ISRO announces space mission plans
The Indian Space Research Organization is focused on sending Indian astronauts into space. As a prelude to this event, the organization plans to put into space an unmanned crew module to orbit the...
View ArticleMoon is shrinking, lunar images reveal
Will Earth lose its moon soon? Though fears on that are a bit far fetched, chances are that the moon could be shrinking. New images sent back to earth from a spacecraft orbiting the moon point to such...
View ArticleNASA-DLR SOFIA to provide details of galaxy
NASA’s joint program with the German Aerospace Center (DLR), called SOFIA, is all set to provide answers to questions about our galaxy. SOFIA, short for Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared...
View ArticleLong-lost Soviet robotic rover Lunokhod 1 found
Lunokhod 1, a Soviet robotic rover that landed on the moon in 1970 and went missing for 40 years, has been found. It all came about a few months ago when UC San Diego astrophysicist Tom Murphy decided...
View ArticleBalaur bondoc: A new dinosaur species discovered in Romania
Scientists: ‘Stocky dragon’ roamed Europe during Age of Dinosaurs Geologist Matyas Vremir (of the Transylvanian Museum Society) has unearthed the remains of a new species of predatory dinosaurs, the...
View ArticleHP Designjet 3D printer prices to drop below $15k
Hewlett Packard, which is the largest brand in desktop printers, will collaborate with Stratasys to bring 3D printers to the desktop. Stratasys and 3D desktop printing Stratasys is a Minneapolis-based...
View ArticleAvatar sequel will be made 6.8 miles underwater in Challenger Deep
James Cameron’s crew will travel in a submarine to Challenger Deep to shoot Avatar 2 Avatar broke all box-office records with its extra-ordinary 3D special effects and cinematography. And now Director...
View ArticleChandrayaan-2 will not have foreign payloads
The probability of accommodating foreign payloads on the proposed second Indian mission to the Moon – Chandrayaan 2 – has been ruled out. Sources reaffirm that the mission will be undertaking new...
View ArticleLife on Earth may have started by comets crashing into the planet
Scientists conducting research at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have come out with a suggestion that life on earth could have been created by comets crashing onto the earth’s surface...
View ArticleChina gears up for launch of Chang’e-2 moon mission
China’s second moon rocket, Chang’e-2, is to be launched on October 1. The third pre launch drill was completed on Saturday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province. The satellite has...
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