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  Scientists study if meteorite impacts help create life on Earth and beyond

  Science | September 03, 2020 9:32 IST

  A new study, posits that impact craters should absolutely be considered by space agencies like NASA and ESA as top exploration targets, not just for their invaluable post-impact geological records, but also -- and perhaps more importantly -- as prime locations for seeking potential habitats for extraterrestrial life. 

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  Earth may have been wet ever since it formed: Study

  Science | August 31, 2020 16:49 IST

  The scientists noted that enstatite chondrites are entirely composed of material from the inner solar system -- essentially the same stuff that made up the Earth originally.

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  NASA shares 'magical' picture of Cygnus supernova blast wave

  Science | August 31, 2020 9:04 IST

  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shared a mesmerizing and unbelievable picture of Cygnus supernova blast wave. The picture showing an undulating orange ribbon is so beautiful it will look like its photoshopped.

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  Huge asteroid will come close to Earth on September 1: Is it dangerous?

  Science | August 30, 2020 10:16 IST

  ​An asteroid, as huge as a high-rise building, will pass near the Earth on Tuesday, September 1. Asteroid 2011 ES4 will make a close approach towards Earth and will be closer to our planet than the Moon.

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  In a first, patient beats HIV infection; cell analysis shows no traces of virus

  Science | August 29, 2020 8:56 IST

  In a rare incident, a patient has cleared functional HIV infection without outside help. This may the first known instance of a spontaneous cure. According to reports, over 1-5 billion cells of this patient was analysed and it showed no functional HIV copies in any of them. However, the person still has some non-functional copies of the virus.

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  Hubble Space Telescope maps giant halo around Andromeda galaxy

  Science | August 28, 2020 13:07 IST

  Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, scientists have mapped the immense envelope of gas, called a halo, surrounding the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest large galactic neighbour. This tenuous, nearly invisible halo of diffuse plasma extends 1.3 million light-years from the galaxy -- about halfway to our Milky Way -- and as far as two million light-years in some directions, said the study published in The Astrophysical Journal.

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  Troop of a million microscopic walking robots created to enable scientific explorations. Read on

  Science | August 27, 2020 19:44 IST

  Scientists have developed a million walking robots for research at a microscopic level. These robots that are developed by a team of scientists from Cornell University are powered by pulses of laser light. 

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  Indian satellite AstroSat detects extreme UV light from galaxy

  Science | August 25, 2020 9:00 IST

  AstroSat, India's first multi-wavelength satellite, has detected an extreme ultraviolet (UV) light from a galaxy which is 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth, the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) said on Monday.

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  Researchers developing kit that will differentiate various types of coronavirus infection

  Science | August 21, 2020 14:45 IST

  The Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, with the support of the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a body under the DST, has initiated a research with the detection of a target protein using bioinformatics tool against which the diagnostic kit has to be developed.

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  Mass extinction on earth caused due to exploding stars

  Science | August 20, 2020 9:51 IST

  A new study reveals that brutal cosmic rays from Supernovae could be the reason behind at least one mass extinction event. According to the researchers, finding certain radioactive isotopes in Earth's rock record could confirm this scenario.

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  SUV-sized asteroid passes by Earth, above southern Indian Ocean

  Science | August 19, 2020 11:54 IST

  At roughly 10 to 20 feet (3 to 6 meters) across, asteroid 2020 QG is very small by asteroid standards: If it had actually been on an impact trajectory, it would likely have become a fireball as it broke up in Earth's atmosphere, which happens several times a year.

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  When and how the whole universe will come to an end? Read on to find out

  Science | August 19, 2020 10:00 IST

  Humans have always been curious to know how and when the world will come to an end. Interestingly, theoretical physicist Matt Caplan has predicted when the universe will come to its end.

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  Oumuamua, visitor from another solar system, is not made from molecular hydrogen ice. Check details

  Science | August 19, 2020 8:59 IST

  According to a recent study, Oumuamua an extrasolar object is not made from molecular hydrogen ice. Oumuamua was discovered by the University of Hawaii's Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in October 2017. 

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  Scientists detect '10 times' more infectious coronavirus strain - D614G

  Science | August 17, 2020 13:07 IST

  D614G - a new strain of the novel coronavirus has been detected by scientists in Malaysia. The new strain is believed to be 10 times more infectious than the novel coronavirus, said Director General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah in a Facebook post.

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  Rare squirrel spotted at Gangotri National Park in Uttarkashi

  Science | August 17, 2020 12:21 IST

  A rare squirrel, who uses fur of her claw as a parachute, spotted at Gangotri National Park in Uttarkashi. The state's Forest Research Center's survey has seen her in 18 of 13 forest divisions, while Wooly squirrel was considered extinct 70 years ago in IUCN Red List. 

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  Indian scientists make space bricks for lunar habitation

  Science | August 17, 2020 11:19 IST

  The Indian space agency launched two unmanned missions to the moon in 2008 and 2019 as part of its inter-planetary exploration to study the earth's natural satellite, though it failed to land on the lunar surface.

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  Massive lava tubes found on Mars, Moon; can protect from cosmic radiation

  Science | August 17, 2020 8:44 IST

  Researchers have discovered lava tubes underneath the floors of both the moon and mars. According to the study, these tubes are large enough to be the homes of planetary bases as humanity, even more, explores the cosmos. 

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  Want to harvest water on Moon and Mars? NASA now inviting applications from students

  Science | August 14, 2020 11:13 IST

  NASA is giving university-level engineering students a unique opportunity to participate in the quest to harvest water on the Moon and Mars. The 2021 Moon to Mars Ice and Prospecting Challenge is asking eligible undergraduate and graduate student teams to design and build hardware that can identify, map, and drill through various subsurface layers, then extract water from an ice block in a simulated off-world test bed, the American space agency said. 

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  New galaxy similar to Milky Way found in deep space. Read on

  Science | August 14, 2020 10:15 IST

  Earlier Astronomers had observed a young galaxy similar to Milky way. They often thought this infant universe as a chaotic, extreme environment where galaxies are unstable and violent. However, a new study suggests that this infant galaxy has features similar to those of our own more mature Milky Way.

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  Scientists detect rare 'boomerang' earthquake under Altantic Ocean. Read on

  Science | August 12, 2020 11:56 IST

  For the first time, scientists have detected an extremely rare 'boomerang earthquake' under the Atlantic Ocean near the equator. According to the scientists, the boomerang earthquake is also known as a "back-propagating supershear rupture", is the fracture that travels away from the initial crack before returning to it at even faster speeds.