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Emissions on the rise: Alarming quantities of Ozone depleting chemicals detected

The Montreal Protocol made it illegal to produce and use ozone-depleting chemicals over 30 years ago. While it has been a success for the most part since then, scientists have recently discovered a sudden and massive spike in CFC-11 levels.

May 17, 2018

Fastest growing black hole ever found eats a sun every 2 days

The black hole is 12 billion light years away and is unlikely to ever get near Earth. With a mass of about 20 billion suns, the black hole would have appeared 10 times brighter than the moon if it was located at the center of the Milky Way.

May 16, 2018

Aliens exist but in parallel universes – and we might actually see them someday

New research paper claims that there are parallel universes, each growing and expanding at different rates because of dark energy. But the sheer amount of dark energy inside a universe has little to do with chances of life there.

May 16, 2018

Elon Musk says Falcon 9 is now 'most reliable rocket ever built'

SpaceX is targeting one launch every two weeks using the Falcon 9 which now can go up to ten launches before needing any major refurbishment.

May 16, 2018

World's fastest X-ray water heater is here, it takes just one-billionth of a second

Scientists were able to heat water using X-ray lasers so quickly that it became plasma, hotter than the core of the Earth, in just 75 femtoseconds.

May 16, 2018

ISRO ponders alternative propulsion tech, reusable launch vehicles

ISRO has a few lofty goals set for itself in the coming years – reducing the cost of space travel, improving manufacturing technology, building reusable rockets and vehicles, and nuclear propulsion are all things that India is looking seriously at.

May 13, 2018

Artificial intelligence in search of alien intelligence, SETI sets right foot forward

Alien intelligence need not be similar enough to human intelligence for it to exist. Considering the fact that there are forms of intelligence right here on Earth that humans are yet to identify, SETI wants to use AI to help discover alien life.

May 13, 2018

SpaceX launches updated Falcon 9, nails landing and delivers Bangabandhu in orbit

After an automated abort was triggered by SpaceX systems in its first launch attempt, the Block 5 Falcon 9 rocket was able to take its payload to space and return for a perfect landing out in the Atlantic ocean.

May 13, 2018

NASA sending a robot helicopter to Mars in 2020

The Mars Helicopter will be the size of a football and weigh about 1.8 kg. Its twin blade setup will spin ten times faster than Earth choppers and if it does manage to fly, it will take 90-second-long trips over the course of a month.

May 13, 2018

India reckons ISRO as thunderstorms wreak havoc across northern parts

ISRO plays an important role in forecasting weather, here is how they use satellite images and other cloud data to pinpoint where and how winds, cyclones, and rain move through the country.

May 11, 2018

What is Bangabandhu Satellite-1? Bangladesh's first communications satellite awaits SpaceX launch

Named after Bangladesh's founding father, the satellite will give the country autonomy with telecommunications and broadcasting as well as phone and internet connectivity.

May 11, 2018

Australian brewers developing space beer bottle to take the party off-planet

Australian brewers are working on a new stout and a bottle to drink it from, both designed specifically for space. The bottle will keep the liquid contained within and offers the familiar experience of enjoying a cold beer back home, for astronauts in microgravity.

May 11, 2018

Physicists to look for dark matter in a tunnel 2km underground

Dark matter, at least in theory, makes up 85 percent of everything in the universe. A new experiment deep underground will help scientists detect it, hopefully.

May 10, 2018

Leaning Tower of Pisa survived 500 years of war, earthquakes - here's how

A research conducted by a team from the University of Bristol revealed that the soft soil that gives the tower its signature lean also protects it from the shocks of earthquakes

May 10, 2018

Asteroid spotted past Neptune and no one knows how it got there

There is an asteroid near Neptune which should not be there. Most space rocks float in a belt between Mars and Jupiter, and this is one of the first asteroids that has actually traveled across three gas giants and settled in the far outer reaches of the Solar System.

May 10, 2018

Alien life could be found by looking at a planet's changing seasons

One of the reason for life to flourish on Earth is the atmosphere, its composition and the way it reacts and changes to seasonal changes. If we were to look for just this in other worlds, it might be possible to detect or even confirm life in those planets.

May 10, 2018

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Articles by Immanuel Jotham

Emissions on the rise: Alarming quantities of Ozone depleting chemicals detected

Fastest growing black hole ever found eats a sun every 2 days

Aliens exist but in parallel universes – and we might actually see them someday

Elon Musk says Falcon 9 is now 'most reliable rocket ever built'

World's fastest X-ray water heater is here, it takes just one-billionth of a second

ISRO ponders alternative propulsion tech, reusable launch vehicles

Artificial intelligence in search of alien intelligence, SETI sets right foot forward

SpaceX launches updated Falcon 9, nails landing and delivers Bangabandhu in orbit

NASA sending a robot helicopter to Mars in 2020

India reckons ISRO as thunderstorms wreak havoc across northern parts

What is Bangabandhu Satellite-1? Bangladesh's first communications satellite awaits SpaceX launch

Australian brewers developing space beer bottle to take the party off-planet

Physicists to look for dark matter in a tunnel 2km underground

Leaning Tower of Pisa survived 500 years of war, earthquakes - here's how

Asteroid spotted past Neptune and no one knows how it got there

Alien life could be found by looking at a planet's changing seasons

Why third-hand smoke is dangerous – aerosol toxins easily find their way indoors

Stephen Hawking's $100m search for extra-terrestrial intelligence just got a major boost

SpaceX's final version Falcon 9 rocket can be launched 100 times

Ebola outbreak declared: 17 hemorrhagic fever deaths reported in Republic of Congo

Ranveer Singh touches Sanjay Leela Bhansali's feet; Sara Ali Khan, Aditi Rao Hydari radiate in ethnic outfits at reception

Omar lambasts "arrogant" Congress after BJP's historic victory; Mehbooba reacts [details]

BJP leads in 53 seats, crosses majority mark in Chhattisgarh

Ranbir Kapoor's fans burst crackers inside theatres during Animal screening; fans say 'low budget Salman Khan' fans'