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Monkeys and dogs were usually used to test whether humans could survive outside Earth’s atmosphere – but 60 years ago the French tried something a little different

Black holes, celestial objects known for their gluttony, usually eat stars unlucky enough to stray too close to them in one big gulp, annihilating them with their enormous gravitational pull. But some, it turns out, tend to snack rather than gorge

Midhani ready for Gaganyaan Mission; supplied materials for 5 launches. Delivered special metals/alloys for rockets, engines, crew modules. Strict quality controls, 20% extra for Gaganyaan. Engineers, quality control, process engineers counselled. Technological advancements, tests for fractures, stress tests. Supplied titanium alloys for lander/rover, maraging steel.

The bubble is 10,000 times wider than the Milky Way and located 820 million light-years from our own galaxy.

The team mapped the distribution of dark matter along a straight line through space at a higher resolution than ever before, and it may help us close in on what dark matter actually is.

A cluster of ancient stars glitters in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

The black hole steals three Earths' worth of mass every few weeks, making for a slow cosmic feast for the black hole.

From sexist objections to the challenges faced by female crew on Earth and in space, this is a vital record of a giant leap for women

A project called FLUTE is looking into self-healing space telescopes.