Space
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Breakfast in space: NASA’s food scientists develop snack bars for future space mission
World | Nov 25, 2016, 04:48 PM ISTScientists are developing a number of food bars that astronauts onboard the Orion spacecraft can eat for breakfast during their travel beyond the Moon to explore deep space destinations. When astronauts explore deep space destinations,
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NASA’s Rs 20 lakh ‘Space Poop challenge’ seeks solutions to manage human waste in space
World | Nov 24, 2016, 04:52 PM ISTWhen nature calls, even the best of space suited astronauts find it tough to negotiate. The problem - they can’t easily rush to the bathroom in space. In an attempt to handle situations such
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Fire in Space! NASA scientists ignite second space fire experiment on cargo spaceship
World | Nov 22, 2016, 01:45 PM ISTIn an attempt to better understand how fire behaves in microgravity to ensure better safety for astronauts, NASA scientists will soon ignite nine different materials aboard an unmanned spaceship on its way to a
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'Super Earth’ found orbiting nearby star
World | Nov 20, 2016, 05:32 PM ISTScientists have discovered a new world right round the corner from Earth. A new ‘super Earth’ planet was found with a mass around 5.4 times that of the Earth, orbiting a very bright star near
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NASA space telescopes 'Spitzer' and 'Swift' discover elusive brown dwarf
World | Nov 11, 2016, 02:16 PM ISTA unique collaboration between NASA's Spitzer and Swift space telescopes have led to a discovery of a new brown dwarf - thought to be the missing link between planets and stars, with masses up
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‘Vote while you float’: Two American astronauts vote from space in US presidential election
World | Nov 08, 2016, 12:55 PM ISTWhen tens of millions of people around the United States head to polling places to cast their votes in Tuesday's presidential election, two American astronauts orbiting the Earth at 17,000 miles per hour have already
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World's largest-ever space telescope is ready for launch in 2018, says NASA
World | Nov 03, 2016, 10:58 AM ISTAfter more than 20 years of construction, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is complete and, following in-depth testing, the largest-ever space telescope is expected to launch within two years, NASA officials announced on Wednesday.
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Space capsule MS-02 carrying crew of 3 blasts off from Kazakhstan
World | Oct 19, 2016, 06:10 PM ISTA crew of three astronauts including two Russians and an American aboard the Soyuz MS-02 space capsule blasted off early Wednesday morning for the International Space Station. The crew of Roscosmos Sergey Ryzhikov and
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Chinese astronauts aboard the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft enter space lab after successful docking
World | Oct 19, 2016, 06:01 PM ISTThe two Chinese astronauts who set off aboard the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft as part of the Communist country’s longest ever manned space mission have successfully entered the orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab. The move spells
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‘Super aliens’ could feed on cosmic rays, says study
World | Oct 16, 2016, 06:52 PM ISTCosmic rays, one of the most dangerous aspects of space for the human body, could really be a wellspring of life, a new study proposes. The study of a bacterium thriving deep in a South
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Bigger than we thought! Number of galaxies in the universe 20 times more than previous estimates
World | Oct 14, 2016, 03:45 PM ISTThe universe contains a dizzying two trillion galaxies, up to 20 times more than previously estimated, new research has found. Over the last 20 years scientists have used images from the Hubble Space Telescope to
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Asgardia: All you need to know about the ‘First Nation State in Space’
World | Oct 14, 2016, 01:16 PM ISTIf you are among those who are bored with your earth citizenship and looking for some extra-terrestrial intervention, this should come as good news for you. A team of scientists and legal experts
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Apple iPad app that works without internet to help astronauts track dietary intake
Oct 13, 2016, 04:35 PM ISTWiping out the problems related to dietary habits, an iPad app designed especially for cosmonauts can now help them track their intake and provide insights for physicians and researchers back home on keeping crews healthy
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First Mexican Mars rover gets recognition from NASA and IAF
World | Oct 03, 2016, 01:15 PM ISTIn a mark of significant achievement for the South American nation, the first prototype of a Mars explorer robot designed by a team of 10 university students in Mexico has gained recognition from US space
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SEE PIC! NASA’s Fermi telescope detects dazzling gamma-ray binary in space (Video)
World | Sep 30, 2016, 02:03 PM ISTNASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has found the first gamma-ray binary – the brightest one ever spotted – in another galaxy. The dual-star system, dubbed LMC P3, contains a massive star and a crushed
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NASA's Hubble space telescope spots a planet orbiting two stars
World | Sep 23, 2016, 05:54 PM ISTAstronomers using NASA’s Hubble space telescope have discovered a planet orbiting two stars in a system located about 8,000 light-years away towards the centre of our galaxy. The planet orbits roughly 300 million miles
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Pakistan scientists among invitees to watch China's space launch
World | Sep 16, 2016, 08:06 PM ISTChina invited Pakistani space scientists along with host of guests from Germany, France, Italy, Russia and the European Union (EU) to observe the launch of its manned space flight to send two astronauts to join
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NASA working on tackling medical emergencies in deep space
World | Sep 04, 2016, 09:39 PM ISTTo determine ways to tackle emergency cases with astronauts in deep space, a team of an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program NASA
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Aliens target me a lot: Man makes 'bizarre' claims about extraterrestrial creatures
World | Aug 25, 2016, 06:47 PM ISTA 50-year-old resident of a village in northern Bosnia (a country on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe), near Prijedor claims that he has been attacked by aliens through the meteorite strikes that always happen
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New space boot to avert astronauts from tripping over
World | Jul 29, 2016, 09:14 AM ISTLooking for the safety of the astronauts going for missions, a team of researchers have developed a new space boot that will help to prevent astronauts from tripping over the surface. The pace boot comes