Scientist who called mysterious Oumuamua object alien probe explains why

Abraham Loeb, one of the Harvard scientists who came up with this theory, talks about this extraordinary conclusion and the media frenzy it generated

Scientists discover a new source of neutrinos in space – opening up another window into the universe

A giant detector at the South Pole has discovered that a “blazar”, a galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its centre, also …

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 …

Russia's role raises hopes and fears

With Russia participating in the first unified space station project, international cooperation reaches new heights. But there are also doubts …

Space ballet

Listen and learn

Greenland ice melts

A bridge too far-fetched

Wholesome find

Ozone hole over Antarctica is smaller in size this year due to atmospheric conditions

Is there anybody out there?

An amino acid's discovery in deep space raises hope of finding life forms there

Techno rainbird

NASA develops computer model to track origins of rain

More space for soyabeans

A recent find raises hope for further space invasion

The back up man

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Fast radio bursts detected in the Milky Way for the first time

The superpower blasts of radio waves, ascribed to sources ranging from alien ships to colliding black holes, are actually generated by dead stars …

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खत्म हो सकते हैं धरती के संसाधन इसलिए अंतरिक्ष की ओर जा रहे हैं हम 

ISRO’s new space company gets its first order

American space rideshare company Spaceflight bought payload slot on the first commercial launch of ISRO’s newest rocket, Small Satellite …

Chandrayaan-2 in orbit, now focus on Sept 7 moon landing

The satellite will, in the next 23 days, burn its internal thrusters six times raising its height

In the future, technology will lead to solutions as well as conflicts: Report

Published by the World Economic Forum, the report says that future conflicts and collaborations would be over weather manipulation tools, food …

India to send manned mission to space within 40 months

This feat has only been achieved by three countries till now—the United States, Russia and China

How looking into space can help our understanding of climate change on Earth

Atmospheric changes on exoplanets could hold clues to our own environmental problems

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 

One of the world's largest radio telescope being set up near Pune will look for incontrovertible evidence for the Big Bang theory on the origin …

Trapping solar energy in space

Can solar power ever become a major source of energy?

Disappearing fields

Urbanisation takes its toll on farmlands

Celestial explorers

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