Can Netflix afford to skip ads in India any longer?While most Indian streaming platforms have adopted hybrid ad-supported and subscription models due to high churn, Netflix remains an ad-fre...
22 Apr, 2026, 11.38 AM IST
Artemis astronauts to study the Moon's surface using mainly their eyesArtemis astronauts will fly around the Moon, using their eyes as a primary tool for scientific observation. This mission builds on Apollo's...
05 Apr, 2026, 11.24 AM IST
Amid 3i/Atlas alien buzz, scientist says we may be searching in the wrong places, they could be closer than we thinkProfessor Alex Ellery suggests alien probes might be disguised as space rocks within our solar system, potentially dormant on the Moon. He ...
12 Nov, 2025, 10.47 AM IST
China's Chang'e-6 probe lifts off from far side of moonThe probe's successful departure from the moon means China is closer to becoming the first country to return samples from the far side of t...
04 Jun, 2024, 08.07 AM IST
Japan's moon lander wasn't built to survive a weekslong lunar night. It's still going after 3Japan's first moon lander, SLIM, survived harsh lunar nights, monitored by JAXA. Scientists compare moon rocks with Earth for clues on moon...
24 Apr, 2024, 11.30 AM IST
Japan's precision moon lander has hit its target, but it appears to be upside-downJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency has annoounced that it has achieved an unprecedented "pinpoint" moon landing within 100 metres (328 feet...
25 Jan, 2024, 04.53 PM IST
Japan's 'Moon Sniper' attempts historic lunar landingWith its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission, Japan wants to become the fifth nation to pull off a fiendishly tricky soft la...
19 Jan, 2024, 08.26 AM IST
Japan's 'Moon Sniper' mission aims for precision lunar landing following launchJapan launched its "Moon Sniper" mission, aiming to rebound from previous setbacks and strengthen its space program. The mission includes t...
07 Sep, 2023, 09.46 AM IST
China's space probe brought 1,731 grams of samples from the moonScientists will carry out the storage, analysis and research of the country's first samples collected from the extra-terrestrial object, th...
19 Dec, 2020, 01.51 PM IST
China's Chang'e-5 probe drills moon's surface, collects samplesThe lander first drilled a 2-meter-deep hole, digging out soil, and sealed it up at 4:53 a.m. on Wednesday. Next, it will use its robotic a...
03 Dec, 2020, 01.01 PM IST
China prepares moon probe to bring back lunar rocksBeijing is pouring billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022 and of eventually se...
24 Nov, 2020, 05.30 PM IST
China to collect samples from moon this yearChina will launch a probe to collect samples from the moon around the end of this year, a space official said on Monday, weeks after Beijin...
14 Jan, 2019, 03.45 PM IST
10 years after first moon probe, India readies Chandrayaan-2 for early next yearThe second Moon mission—Chandrayaan-2—is an advanced version of the previous Chandrayaan-1 mission. It consists of an orbiter, lander and r...
16 Dec, 2017, 01.02 PM IST
China plans to explore dark side of moon by landing a lunar probeChina aims to become the first country to land a lunar probe on the dark side of the moon to study the geological conditions of the invisib...
10 Sep, 2015, 07.30 PM IST
China plans to send a rover to Mars by 2020China has not announced plan for a Mars probe, but Ouyang Ziyuan in China's moon probe mission, has said China plans to land a Mars rover a...
11 Nov, 2014, 08.23 PM IST
China launches spacecraft to go to Moon orbit and return backChina has launched an experimental spacecraft to fly around the moon and back to Earth in preparation for the country's first unmanned retu...
24 Oct, 2014, 10.35 AM IST
China ready for space cooperation with IndiaThe probe Chang'e-3 was launched into orbit last night aboard an enhanced 56.4 meter high Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Sat...
02 Dec, 2013, 01.09 PM IST