Science & Health

Astronomers stumble upon 12 new Moons orbiting Jupiter while looking for Planet X

This discovery was made while on the lookout for massive, distant solar system objects far beyond Pluto.

Jul 17, 2018

Are we sitting on a gold mine? No, it's a gigantic diamond mine 120-km below us

We are sitting on top of a 1,000 trillion tonnes of diamond buried 120-km below the Earth, but it is out of reach to humans.

Jul 17, 2018

Will teenager Alyssa Carson become the first citizen of Mars?

Alyssa Carson, 17, has already visited the space camp at Turkey in Canada and Huntsville in Missouri, 18 times over the last 10 years and now she is preparing for her 19th visit

Jul 17, 2018

UN partners with Google, adopts high-tech approach to map environmental impact

The United Nations Environmental Programme announced a new partnership with Google to use cloud computing and mapping to track the impacts of human activity on global ecosystems.

Jul 17, 2018

Compulsive Sexual Behaviour is 'mental disorder', says World Health Organization

WHO says that there is a genuine clinical population of people who have a legitimate health condition and who can be provided services in an appropriate manner.

Jul 16, 2018

Humans produce about 13 tonnes of hazardous garbage every second

Chemical waste that includes paints, paint products, aerosol canisters, cleaning liquids, and other household acids is even disposed of whole due to damaged packaging.

Jul 16, 2018

Panspermia theory proposes Earth was impregnated with life by falling asteroids

The Earth is about 4 billion years old and there is enough evidence to show that life evolved here, but where and at what point of time did life originate?

Jul 16, 2018

Pluto is in alignment with Earth and Sun for the first time in nearly 100 years

Pluto is almost always either above the rest of the planets or below, depending on where it is in its long orbit. Only twice every Plutonian year will the planet line up with the rest of the Solar System.

Jul 16, 2018

Juno finds yet another potential volcano on Jupiter's moon Io

Several previous missions, along with ground-based observations, had earlier spotted more than 150 active volcanoes on a small moon of Jupiter.

Jul 16, 2018

Electric vehicle industry in India to get a boost from ISRO's battery tech

Over 130 companies have signed up to receive ISRO's new lithium-ion battery tech. Pre-application conference on Tuesday will set the tone for purchases.

Jul 16, 2018

South Pole observatory detects neutrino from supermassive black hole from another galaxy for the first time

This particular neutrino has been travelling about 3.7 billion years at nearly the speed of light before scientists found it passing through Earth and crashing into Antarctic ice.

Jul 15, 2018

Time to change our perception of universe? New data by Hubble, Gaia may just do it

This data may even lead to new physics, and allow the experts to better comprehend the origin of the universe as well

Jul 15, 2018

Want to reduce your carbon footprint? Stop giving birth to more children

One way to actively work toward environmental positivity is to cut back on individual waste, but nothing compares to the effect that the human population has on the environment.

Jul 15, 2018

Venus and moon to come close and shine bright

According to experts, about 30 minutes from the sunset, people in the United State's East Coast will be able to see the planet, which would appear like a star close to the moon.

Jul 15, 2018

Astronauts explain why people haven't gone to the Moon in over 4 decades

Politics and budget cuts are holding NASA back, say astronauts and scientists.

Jul 15, 2018