Debris

Days after 9-month-old baby's death due to roof collapse in Delhi, mother succumbs to her injuries

A case was registered against the owner of the house. The landlord, Ranbir Singh Rana (56), was arrested on Sunday, police said

Himachal landslide: Six more bodies recovered from debris, toll rises to 23

An HRTC bus carrying over 40 passengers were buried under the debris after a landslide in Kinnaur on August 11. At least nine people are still missing since then

Another 15-20 years left for manned space missions says cosmonaut Kornienko

The cosmonaut, along with NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, spent a staggering 342 days in space on ISS.

Shape-changing robot that climbs rough terrain can help people trapped in debris

The robot can climb over large obstacles and crawl through a tunnel, pipe or narrow gaps.

Mogadishu blasts: Death toll rises to 189; more than 200 injured in deadliest attack in Somalia

The death toll from the most powerful bomb blast witnessed in Somalia's capital rose to 189 with more than 200 injured, making it the deadliest single attack ever in the Horn of Africa nation, police and hospital sources said on Sunday

Strong 6.2 magnitude quake shakes Mexico City; no immediate reports of damage or casualties

A strong 6.2 magnitude quake shook Mexico on Saturday, causing panic in traumatized Mexico City, where rescuers trying to free people trapped from this week's earlier earthquake had to suspend work

Italy building collapse: Firefighters pull out eighth body from rubble; cause of incident under investigation

Firefighters and police in Italy on Saturday pulled the eighth and final body from the rubble of a five-story apartment building that partially collapsed in a seaside town south of Naples

Satellite tracker indicates that the AMC-9 geostationary satellite may be disintegrating in orbit

The fear is that such an event could kickstart a catastrophic chain reaction of collisions.

Stanford researchers develop gecko foot inspired robotic gripper to get rid of space debris

The gripper's design was inspired by geckos, which can climb walls because their feet have microscopic flaps.

MIT researchers develop technique to identify materials of space debris using laser radars

Two major collision events in the past ten years have significantly increased the amount of debris in space.