Science & Health

What was Solar System like when it was young and the Sun all alone?

NASA's Dawn mission has provided enough details about asteroid Vesta to help scientists to uncover the early life and environment of the Solar System.

Oct 8, 2018

India to face deadly annual heat wave if Paris Accords are not met, reveals IPCC report

The world has already warmed up by one degree and the 1.5 degree target is likely to be breached by 2030, say scientists.

Oct 8, 2018

Nasa says Arctic ice at 2018 minimum; sixth lowest on record

This year's Arctic minimum was reached late last month, between 19 and 23 September. The ice dropped to a minimum of 4.59 million square km over the north pole.

Oct 7, 2018

Here are the best pictures released by European Space Agency from last week

Sunrises from space, galaxy clusters, and Antarctic expeditions -- This week saw a lot of activity from the ESA.

Oct 7, 2018

NASA Voyager 2 crosses the Solar System, entering nearest interstellar space

Voyager 1 experienced a similar spike in cosmic rays in 2012, when it exited the heliosphere.

Oct 7, 2018

These new model robots can navigate the way Rajini Kanth does in 'Robo' film

Scientists have developed a new model to drive robots navigate more like Rajini Kanth in film 'Robo'

Oct 7, 2018

American health care: Physicist had to sell his Nobel Prize for $765,000 to pay medical bills

The physicist was a professor at the University of Chicago and he started suffering from memory loss in 2011.

Oct 7, 2018

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After Voyager 1, NASA's Voyager 2 is also entering interstellar space

If the Voyager 2 makes it through the heliosphere, it will become the second man-made object to enter interstellar space; the first one being Voyager 1.

Oct 6, 2018

A rock used as a doorstop for decades just turned out to be a space rock worth $100,000

Now, the space rock has been named Edmore meteorite, as it had first landed on a farm in Edmore.

Oct 6, 2018

JAXA launches MASCOT to learn more about asteroid Ryugu, joins two other rovers

MASCOT is the third lander to reach the surface of Ryugu as part of JAXA's Hayabusa-2 mission.

Oct 5, 2018

Handheld radar could one day help Mars explorers find water on red planet

ScanMars reads the subsurface, just below the ground through radar beaming radio wave impulses into the ground and listening for the reflected waves, this helps paint a clear picture of the ground below up to 5 metres.

Oct 5, 2018

Neptune-sized first-ever exomoon discovered and it's 17 times bigger than Earth

The new exomoon is about the size of Neptune, which has a diameter four times bigger than Earth's and is 17 times as enormous.

Oct 5, 2018

Saturn's rings rain down organic 'building blocks of life' into planet - Cassini's final discovery shows

Saturn's rings pour out tonnes of material- carbon-bearing, organic molecules into the planet. It is like rain, but from outer space.

Oct 5, 2018

Are polio vaccines contaminated or safe? Here is what the Health Ministry says

The Union Health Ministry has issued a statement in response to a viral social media message that urged people to not vaccinate their children because the vaccine had been tainted. Read to know what the government said.

Oct 5, 2018

A glass of wine a day? It could kill you 20 percent early, finds new study

But do you really want to live a wineless existence?

Oct 4, 2018

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Science & Health

What was Solar System like when it was young and the Sun all alone?

India to face deadly annual heat wave if Paris Accords are not met, reveals IPCC report

Nasa says Arctic ice at 2018 minimum; sixth lowest on record

Here are the best pictures released by European Space Agency from last week

NASA Voyager 2 crosses the Solar System, entering nearest interstellar space

These new model robots can navigate the way Rajini Kanth does in 'Robo' film

American health care: Physicist had to sell his Nobel Prize for $765,000 to pay medical bills

After Voyager 1, NASA's Voyager 2 is also entering interstellar space

A rock used as a doorstop for decades just turned out to be a space rock worth $100,000

JAXA launches MASCOT to learn more about asteroid Ryugu, joins two other rovers

Handheld radar could one day help Mars explorers find water on red planet

Neptune-sized first-ever exomoon discovered and it's 17 times bigger than Earth

Saturn's rings rain down organic 'building blocks of life' into planet - Cassini's final discovery shows

Are polio vaccines contaminated or safe? Here is what the Health Ministry says

A glass of wine a day? It could kill you 20 percent early, finds new study

Time for India to follow suit? France, Germany, Netherlands, US banned use of EVMs [here's why]

Dhanush's Captain Miller has no buyers in Telugu states? Here's why

Deepika Padukone is a sight to behold in velvet gown; attends Academy Museum Gala with Selena Gomez, Dua Lip [see pics]