NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and astronomers have jointly found a moon orbiting around the third largest dwarf planet, catalogued as 2007 OR10.

In a new study, NASA has revealed that they have spotted a Man-made barrier around Earth that disallows high-energy space radiation from entering the planet.

A 14-year-old Indian American student has won the prestigious $50,000 National Geographic Bee contest here, becoming the sixth consecutive Indian American to win the championship.

A large volcanic eruption may have triggered the first mass extinction of life, in which nearly 80 per cent of the species were lost, a study has shown.

The device is named KalamSat. Rifath has named it after former Indian President Abdul Kalam. The device will be launched from NASA’S wallops Island Facility in the US in next month. For the 12 minutes of the flight, the device will be operating in micro-gravity environment.

Heavy rain on Mars reshaped the planet's impact craters and carved out river-like channels on its surface billions of years ago, says a study. Changes in the atmosphere on Mars made it rain harder and harder, which had a similar effect on the planet's surface as we see on Earth, said the study published in the journal Icarus.

SpaceX on Tuesday successfully launched a very heavy commercial communications satellite aimed at delivering high-speed broadband connectivity globally.

Mars rover Opportunity has reached the main destination of its current two-year extended mission - an ancient fluid-carved valley incised on the inner slope of a vast crater's rim, NASA has said.

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the main destination of its current two-year extended mission -- an ancient fluid-carved valley incised on the inner slope of a vast crater's rim.

Exposure to psychological abuse between parents has more damaging effect on children's well-being in the long term than physical domestic violence, a study has showed.