Hubble Space Telescope’s Camera Shuts Down Due to a Malfunction
Operations on one of the Hubble Space Telescope's most important instruments were suspended Tuesday as NASA investigates a hardware malfunction with the instrument. Tom Brown, the Hubble mission head at the Space…
‘Repeating’ Radio Waves From Deep Space Baffle Scientists
Astronomers in Canada have detected a mysterious volley of radio waves from far outside our galaxy, according to two studies published Wednesday in Nature. What corner of the universe these…
Space Microbes Adapting to Survive, not Turning Into Superbugs: Study
Genetic evidence has shown that despite its seemingly harsh conditions, bacteria on the International Space Station (ISS) are adapting to survive, and not turning into dangerous, antibiotic-resistant superbugs, researchers said.…
NASA’s TESS Planet Hunting Satellite Discovers Third New Exoplanet
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered a third small planet outside our solar system, scientists report. The new planet named HD 21749b, orbits a bright, nearby dwarf star…
MIT Researchers Propose Tiny Satellites to Guide Huge Space Telescopes
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have proposed that in the near future giant telescopes like NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope might be replaced by large number…
ISS Astronauts May Grow Beans in Space in 2021: Study
After cultivating lettuce in space three years ago, crew members aboard the International Space Station could be growing beans in 2021, new research suggests. The beans could be planted in…
NASA Says No Evidence of Atmosphere on Ultima Thule
New Horizons spacecraft which explored the ancient Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule, earlier this week, has yielded that the distant object has no evidence of an atmosphere, NASA has…
China’s Chang’e-4 Lunar Rover Leaves First Ever Footprint on Moon’s Far Side
China's lunar rover has left the first-ever "footprint" on the far side of the moon, officials said Friday, hours after the robotic spacecraft successfully soft-landed on the mysterious and previously…
Alphabet’s Life Science Tech Unit Verily Raises $1 Billion From Investors
Verily, Alphabet's life sciences division, on Thursday announced a $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,000 crores) investment round led by private equity firm Silver Lake. Alphabet Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat and Silver…
ISRO Said to Be Working on Chandrayaan-2 Launch for Next Month
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is likely to launch Chandrayaan-2, the country's second mission to the Moon, next month, sources in the space agency said Thursday. "We are all…