Science & Health

ESA astronaut shares surreal picture of Earth's constant companion

ESA shared the image of the moon along with a post, which talks about how once again Earth's one and only natural satellite moon has become a focus for human exploration

Jul 5, 2018

Humanity's 'first-ever' spacecraft to touch sun is just a month away

The spacecraft has been named after an astrophysicist, Eugene Parker. This is the first time that NASA has named a spacecraft after a living person

Jul 5, 2018

How to keep foodborne illness away at your Fourth of July cookout

The Fourth of July party may be exciting, but how do you keep food poisoning at bay at your cookout party?

Jul 4, 2018

This is a 'Stork' reality! Polish stork vanishes from GPS but delivers huge phone bill

Miscreants use the GPS SIM tracker from a Polish stork costing the charity a huge phone bill and it happened in Sudan

Jul 4, 2018

NASA is looking for new ways to manage trash when travelling in deep space

As humans travel further and further away from Earth, there will be no chance for supply missions to actually remove trash and bring stuff in, so there is an urgent call for technology that can help with trash management.

Jul 4, 2018

Brain stimulation may help reduce violence, suggests new study

The brain seems to not only reduce willingness to commit violence, but also reduce the intent to think that way by introducing a moral angle to the scenario.

Jul 4, 2018

US' space force has been operating since 1960s, claims top researcher

According to a top UFO researcher, a military unit very similar to that of the proposed space force by Donald Trump has already been operational since the 1960s.

Jul 4, 2018

Asteroids and meteors result of a five-planet crash that annihilated whole worlds

The asteroid belt contains most of the remaining fragments of the rocks that could not become planets. Now there are about 200,000 asteroids in the region between Mars and Jupiter

Jul 4, 2018

Uranus experienced a 'cataclysmic collision' billions of years ago and got its rings in return

The massive impact might have also been responsible for the molten ice and lopsided lumps of rock inside the planet. The event also explains the planet's off-center magnetic field.

Jul 4, 2018

ISRO's eye captures image of galaxy cluster 800 million light years away

The three merging clusters have more than 500 galaxies and almost 100 times larger and more than 1,500 times massive as compared to our own Milky Way Galaxy.

Jul 4, 2018

Hardworking women need to relax a bit: Long work hours linked to type 2 diabetes

The results found were shocking. Men working long hours did not face an increase in the risk of diabetes while working more than 45 hours boosted a woman's risk by 63 percent.

Jul 3, 2018

NASA wants to create a real life 'Prime Directive' to protect planets from humans

Planetary Protection Policies are out of date and need to be updated before humans start setting foot on other planets and bringing back samples to Earth.

Jul 3, 2018

PSLV breaks into Australian space market, to launch satellite from Down Under this year

PSLV has launched 237 satellites, nearly half of them from the United States and 27 other countries since its first commercial launch in 1999.

Jul 3, 2018

NASA to test their quiet supersonic aircraft tech over populated areas

NASA is working on tech that can reduce sonic booms to a level that will make it possible to fly over land and residential areas at Mach speeds. Testing begins in November.

Jul 3, 2018

Beam of light from neutron star merger seen for first time

Binary neutron stars GW170817 merged about 130 million light years away in the galaxy NGC 4993 and a beam of light and particles was seen peeking out from behind the Sun.

Jul 3, 2018