Science & Health

NASA's to-be launched James Webb space telescope will peer deep into Jupiter's Great Red Spot

The James Webb space telescope will be used to study planets in the Solar System as well as in the distant outer space.

Jun 26, 2018

India boosts grant to Global Environment Facility to tackle environmental issues

Increasing its contribution by $3 million, India will now provide $15 million over the next four years to provide grants for environmental projects to the international partnership, as announced at the recent GEF Council meeting.

Jun 26, 2018

Strawberry full moon today: What's it and why it affects only Cancer, Capricorn, Aries, and Libra in Zodiac

Since the cardinal signs, Cancer is influenced by the sun and Capricorn is influenced by the strawberry full moon, hence, Cancer, Capricorn, Aries, and Libra will feel the effect of the strawberry full moon the most, says zodiac forecast.

Jun 26, 2018

Three-fingered Peru mummy not alien, could be new human species, says top researcher

A new study conducted by a British researcher has found that the three-fingered mummies discovered in Peru could be a new human species and not of alien origin

Jun 26, 2018

Protests to save 16,500 trees gather pace in Delhi

Green activists say that they want something on the lines of the Delhi gang-rape protests in December 2012, which brought the NCR together, to save the trees.

Jun 25, 2018

Another Chinese space station about to fall? China lowers orbit of Tiangong-2

Tiangong--2 might also be de-orbiting and falling back to the Earth, here is how you can track its progress.

Jun 25, 2018

China's ban on plastic waste import has led to a massive global trash pile-up

Now that China is not recycling this plastic, neighbouring countries like Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and South Korea are getting inundated with plastic waste.

Jun 25, 2018

City Killers? NASA gears up as more than a million asteroids pose threat to Earth

Now, NASA is more focused on searching the asteroids, which are larger than 450 feet across. These asteroids are also known as the "city-killers."

Jun 24, 2018

Final images and videos from the Rosetta mission show what it is like to crash on a comet

The Rosetta mission was the first successful landing and orbit of a comet ever and the European Space Agency has finally made the entire collection of images and videos open to public viewing.

Jun 24, 2018

Science and space roundup: What happened this week

Here is all you need to know about the science, tech, and space developments over the last week.

Jun 24, 2018

Villagers put forest on fire after leopard kills boy; blaze goes out of control

Angry villagers burn forest after a boy was killed by a leopard in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district. Forest officials are now struggling to control the blaze that is close to the Bageshwar District Headquarters.

Jun 24, 2018

Blood Moon: July 27 total lunar eclipse will be the longest in 21st century

This lunar eclipse will take place on the night of 27 and 28 July and also feature a visible "Blood Moon" – where the Moon appears red because of sunlight scattering through the planet's atmosphere.

Jun 24, 2018

International Space Station launches RemoveDebris, first mission to harpoon space junk

RemoveDebris is the first time attempt to actively clear space debris from low earth orbit.

Jun 24, 2018

'New World Order' and big oil companies trying to destroy Tesla: Elon Musk

In an email addressed to his employees, the Tesla founder stated that shadowy forces are trying to sabotage his company in an attempt to suppress the production of electric and solar-powered cars.

Jun 24, 2018

To survive the fast expansion of the universe aliens could harvest stars

In order to maintain the balance, following a future possible cosmic energy shortage, caused by the accelerating expansion of the universe, a super-advanced extraterrestrial civilization could pull stars from different galaxies and take them home

Jun 23, 2018