The southern tip of India is in for a special treat, an annular solar eclipse, on the afternoon of January 15, 2010.

Moscow: Russia is considering sending a spacecraft to a large asteroid to knock it off its path and prevent a possible collision with Earth, the head of the country

US scientists have discovered fog moving across the south pole of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Titan looks to be the only place in the solar system aside from Earth to have copious quantities of liquid (largely, liquid methane and ethane) on its surface.

Paris: Astronomers have discovered a new Earth-like planet that is larger than our own and may be more than half covered with water, according to a study published in the science journal Nature.

Washington: An international team of scientists has found the first

Using the recently updated Hubble Space Telescope (HST), two teams of UK astronomers have identified galaxies which are likely to be the most distant yet seen.

Washington: Nasa is set to blast off a prototype rocket on Tuesday that carries hopes of returning humans to the Moon, and for the first time to Mars, despite deep uncertainty about the program

While the Indian Space Research Organisation and the Indian Air Force are engaged in a tug-of-war over who should send the astronaut on India

After the success of its first Chandrayaan moon mission, India is now looking at exploration of outer space using planetary missions including a human space flight programme, a UN panel was told.

Paris: If being locked up in a cramped capsule for 17 months with five strangers is your idea of a good time, the European Space Agency (ESA) may have a job for you.
ESA is looking for a few good men and women