Imaging success

CHINA

Portrait of a galaxy

The mysterious planets

Tadpole like objects in the Helix nebula, detected by the Hubble telescope, suggest the presence ofhitherto unseen objects in the universe

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Breakaway!

Rocky rendezvous

The enigma behind the world. of asteroids could be unravelled once and for all with NASAs recent launch of a search probe

Soaring greener heights

Surrey University in the UK, specialising in satellite engineering, is developing a hybrid rocket motor that uses liquid and solid fuel, both of …

Spatial success

With the latest launch of another remote sensing satellite, Indian space scientists aim to carve out a niche in the world market for satellite …

Water, water everywhere

Water has been detected in the upper atmospheres of Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

Solar panel for Mir

Pop goes the launch

Rings and wings

Information gathered by the spacecraft Cassini may solve many riddles about the next-most interesting planet after Mars

Genealogy of stars

The discovery of a cluster of galaxies may provide useful insights into the formation of stars

In Focus

Discovery returns

The space shuttle has brought back vital data about ozone depletion

World's largest telescope

Space travails

A Japanese satellite fails in space resulting in the loss of vital climate data

Design trouble

On borrowed time

The Hubble telescope is slowly wearing out and efforts to repair it are on, alongwith preparations for its replacement

Gliding back home

'Gliding lifeboats' can bring astronauts back to earth in case the space station fails

Cluster formation

Distance dilemma

Are quasars near or far? Doubts appear as the astronomical calculator, red shift, is challenged

Space science, biology and politics

NASA hopes to solve its resource crunch by putting forward a case that uses space science for explaining the origins of life

Space crop