British astronaut dials wrong number from space

British astronaut Tim Peake dials wrong number from space.
26 December 2015, 07:22 AM

Tim Peake: Thanks for all the good luck messages

UK astronaut Tim Peake thanks the thousands of people around the world who sent him a good luck message, as he spends his first weekend in space.
19 December 2015, 14:42 PM

Astronomers find ancient stars in Milky Way center

Astronomers find a few stars swirling around the centre of the Milky Way that were formed not long after the universe began.
12 November 2015, 14:49 PM

Bangabandhu satellite deal inked with French firm

The telecom regulator has signed a Tk 1951.75 crore deal with Thales Alenia Space, awarding the French company a work order for commercial and broadcast satellite Bangabandhu-1.
11 November 2015, 06:25 AM

Scientists discover why Mars is losing atmosphere every second

Scientists say Mars is currently losing about one-quarter pound of atoms in its atmosphere to space every second.
6 November 2015, 06:53 AM

Study may have found evidence of alternate, parallel universes

An astrophysicist says he may have found evidence of alternate or parallel universes by looking back in time to just after the Big Bang more than 13 billion years ago,
4 November 2015, 06:47 AM

Dead comet with skull face to hurtle by Earth on Halloween

A massive space rock that will shave by Earth on Halloween looks like a dead comet with a skull face, NASA said after gaining a closer look at the spooky space object.
1 November 2015, 03:12 AM

Cassini probe to sweep over Saturn's moon Enceladus

The Cassini probe is all set to make a daring close flyby of Enceladus, an ice-rich moon of Saturn.
28 October 2015, 06:42 AM

Venus, Jupiter and Mars align for skyline display

Venus, Jupiter and Mars to be seen together in the sky this week, in a rare grouping of the three planets.
27 October 2015, 14:30 PM

NASA's Scott Kelly breaks US record for most days in space

Waking up hundreds of miles above the Himalayas, astronaut Scott Kelly broke the US record for the most time spent in space with 383 days.
18 October 2015, 07:09 AM

Giant 'hole' in sun is 50 Earths wide

The sun has sprung a leak: A hole in the topmost layer of the sun and its magnetic field, the size of 50 Earths, is letting loose an ultrafast solar wind that has kicked off several nights of auroras down on Earth.
18 October 2015, 05:19 AM

Playing with water in space (video)

Playing with water in the space is indeed an exciting thing for us on Earth. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly demonstrates how it looks like.
17 October 2015, 07:34 AM

NASA spacecraft captures some of the best photos of Saturn's water-rich moon

NASA's spacecraft, Cassini, has been orbiting the ringed-planet Saturn for over 10 years, but some of the most interesting discoveries from the mission have come from its occasional visits next door to Saturn's enigmatic moon Enceladus, reports Business Insider.
17 October 2015, 05:12 AM

Kepler Spots ‘Alien Megastructure'

The Kepler Space Telescope has spotted a 'bizarre' star system that looks like something an alien civilisation would have built, experts have said.
16 October 2015, 04:55 AM

Earth's gravitational pull cracks open moon

The gravitational pull of earth is massaging the moon, opening up faults in the lunar crust, researchers say.
13 October 2015, 03:24 AM

The first photos of water on Pluto are puzzling scientists in 2 ways

Scientists have suspected for months the presence of water on Pluto. But it was not until recently that they had solid proof, and the discovery is raising intriguing questions about the color and location of the water ice.
11 October 2015, 02:14 AM

Martian salt streaks 'painted by liquid water'

Scientists think they can now tie dark streaks seen on the surface of Mars to periodic flows of liquid water.
28 September 2015, 15:15 PM

Catch Supermoon in Bangladesh tonight!

Tonight is the night when a supermoon will be coinciding with a lunar eclipse. The next time you’ll have a chance to do so is in 2033.
28 September 2015, 09:51 AM

India launches first space observatory ASTROSAT

India today successfully launched a satellite-launch-vehicle carrying ASTROSAT, its first astronomy observatory to study distant celestial objects.
28 September 2015, 06:49 AM

Latest images reveal Pluto's hazy horizon

Fresh images from Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft have captured a low-lying haze clinging to the surface of Pluto. The pictures also offer stunning views of the dwarf planet's rugged mountains and its sweeping plains.
18 September 2015, 04:34 AM