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  Green Banana, one of the deepest blue holes, found in Florida's Gulf Coast. Read on

  Science | August 11, 2020 10:37 IST

  Divers in Florida's Gulf Coast discovered a new blue hole. This 425-foot blue hole has been termed as the Green Banana and is located around 155 feet below the water's surface. The data has been provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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  Perseid - Best meteor shower of the year to light up skies today, tomorrow. Here's how to watch

  Science | August 11, 2020 10:19 IST

  The Perseid meteor shower is often considered to be one of the best meteor showers of the year due to its high rates and pleasant late-summer temperatures. This year’s shower, however, has the unfortunate circumstance of the Moon phase—last quarter—impeding the view of the shower peak, reducing the visible meteors from over 60 per hour down to 15-20 per hour. 

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  Dwarf planet Ceres is 'ocean world' with reservoirs of sea water beneath its surface

  Science | August 11, 2020 9:53 IST

  A new study has revealed that the Dwarf planet is an ocean world with a reservoir of seawater beneath its surface. Earlier it was believed that the Ceres is barren space rock. 

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  This mind-controlling fungus turns cicadas into 'aroused' zombies, manipulates them to infect more

  Science | August 08, 2020 9:14 IST

  Researchers at the West Virginia Univerisity have discovered the 'Zombie cicadas'. These cicadas 'possessed' by a mind-controlling fungus drench spores that cause the same infection. Looking at this behaviour, the scientists nicknamed the cicadas as the "flying salt shakers of death".

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  Penguin poop patches spotted from space in high-resolution satellite images of Antarctica. Read on

  Science | August 06, 2020 13:08 IST

  Researchers have spotted patches of penguin poop in new high-resolution satellite images of Antarctica. This discovery has revealed the presence of small emperor penguin colonies that were previously overlooked.

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  Cancerous tumor found in dinosaur's bone for first time. Read on

  Science | August 05, 2020 12:12 IST

  Scientists and paleontologists have identified the first known cancer in a dinosaur. The researchers at McMaster University and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have reported the aggressive malignant bone cancer--osteosarcoma in the dinosaur's bone. 

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  Cooling of Earth caused by eruptions, not meteors: Study

  Science | August 03, 2020 16:21 IST

  Some researchers believed the event - which cooled the Earth by about 3 degrees Centigrade, a huge amount - was caused by an extraterrestrial impact with the Earth, such as a meteor collision.

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  This screaming red parasitic Langsdorffia is called Vampire Plant. Find out why

  Science | August 03, 2020 9:14 IST

  Langsdorffia flowers, which is a parasitic plant, consists of flashy flowers and suckers. These screaming red flowers are intricate. Several parasitic plant experts call these flashy showpieces as Vampire plants. 

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  SpaceX’s Crew Dragon with 2 astronauts splashes down in Gulf of Mexico. Watch Video

  Science | August 03, 2020 8:26 IST

  Two NASA astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday for the first time in a commercially built and operated American crew spacecraft, returning from the International Space Station to complete a test flight that marks a new era in human spaceflight.

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  Weird swimming pattern of human sperm revealed — They don't wiggle, they roll

  Science | August 02, 2020 10:31 IST

  Over 300-year-old notion that the human sperm swim like a snake towards eggs has been proved false. According to a new study, sperms roll around like an otter.

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  'Inseparable': Anglerfish fuse bodies with partners while mating

  Science | August 01, 2020 10:36 IST

  The Anglerfish that are found in deep-sea, 'fuse' bodies with their partners when they mate. The smaller male anglerfish becomes permanently attached to the relatively gigantic female. This results in their tissue fusing together and the two animals establishing a common blood circulation system.

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  ESO Telescope captures extremely rare 'Space Butterfly'

  Science | August 01, 2020 9:12 IST

  European Southern Observatory's (ESO) has captured a mesmerizing photo of a gas bubble that looks like a butterfly. The bubble-identified as NGC 2899-has been never been captured with such details before. 

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  Mars 2020: NASA's Perseverence Mars Rover set for launch from Cape Canaveral | LIVE STREAM

  Science | July 30, 2020 15:28 IST

  NASA's 5th Mars Mission: NASA is all set to launch the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission today (Thursday), from Florida's Cape Canaveral. For the launch of NASA's newest Mars rover, the car-sized robot - Perseverance, is all set to lift off towards the Red Planet.

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  NASA's most elaborate life-hunting rover Perseverance is all set for Mars Mission | Photos

  Science | July 30, 2020 9:25 IST

  NASA's rover Perseverance is on the verge liftoff. Perseverance will look for evidence of past microscopic life on Mars in an ancient lake. It will also gather some promising rock samples for future pickup.

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  Microbes trapped under seafloor for 100 million years revived

  Science | July 29, 2020 10:29 IST

  A team of scientists from Japan and America has successfully revived tiny microbes trapped in a lifeless zone of the seabed for more than 100 million years.  According to the scientists, they were looking to see whether microscopic life survives in the less-than-hospitable conditions beneath the seafloor of the Pacific Ocean.

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  First-ever image of Jupiter's Moon Ganymede revealed. Check details

  Science | July 26, 2020 10:46 IST

  NASA's Juno spacecraft has captured the first infrared images of the north pole of Jupiter's Ganymede, which is the largest moon in the solar system. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory division’s official Twitter profile shared Ganymede's picture and it is gorgeous.

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  Hubble telescope captures mesmerizing pictures of summertime on Saturn

  Science | July 25, 2020 9:51 IST

  NASA's Hubble telescope recently captured some mind-blowing images during summer in Saturn's northern hemisphere. In these latest snapshots, Saturn looks like a 'lord of rings'.

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  'Potentially dangerous' Asteroid 2020 ND to move past Earth today

  Science | July 24, 2020 9:29 IST

  Asteroid 2020 ND - a huge asteroid is set to move past Earth today, NASA has said. Terming the asteroid as 'potentially dangerous', NASA has warned that the asteroid is travelling at a high speed of 48,000 kilometres per hour.

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  Methane leak discovered in Antarctica's seabed

  Science | July 23, 2020 9:29 IST

  Scientists have discovered an active methane leak in the seabed of Antarctica. The southernmost continent contains as much as a quarter of Earth's marine methane and now this leak from the sea bed prompts major concern about the impact on the global climate crisis. 

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  New species of rare ants 'Protanilla' discovered in Goa

  Science | July 22, 2020 9:55 IST

  A new species of rare ants has been discovered in Goa's Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary. The new species has been named Vaibhav's Protanilla, after professor Vaibhav Chindarkar who is the head of the zoology department at the Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Sakhali.