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Virgin's test space craft crashes, pilot killed

The Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo rocket explodes in mid-air during a test flight above the Mojave Desert in California. Photograph: Kenneth Brown/Reuters One pilot died and another suffered a......

Lighting up moon's dark craters

Astronomers have created a new lunar topography map with the highest resolution of the moon's rugged south polar region, which they claim provides new data on some of the Earth's natural......

When UK's bravehearts turn photographers

The annual ‘People’s Choice’ for Royal Air Force image of the year has opened for public voting. Members of the public are now able to choose one of nine contestants to receive......

Braving the wasteland: Live out your Mad Max fantasy

Thousands of cosplayers, mounted atop muscle cars and monster trucks that would make Mad Max proud, came together in the southern California desert to celebrate the Wasteland Weekend. The annual......

Where planes go to die

Have you ever wondered what happens to aircraft after they become too old? They are put to rest -- they undergo funeral-esque rituals known as ‘pickling’; their engines are removed, the......

California solar project: Google puts $168 mn

Popular Internet engine Google has invested $168 million to help complete the construction of one of the world's biggest solar energy power plants in the state's Mojave Desert.The plant, Ivanpah......

Engineering marvel: World's largest solar power plant

One of the world's largest solar projects, which uses heat from the sun to generate power in California, opened on Thursday but may be the last of its kind in The Golden State. Sprawling......

Private spaceship launch successful

Sixty-two-year-old pilot Mike Melvill, on Monday, became the first human to fly a privately built ship beyond the Earth's atmosphere, as the world's first commercial space flight took off from a......

First private spaceship set for historic flight

A 62-year-old pilot was set Monday to make a historic trip into space by becoming the first human to fly a privately built ship beyond Earth's atmosphere.Mike Melvill will command SpaceShipOne,......

California dreaming

Silicon Valley is at the heart of the transformation of the global economy -- which has both winners and losers, writes Ajit Balakrishnan. Image: While the rest of the world slides into......

What's Mouni Roy Celebrating?

Kangana and Vidya are ready with new films... What's Abhay doing in Death Valley? Why is Dharmendra remembering a 1974 movie? Please click on the images for a look at the stars. IMAGE:......

Army doctor from Maharashtra pedals to history in US

Another Maharashtrian, Dr Amit Samarth of Nagpur, followed him at the finish line at Annapolis on American east coast around midnight on Monday as per the Indian time. IMAGE: Srinivas Gokulnath.......