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This diamond is 2,500 miles across!

This diamond is 2,500 miles across!

Rediff.com17 Feb 2004

But even the heaviest moneybag in the world can't buy it for his love because it is 50 light years away.

Will 'outsider' Raghubar Das be second-time lucky?

Will 'outsider' Raghubar Das be second-time lucky?

Rediff.com26 Nov 2019

By conventional yardsticks, Das was an audacious choice by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP president Amit Shah, like Devendra Fadnavis was in Maharashtra and Manohar Lal Khattar in Haryana. Will his choice pay off in the elections next month?

US company plans free Internet access for all

US company plans free Internet access for all

Rediff.com25 Feb 2014

n Outernet would allow people from Siberia to parts of the western US to remote islands or villages in Africa to receive the same news as those in New York or Tokyo.

Isro's Fat Boy to go commercial only in 2020

Isro's Fat Boy to go commercial only in 2020

Rediff.com7 Jun 2017

GSLV-MK III, which uses a homegrown cryogenic engine, has to do at least two more launches before it begins commercial operations, report Raghu Krishnan and T E Narasimhan.

Nasa discovers entire solar system like ours

Nasa discovers entire solar system like ours

Rediff.com15 Dec 2017

Kepler-90i -- a sizzling hot, rocky planet that orbits its star once every 14.4 days -- was found using machine learning from Google to scour data from NASA's planet-hunting Kepler Telescope.

Why space start-ups find it hard to raise funds

Why space start-ups find it hard to raise funds

Rediff.com11 Sep 2018

While industry is upbeat, start-ups in the space sector are finding it difficult to cater to the demand due to a lack of funding, issues related to policy like foreign funding, intellectual property, etc, and a lack of support in testing.

Soon private players will be able to build satellites, rockets

Soon private players will be able to build satellites, rockets

Rediff.com22 Nov 2017

However, some of the provisions in the draft Bill needs scrutiny, as these could scare away international investors

The consortium powering India's space race

The consortium powering India's space race

Rediff.com30 Dec 2016

ISRO has an opportunity to be the one-stop shop for satellite manufacturing, and Alpha Design is just the booster it needed.

ISRO targetting 10 launches a year by 2016

ISRO targetting 10 launches a year by 2016

Rediff.com14 Jul 2015

India's premier Space Research Organisation is targetting up to 10 launches a year by 2016 , a top ISRO official said on Monday.

Euro: Germany can draw on Brazil rout to offset home advantage

Euro: Germany can draw on Brazil rout to offset home advantage

Rediff.com7 Jul 2016

In the history of football there has been no more devastating nullification of supposed home advantage than Germany's 7-1 humbling of Brazil in the 2014 World Cup semi-finals, so playing France in Marseille holds no fears for the world champions. That astonishing result in Belo Horizonte, particularly the opening 30-minute five-goal blitz that left the world aghast, underlined Germany's unique mental strength and belief in their own ability whatever the opposition or circumstances.

What Mission Shakti means for India's defence

What Mission Shakti means for India's defence

Rediff.com27 Mar 2019

Experts said India has possessed the anti-missile technology for several years but needed the political go-ahead to actually test it in live conditions.

On Wednesday, ISRO will go where no nation has gone before

On Wednesday, ISRO will go where no nation has gone before

Rediff.com14 Feb 2017

On the morning of February 15, ISRO will hurl into space using the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle three Indian satellites and 101 small foreign satellites. No other country has ever tried to hit a century in a single mission.

With an eye on Venus and Mars, ISRO attempts mega world record

With an eye on Venus and Mars, ISRO attempts mega world record

Rediff.com12 Feb 2017

India will boldly go to Venus for the first time and re-visit the Red Planet very soon.

India launches heaviest commercial space mission ever

India launches heaviest commercial space mission ever

Rediff.com10 Jul 2015

Heralding a new era, India on Friday night launched its heaviest commercial space mission ever with its polar rocket successfully putting five British satellites into the intended orbit after a flawless takeoff.

1,200 light-years away, this planet may have active life

1,200 light-years away, this planet may have active life

Rediff.com28 May 2016

A planet which about 1,200 light-years away from Earth and 40 per cent larger than its size may be habitable, according to US researchers.

This is what our 'toddler' solar system looked like billions of yrs ago

This is what our 'toddler' solar system looked like billions of yrs ago

Rediff.com28 May 2015

Scientists have found a young planetary system which may enable them to understand what our own solar system looked like as 'toddler' billions of years ago.

DICOVERED: A 'Godzilla of Earths'

DICOVERED: A 'Godzilla of Earths'

Rediff.com3 Jun 2014

Astronomers have discovered the "Godzilla" of all Earths -- a new type of rocky planet that weighs 17 times as much as our planet and is more than twice as large in size, a surprising find that could change scientists' understanding of the origins of the universe.

NASA's legendary Kepler telescope retires after finding thousands of worlds

NASA's legendary Kepler telescope retires after finding thousands of worlds

Rediff.com31 Oct 2018

The unmanned space telescope, which launched in 2009, leaves a legacy of more than 2,600 planet discoveries from outside our solar system

NASA's Kepler mission discovers 'super-Earth'

NASA's Kepler mission discovers 'super-Earth'

Rediff.com19 Dec 2014

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft which is carrying out a new mission has made its first exoplanet discovery -- a 'super-Earth' located 180 light-years from Earth.

