Russian cosmonauts to make next spacewalk in May
Moscow: Russian cosmonauts are scheduled to make the next spacewalk in May this year, Russia’s Energia Space Rocket Corporation said...
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Chinese Geological Survey Research Ship on a visit to Pakistan
Islamabad: A China Geological Survey Research Ship is on a visit to Pakistan for Hydrocarbon research and geological mapping under...
Where’s our sun’s twin?
Islamabad: Stars like the sun often form as part of binary star systems — which means each star may have...
Russia delays launch of Angara-A5 carrier rocket
Moscow: The launch of a heavy Angara-A5 carrier rocket is scheduled for December 2019, according to information posted on the...
New photo reveals moon’s ‘dark-side’
Beijing: A new photo captured by Longjiang-2 reveals the so-called "dark side of the moon" basking in sunlight as Earth...
Exoplanets teach how worlds are born
Islamabad: Exoplanets offer a chance to teach scientists about how worlds are born. The recent explosion in exoplanet discovery has...
Russia develops new solar panel capable of opening, folding in orbit
Moscow: Specialists of the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems Company have developed a new solar panel with its wing capable of...
Bombardment of asteroids gave rise to continents
Islamabad: The heavy bombardment of terrestrial planets by asteroids from space has contributed to the formation of the early evolved...
Dwarf galaxy discovered in cosmic backyard
Islamabad: Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to study some of the oldest and faintest stars in the globular...
Putin orders development of new weapons in response to US
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced the start of works to develop new weapons in Russia due to similar...
1.3 km radius body detected at the edge of Solar System
Islamabad: For the first time ever, astronomers have detected a 1.3 km radius body at the edge of the Solar...
Pak launches ballistic missile ‘Nasr’
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday conducted a successful launch of short range surface to surface ballistic missile ‘Nasr’ as part of...
Strategic bomber Tupolev-160M to be provided to Russian military in 2021
Kazan: The first fundamentally upgraded serially produced strategic bomber Tupolev-160M is to be provided for the Russian military in 2021,...
Orbit of future Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway to be very unstable
Moscow: The orbit of the future Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway will be very unstable and will require regular adjustments, Ballistics Specialist...
Russia develops scheme for manned spaceships to ISS
Moscow: Russia’s Energia Space Rocket Corporation has developed a three-hour (two-loop) scheme for manned Soyuz MS spaceships to fly to...
Russian scientists test world’s first internal-combustion engine fully made of aluminum
Novosibirsk: Russian scientists of Novosibirsk State Technical University have tested the world’s first internal-combustion engine fully made of aluminum. The...
China clones five gene-edited monkeys
Shanghai: China has cloned five monkeys from a gene-edited macaque with circadian rhythm disorders, the first time multiple monkeys have...
Spaceport in Central Russia to be built
Moscow: Russian company Kosmokurs (Cosmocourse) that is developing a ship for private suborbital flights, plans to build a spaceport in...
China deletes 8000 malicious mobile apps
Beijing: China’s cyber watchdog said it has deleted close to 8,000 “malicious” mobile apps, as regulators step up efforts to...
Looking for moon’s moon
Islamabad: "Can moons have moons?" This simple question -- asked by the four-year old son of Carnegie's Juna Kollmeier --...
Neanderthals were sophisticated hunters
London: Neanderthals made weapons that were capable of killing at a distance, a new archaeology research suggests. The findings, published...
New study tackles one of the greatest mysteries about Titan
Islamabad: A new Southwest Research Institute study tackles one of the greatest mysteries about Titan, one of Saturn's moons: the...
Sidiqi chairs BoD meeting of PSEB
Islamabad: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Dr Khalid Maqbol Sidiqi chaired 40th Board of Directors (BoD) meeting of...
Asteroid impacts on Moon and Earth increased 290 million years ago
Islamabad: An international team of scientists is challenging our understanding of a part of Earth's history by looking at the...
Rainfall on Titan north pole
Islamabad: An image from the international Cassini spacecraft provides evidence of rainfall on the north pole of Titan, the largest...
Delta IV Heavy rocket puts into orbit a secret payload for US NRO
New York: A Delta IV Heavy rocket has successfully put into orbit a secret payload for the US National Reconnaissance...
Russia to launch first Obzor-R radar satellite next year
Samara: Russia’s first Obzor-R radar satellite will be ready in 2019 and will be launched in the summer of 2020,...
Russian Organ-Avt bioprinter experiment successful
Moscow: The experiment conducted by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in 2018 to print the...
Coffee does not make you more alert: Study
Islamabad, January 18 (Newswire): The belief that a cup of coffee stimulates the brain and makes drinkers feel more awake...
‘How the universe cooled down after Big Bang’
Islamabad: For the first time, researchers have documented the long-predicted occurrence of 'walls bound by strings' in superfluid helium-3. The...
