Science & Health

New Horizons spacecraft wakes up for next flyby sojourn beyond Pluto

New Horizons will pass by Ultima Thule on New Year's day 2019. Starting now to the flyby, mission control will have a full schedule preparing the craft, testing its on board instruments, and making course corrections along the way.

Jun 6, 2018

NASA to send Expedition 56 members to ISS today, Watch it live here

NASA's astronaut Scott Tingle, astronaut Norishige Kanai from Japan and Russian Space Agency's Anton Shkaplerov, who was also the ISS mission commander returned safely to Earth.

Jun 6, 2018

Days feel longer? Blame the Moon for moving slowly away from Earth

The Moon is moving away from Earth at the rate of about 4 centimetres a year, in 200 million years, this will cause a day on Earth will be about 25 hours long.

Jun 5, 2018

How about a trip to distant worlds in space? Just settle down on your couch and go light-years away!

Kepler-186f is in the list, similar in size as the Earth and located around 500 light years away. Take a trip across and enjoy virtual space ride across the planets

Jun 5, 2018

Flying Saucer being towed away? Texas resident captures it all live

In south of Ponca City, a flying saucer was seen being trucked away with an escort of 20 police cars, It's a spaceship and UFOs exist, says Ashley Choney who has shared the image on Facebook.

Jun 5, 2018

Time travel shockproof: Widow claims seeing younger version of her dead husband

A man lying with blood-tinged everywhere, and interestingly, the man was the younger version of her husband who died in 2001.

Jun 5, 2018

The tilt of the Sun could be caused by undiscovered Planet 9

Planet Nine could be a cluster of asteroids sending comets Earth's way

The mysterious Planet Nine - an unseen cosmic body in deep space, tugging and pulling on dwarf planets could be sending comets toward Earth. Did it also cause the extinction of dinosaurs?

Jun 5, 2018

NASA to probe the 'cosmic filter enclosing the Solar System

The Heliosphere covers the solar system in a bubble of protection, keeping interstellar radiation out and protecting the Earth and other planets from cosmic radiation.

Jun 5, 2018

Physicists stared at a dozen clocks for 14 years straight: Here's why

Are physical constants really constant? Do the laws of physics change in space and time? These are some of the fundamental questions that a team of physicists wanted to find out in this experiment.

Jun 5, 2018

World Environment Day 2018: India to fund innovative ideas for waste management

Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan added that a lot of measures have been taken since October 2017 to address air pollution when the capital city of Delhi suffered with the quality of air.

Jun 5, 2018

Nuclear powered battery 10 times more powerful, robust future use on cards

Nuclear batteries have finally reached the level of power density that chemical batteries have and they could last hundreds of years before they die.

Jun 4, 2018

Chariot from Pre-Iron Age found during excavation in Uttar Pradesh's Sanauli

Chariot from pre-Iron Age was found in Uttar Pradesh's Sanauli after a three-month-long excavation. It is expected to provide a new perspective on Indian history.

Jun 4, 2018

NASA's SMAP mission to help USDA forecast crops worldwide now

NASA's SMAP mission has created a global map of water level and moisture levels in soil that will update once every three days in an effort to help farmers sustain their crops and predict outcomes.

Jun 4, 2018

Fond of mascaras? Beware of this infection that could have blinded a woman

The doctor said that mascara buildup caused dark lumps under her eyelids and could have led to a potential infection.

Jun 4, 2018

Some dark matter might have weak electrical charge and could soon be detected

Dark matter has never directly been observed because it does not interact with normal matter, but a small portion of it could be electrically charged, meaning it might interact in the electromagnetic field.

Jun 4, 2018