Science & Health

Saturn's largest moon Titan would be perfect for future space missions; here are 5 things to know about its lakes and seas

The seas and lakes of Titan are found to consist of very cold methane and ethane which are placid enough for spacecraft to land on its surface.

Jul 11, 2017

Mars-sized planet: Have researchers discovered a 10th planet in our Solar System?

Researchers Kat Volk and Renu Malhotra have presented compelling proof about this planetary body with a mass somewhere between that of Earth and Mars.

Jul 10, 2017

Google Doodle honors Countess Eva Ekeblad; here are 5 interesting facts about the Swedish scientist

Countess Eva Ekeblad is the reason why potatoes became a staple food in Sweden around the 19th century.

Jul 10, 2017

NASA's Cassini spacecraft took new image of Saturn's moon Epimetheus; here are 7 things to know about the Potato Moon

The Cassini space probe captured the photo of Saturn's inner most moon -- Epimetheus -- on February 21 2017 with its narrow-angle camera.

Jul 10, 2017

Milky Way could be home to 100 billion brown dwarfs; here are 7 things you should know about the failed stars

According to the guesstimation of researchers, around 25 billion to 100 billion brown dwarfs are present in the Milky Way.

Jul 8, 2017

Police officer filmed yelling at mother for leaving children in hot car

A video shows a Canadian police officer yelling at a mother for leaving her two children in a hot car while she went grocery shopping. Police in Vancouver received multiple calls about the children who were said to be in distress. A full emergency response including police and fire services were dispatched.The children, aged 3 and 6, were reportedly in the car for 20 minutes. The Ministry of Children and Family Development was informed about the case.

Jul 8, 2017

Tesla to build world's largest lithium-ion battery in Australia, here are the 7 facts you should know

Electric car producing company Tesla is stepping its game up in the renewable energy storage market by its upcoming creation- world's largest lithium-ion battery.

Jul 7, 2017

NASA's Hubble telescope pushed beyond limits, astronomers find new stars in distant galaxy

The astronomers had to formulate a code to get a clear picture of the stars through the Hubble Space Telescope.

Jul 7, 2017

Scientists from SLAC get first direct look at how electrons 'dance' with vibrating atoms

The experiments were carried out with SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free-electron laser and with a technique called angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) on the Stanford campus.

Jul 7, 2017

At least 60 new 'hot Jupiters' spotted by Yale researchers!

Hot Jupiters are located very close to their parent stars, like the sun, and take less than a week to complete an orbit.

Jul 7, 2017

Great Barrier Reef left off UNESCO in danger list despite concern over coral bleaching and water quality

The decision to leave the reef off of the list is a big political win for the Australian government, who have come under criticism for their management of the lucrative tourist attraction.

Jul 6, 2017

Eye on future Mars colony, NASA to test nuclear reactor designed to produce power on alien worlds

NASA, for the past three years, has been funding Kilopower, which is a project that looks to develop "a compact, low cost, scalable fission power system for science and exploration."

Jul 6, 2017

THIS is how NASA protects astronauts from microbes

Fungi and bacteria are present wherever humans are, hence they are present on the ISS too.

Jul 5, 2017

Robots aid cancer research by extracting scorpion venom

Scorpion venom can help researchers in carrying out studies on cancer in the future, it also helps in combating malaria.

Jul 5, 2017

NASA's Juno Mission: 7 things to know about the space probe orbiting Jupiter

The $1.1 billion Juno mission was launched in August 2011 and is scheduled to end in February 2018.

Jul 5, 2017