Science & Health

Russian meteor found made of diamond-like alien material never seen on Earth

The material is hard, almost as hard as a diamond that has never been seen before on Earth

Aug 8, 2018

Mysterious radiation stemming from the centre of Milky Way, not Dark Matter, says new study

Dark Matter still remains a mystery and is as elusive as ever.

Aug 7, 2018

You can build your own Mars rover with this blueprint put out by NASA

Plans for a small, portable version of the Curiosity rover that is relatively easy to build can be downloaded from the JPL site.

Aug 7, 2018

Watch: NASA's planet-hunting TESS yet to start its science missions, already catches a comet

Images were stitched together to create the video were captured over the course of 17 hours on July 25.

Aug 7, 2018

Meteor older than Solar System holds clue to Earth's building blocks: Study

There were rocks floating about in space before the Earth came to be and one such rock has researchers learning a lot of about the Earth's birth and formation, finds Poorna Srinivasan, an Indian-origin space scientist.

Aug 7, 2018

Wonder why angry people are not so smart? They overestimate their intelligence, says study

While anger is not really related to intelligence, a study has found that angry people are more likely to overestimate their intelligence.

Aug 6, 2018

Government coverup alleged after a huge meteor spotted near US military base

Conspiracy theorists believe that the government is intentionally covering up news about potentially dangerous space bodies to avoid public panic

Aug 6, 2018

Largest ocean clean-up project ever will attempt to sweep the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Ocean Cleanup wants to clear the largest garbage in the ocean by 2040.

Aug 6, 2018

Watch the Moon get hit by two asteroids and the light show that followed

The moon received two rocks to its face from space while passing through the tail of Comet 169P/NEAT, said the ESA.

Aug 6, 2018

Rogue planet not attached to any star found wandering through the Milky Way

The mystery planet is not the Planet X or Nibiru and is about 20 light years away.

Aug 6, 2018

Sturgeon Moon this month: Where to see full Moon, Mercury and Venus

As the red planet retreats, this month's biggest attraction, apart from the Moon itself will be Mercury and Venus.

Aug 5, 2018

Watch: Nuclear waste containers put through demanding tests to see if they will fail

Nuclear waste transportation is a tricky, high stakes process that requires a lot of safety and testing, this is one such test.

Aug 5, 2018

What if suddenly Earth turns into a huge pile of soft and mushy blueberries?

A blueberry Earth will have "a steam atmosphere covering an ocean of jam on top of warm blueberry granite," assumes an Oxford researcher

Aug 5, 2018

ISRO Chandrayaan-2: India's mission to Moon faces another delay- launch moved to 2019

India was all set to be the fourth country to land on the Moon, but this delay could mean Israel will it make there by 2019, before India.

Aug 5, 2018

Saridon, D'Cold Total and Phensedyl among 300 drug combinations likely to get banned

Last year, the Supreme Court had asked the DTAB to list the FDCs that needs to be regulated or banned or restricted, along with reasons, following which the drugmakers fought a long legal battle against the government.

Aug 5, 2018