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Remembering Svetlana Savitskaya, the first female spacewalker, who was welcomed aboard Russian space station with an 'apron'

When Soyuz T-7 docked with the space station on August 20, 1982, Svetlana Savitskaya became the only woman in the crew and she was presented with an apron by the commander and told "to get to work"

27 hours ago

By Soorya Kiran NN

Singapore: Couple opens home to pregnant women amidst Zika threat

Scientist claims first baby could be born in space within 12 years

An expert in space research said the first childbirth outside Earth could happen within just 12 years.

27 hours ago

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Space

NASA denies discovering alien life in 1976, says signs of extraterrestrial existence are yet to be found

The 2019 Nobel prize winner for physics has predicted that alien life will be discovered in the next 30 years

44 hours ago

By Nirmal Narayanan

Nasa

Venus was a volcanic world and it shared no similarities with earth, says study

Previous researches had suggested that Venus was a blue planet very similar to the earth and it has flowing water on its surface

47 hours ago

By Nirmal Narayanan

Nasa

How does novel information get absorbed into baby's brain?

Scientists are excited that babies are able to process new and unexpected information through a unique learning process. How do they integrate novel data?

47 hours ago

By Revathi Sivakumar

Space colony update: crops could grow on Mars and moon soil, new study reveals

A team of researchers from the Netherlands was able to grow different kinds of crops in Mars and Moon soil simulants

2 days ago

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Nasa Space

Archaeologists discover ancient industrial area and 20 wooden coffins in Egypt

Archaeologists found the industrial area in Valley of the Monkeys and 20 ancient coffins in the southern city of Luxor

2 days ago

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Archaeology Ancient

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen after being raised into a vertical position on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Demo-1 mission, Feb. 28, 2019, at NASA’s Kennedy Space

SpaceX preparing to launch additional 30,000 Starlink satellites, documents reveal

New documents submitted by SpaceX reveal that it is now planning to launch 42,000 Starlink satellites instead of 12,000

2 days ago

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Spacex Elon musk Space

Portal to another dimension? NASA-ESA's Hubble releases photo of massive spiral galaxy

The ESA and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a photo of a spiral galaxy that looks like a portal to another dimension.

2 days ago

By Carlo Inigo Monzon

Nasa Milky way Space

New study shows how scientists turn carbon dioxide to organic matter

Japanese scientists turn carbon dioxide to organic matter, useful for clothing, packaging and more

Reportedly, the material can be eventually turned into an ingredient for clothing, packing and many more things.

2 days ago

By Pinaz Kazi

There's ice on the Moon's south pole and it may have many sources

New research sheds light on the age of ice deposits in the Moon's south pole -- information that could help identify the sources of the deposits and help in planning future human exploration.

2 days ago

By Revathi Sivakumar

Interstellar object, thought to be alien probe, turns out a familiar object; Oumuamua didn't

The study report suggested that interstellar visitor Borisov was not an unusual visitor to Earth as it has a well-defined tail, a classic characteristic of comets

2 days ago

By Nirmal Narayanan