A scheduled reboost manoeuvre of the International Space Station was aborted after only 5 seconds for unknown reasons. Cargo spacecraft moored to the International Space Station fire their thrusters… [+2076 chars]
According to a media report, South Korea has withdrawn its bid to visit space rock Apophis during the closing, but the harmless flight of our Earth in 2029. The state science department says the pro… [+1916 chars]
There have been several space missions to study how Moon, Marth, Sun and our galaxy were formed, but seldom there are any that have unravelled the mysteries on the origin of the giant planet. A rece… [+1758 chars]
Despite recent headlines, NASAs venerable Voyager craft isnt shutting down quite yet but in two months, the team that manages the iconic mission will make decisions about what to do with dwindling … [+4410 chars]
Astronomers have studied the makeup and velocity of more than 500 stars in Andromeda, our nearest galactic neighbour, to track its turbulent and tragic evolution. Andromeda, located 2.5 million ligh… [+1461 chars]
A little space rock from Mars, which fell to Earth in 1815, can change what we thought we knew about the birth of our planet. Known as the Chassigny meteorite, it is a small chunk of rock which is be… [+2011 chars]
More crewed lunar missions are just a few years away, and the first human expeditions to Mars are on the horizon, making this an exciting time to be an astronaut. For most people, working in space m… [+2485 chars]
Earlier this year, a Chinese rocket booster crashed into the lunar surface in a rare example of a piece of human-made debris colliding with the moon. Now, the site of this crash has been imaged by NA… [+2506 chars]
Clusters of the earliest hematopoietic cells being born in the walls of the umbilical artery of a mouse embryo. The cells colored in red represent embryonic multipotent progenitor cells (eMPPs). Cred… [+5311 chars]
In this article, the role of electrospun nanofibers in beverage filtration applications is discussed in detail, along with fabrication methods and relevant examples from research. Image Credit: Amo… [+6801 chars]
Is there life on Mars? Has there ever been? It's one of the biggest questions we have about our planetary neighbor; now, research points to one particular part of the red planet that could have been … [+3014 chars]
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the Abell 1351 galaxy cluster, one of the largest such clusters known to exist. The image was captured using the Wide Field Camera 3 as well as the… [+1771 chars]