India scripts space history, successfully launches its 'Baahubali' rocket

India scripts space history, successfully launches its 'Baahubali' rocket

Rediff.com5 Jun 2017

The 43.43 metre tall rocket lifted off at 5.28 pm from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota

PHOTO: The invisible space 'noodles'in the Milky Way

PHOTO: The invisible space 'noodles'in the Milky Way

Rediff.com24 Jan 2016

The structures appear to be 'lumps' in the thin gas that lies between the stars in our galaxy, researchers said.

HUBBLE@25: Some spectacular views

HUBBLE@25: Some spectacular views

Rediff.com7 Jan 2015

In over two decades that it has been gleaning into the cosmos, NASA's Hubble telescope has revealed properties of space and time that for most of human history were only probed in the imaginations of scientists and philosophers alike.

India successfully launches 7th navigation satellite, gets its own GPS system

India successfully launches 7th navigation satellite, gets its own GPS system

Rediff.com28 Apr 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the scientists saying, "with this successful launch, we will determine our own paths powered by our technology".

High-tech SMEs will now contribute to Tejas, combat vehicle programmes

High-tech SMEs will now contribute to Tejas, combat vehicle programmes

Rediff.com10 Apr 2018

Aeron Systems, founded in 2008 by Ashvani Shukla and Abhijit Bokil, is looking to contribute to programmes such as the Tejas light combat aircraft

Trump held unreported second meeting with Putin at G20

Trump held unreported second meeting with Putin at G20

Rediff.com19 Jul 2017

Foreign leaders who witnessed it later commented privately on the oddity of an American president flaunting such a close rapport with his Russian counterpar

NASA to launch satellite in collaboration with ISRO

NASA to launch satellite in collaboration with ISRO

Rediff.com26 Feb 2014

United States space agency NASA said it would launch a water-related satellite in collaboration with India's ISRO.

We have found Earth 2.0

We have found Earth 2.0

Rediff.com24 Jul 2015

NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the 'habitable zone' around a sun-like star.

Surgical strikes reveal India's space prowess

Surgical strikes reveal India's space prowess

Rediff.com2 Oct 2016

In the years to come, India's space assets will play a much bigger role if and when hostilities break out on our borders, says Pallava Bagla.

Scale to skill: The mantra Indian IT needs

Scale to skill: The mantra Indian IT needs

Rediff.com14 Jun 2017

Of the 3.9 million the sector employs, HR experts say at least 100,000 are likely to lose their jobs by the end of this financial year. Ayan Pramanik and Raghu Krishnan report.

Giant new galaxy revealed on the edge of the universe

Giant new galaxy revealed on the edge of the universe

Rediff.com10 Jun 2015

Astronomers have imaged in unprecedented detail a distant galaxy near the edge of the universe and found that it is forming stars hundreds to thousands of times faster than the Milky Way.

Cairo is a feast for all the senses

Cairo is a feast for all the senses

Rediff.com15 May 2018

Cairo, Egypt's sprawling capital, is a maelstrom of sights, sounds and smells.

IT jobs: Worst challenge ahead

IT jobs: Worst challenge ahead

Rediff.com16 May 2017

Expert staff in the line of fire in the tech sector. Analysts attribute these job losses to a slowdown in growth, automation of lower-end work.

Indian IT firms eye robotics, driverless cars for next round of growth

Indian IT firms eye robotics, driverless cars for next round of growth

Rediff.com20 Feb 2015

The catchwords today are digital, analytics, robotics.

How Neemuchwala broke the jinx at Wipro

How Neemuchwala broke the jinx at Wipro

Rediff.com25 Aug 2017

Under Neemuchwala's digital-first vision, Wipro has accelerated investments in automation, analytics, cloud and cognitive technologies over the past three years, says Ayan Pramanik.

Spectacular Shortlist for Best Astronomy Photos of the Year

Spectacular Shortlist for Best Astronomy Photos of the Year

Rediff.com18 Jun 2019

The spectacular Milky Way over the picturesque Bavarian mountain, Herzogstand, the remarkable Horsehead Nebula and the Flame Nebula, a vast cloud of gas and dust where new stars are being born; the Royal Observatory's Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2019 has once more received thousands of outstanding images. The competition, which is run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich, sponsored by Insight Investment and in association with BBC Sky at Night Magazine, is now in its eleventh year and has broken the record number of entries once more, receiving over 4,600 entries from enthusiastic amateurs and professional photographers, taken from 90 countries across the globe. The winners will be announced on September 12, and an exhibition of the winning images from the past years of the contest will be on show at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich from September 13.

Sahara enters the fray for its own Grosvenor House hotel!

Sahara enters the fray for its own Grosvenor House hotel!

Rediff.com27 May 2015

Other bidders include Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

An epitome of military leadership

An epitome of military leadership

Rediff.com16 Sep 2017

Arjan Singh, the Marshal of the Indian Air Force, was a fearless and exceptional pilot and remained a source of inspiration to all personnel of the Armed Forces through the years.

25 years in orbit: Cosmic wonders captured by Hubble

25 years in orbit: Cosmic wonders captured by Hubble

Rediff.com23 Apr 2015

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's lift-off from Earth on April 24, here are some of the cosmic wonders it has captured over its lifetime.

Must read: The Harvard grad's speech that went viral

Must read: The Harvard grad's speech that went viral

Rediff.com30 May 2016

Donovan Livingston, a master's graduate from Harvard university delivered a poetic address to the graduating class of 2016.

Panagarh airbase renamed after former IAF chief Arjan Singh

Panagarh airbase renamed after former IAF chief Arjan Singh

Rediff.com15 Apr 2016

The key airbase at Panagarh in West Bengal has been renamed as 'Air Force Station Arjan Singh' in honour of the Marshal of the Air Force, who turned 97 on Friday.