Right sight

GIS helps determine waste disposal sites for Guwahati

Corals, maths and satellites

A new mathematical formula will scan satellite images to study changes in coral reefs

Bush signs new space policy

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Branson to spend profits to combat global warming

Satellites are burning up in upper atmosphere — and we still don’t know what impact this will have on Earth’s climate

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced it will dispose of 100 Starlink satellites over the next six months

2020 Nobel Prize in physics for work on black holes: An astrophysicist explains trailblazing discoveries

At the singularity, our conceptions of space, time and matter fall apart; resolving this issue is perhaps the biggest open problem in theoretical …

Riding on microwave

Microwaves can not only pave a path into orbit for spaceships but also make a trip to the moon an affordable reality

Its cold on Mars

Although freezing temperatures have led to a loss of contact with the Mars Pathfinder, data collected by the mission is invaluable in improving …

Ten years hence

Computers that shop for you, satellites that prevent accidents and creams that actually remove wrinkles -- these are some of the technological …

Big is out, small is in

A financially squeezed NASA has been forced to look for cheaper ways to explore the solar system

Comfort above the clouds

Three new inventions by nasa are sure to make life a little easier in space

Destination: red planet

The historic Mars Pathfinder spacecraft lands on the Mars equipped with the first ever mobile robot rover to divulge the planet's secrets

Breaking ice

The discovery of water on the Moon means little unless it can be used. Scientists are using all their skills to figure out how

Firepower

Space. The final frontier. It is here that science is seeking ways to make a better automobile engine

Luna's law

The discovery of water will make it possible to set up a colony on the Moon. But will there be a repeat of the East India Company?

Over before we knew it

Lenoid meteor shower, the biggest astronomical non-event of 1998, caused hardly any damage to orbiting satellites

Captain Cernan leaves planet forever, 44 years after his final walk on moon

Apollo astronaut Eugene Cernan was the commander of Apollo 17, the final manned lunar landing

Light information

Optic fibres enable transmission of information at the speed of light and without any interference

Space opera

After years of pranged possibilities and piggyback rides, India has attained independent satellite launch capability

Collision in space

At least 2 Indian planetaria are gearing up for a once-in-a-lifetime ogle at Jupiter as it is strafed by a comet shower

In search of gravitational waves

Two projects are under way to detect an elusive phenomenon that are thought to be produced by violent events in outer space

Spin-off to space

The billion-dollar Star Wars programme lies abandoned, but the technology will now be used to combat asteroids