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  Curiosity detects methane fluctuations in Martian atmosphere

  World | December 17, 2014 6:19 IST

  Madrid: The Curiosity rover has detected methane fluctuations in the atmosphere of Mars, a situation that opens up new avenues of investigation for scientists to determine the source producing the gas.Most of the methane in

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  Pakistan detects record number of polio cases

  World | October 04, 2014 11:18 IST

  Islamabad: A health official in Pakistan says authorities already have detected a record number of polio cases this year, blaming militants for the outbreak.Rana Mohammad Safdar, a senior official at the National Institute of Health

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  Chandrayaan-I Detects Ice Deposits On Moon

  India | March 02, 2010 11:34 IST

  Scientists have detected more than 40 ice-filled craters in the moon's North Pole using data from a NASA  radar that flew aboard India's  Chandrayaan-I.  NASA's Mini-SAR instrument, lightweight, synthetic aperture radar, found more than 40