturday

There are 35 more close flybys of Jupiter scheduled during its prime mission which will end in February 2018

World Earth Day: Why the planet is worth saving

On World Earth Day, six stunning photos from NASA show the beauty of our unique planet and warns us of the threat from imminent climate change

China became the first country to sprout a seed on the moon

This is the farthest point from the Earth where humans have grown plants. A lone cottonseed sprouted in a canister aboard the Chang’e-4, …

NASA's Juno arrives at Jupiter to lift cloudy veil

The Juno mission could help reveal how Jupiter formed, whether it has a rocky core and whether it influenced life on earth

Flip side of skyglow

City lights are creating fogs of light pollution as the entire population lives under a sky so bright that the eye cannot fully dark-adapt …

Phytoplankton blooms in the Atlantic may originate in autumn rather than spring: NASA

The finding is startling as autumn and winters are a harsh time when growth conditions for phytoplankton are at their worst

NASA camera captures Earth’s entire sunlit side

The image shows the effect of sunlight scattered by air molecules which gives it an overall bluish tint

Simply Put: NASA to reset to planetary defence programme

First life to sprout on the Moon is already dead

A cotton seed that germinated on the Moon could not survive the long lunar night

10 things to know about NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter

With the Juno spacecraft successfully in place in the orbit of the largest planet of our solar system, we bring you quick facts about the …

Mercury transit helps scientists study the planet

Scientists attempted to understand the processes of sodium atoms being released into Mercury’s atmosphere

World eagerly awaits New Horizons’ flyby past Pluto

Scientists are eager to collect data on the dwarf planet’s chemical and atmospheric makeup using the Ralph spectrometer 

नासा ने की पुष्टि, अनुमान से भी तेज हो रहा ब्रह्मांड का फैलाव

नासा के वैज्ञानिकों की खोज के मुताबिक ब्रह्मांड का विस्…

‘Humans are closer to setting up base on Moon’

Pushkar Ganesh Vaidya, an astrobiologist, talks about the future of China’s experiment that resulted in a seed sprouting on the lunar surface

US scraps CO2 monitoring programme that doesn’t cost more than a battle tank

NASA's Carbon Monitoring System provides data on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon stocks to help countries evaluate their progress towards …

2016 experiences record-breaking heat for nine consecutive months

12 consecutive months from October 2015 to September 2016 have set new monthly high-temperature records

NASA finds evidence of water on Mars

If water exists now, life too could be found on the planet

How dust storms are adding to pollution woes of north India

Such storms lead to increase in surface ozone, particulate matter as well as harmful greenhouse gases

Scientists recreate building blocks of life

NASA researchers recreate amino acids in lab as it may have formed billions of years ago

Will ISRO’s scramjet rocket engine help reduce cost of space missions?

There are a number of hindrances in way of achieving cost reduction–the objective of developing a reusable system

Space Race 2.0: Calendar of space launches in next 15 years

Here's a look at what governments and private firms plan to do in space

Antarctica lost more than 3 trillion tonnes of ice in 25 years, but where is all the water going?

It’s time researchers and policy makers think about managing the water when even the more resilient of the two poles has given in to …

नासा ने कहा, बढ़ते तापमान के बावजूद तेजी से नहीं पिघलेगी अंटार्कटिका की बर्फ

इससे पहले वैज्ञानिकों ने कहा था कि अगले 500 वर्षों में अंट�…

Only six out of 22 river basins in India have potential to cope with climate change threats: study

Drastic reduction in water use efficiency under driest conditions was observed for some basins, which highlights their inability to cope with …

Solar Impulse's biggest legacy will be in your home – not in the skies

Solar Impulse has raised the profile of solar power and people might consider how they can do their bit to use cleaner energy