A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying about 2,500 kgs of experiments and supplies is scheduled for launch to the International Space Station from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, NASA said.

Sea ice in the Antarctic has shrunk to its lowest level since records began nearly four decades ago, preliminary US satellite data has shown.

India will increase the range of the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile to 450 km from the present 290 km, and a test is likely around March 10, DRDO Chief S. Christopher said on Wednesday.

Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on Wednesday morning created a world record by successfully lifting off with 104 satellites, including the country's earth observation satellite Cartosat-2 series.

The countdown for the ISRO record 104 satellite launch on Wednesday is progressing smoothly at the Sriharikota rocket port in Andhra Pradesh, officials said.

China plans to launch its first cargo spacecraft to transport supplies to its future space station in April, the media reported on Tuesday.

Scientists have shortlisted three landing sites for NASA's Mars 2020 rover -- slated for launch in July 2020 aboard an Atlas V 541 rocket from the Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

It was 4.6 billion years ago when an enormous cloud of hydrogen gas and dust collapsed under its own weight, eventually flattening into a disk to form the solar nebula, new research has found.

India will create history by launching a record 104 satellites, including 101 foreign ones, into the earth's lower orbit, on February 15 from Andhra Pradesh, an official said on Monday.

Examining a molecular cloud with enigmatic motion, a team led by researchers in Japan has found signs of stray black hole hiding in the Milky Way. It is difficult to find black holes, because they are completely black. In some cases black holes cause effects which can be seen.