Science & Health

Anita Sengupta, brain behind NASA's Curiosity landing on Mars, repeats another feat now

Cooling atoms to temperatures far below what is possible on Earth, which could be 10 billion times colder than the vacuum of space.

May 23, 2018

An eagle and a fox get into a scuffle over a rabbit, here's what happened

Eagles are known to be strong hunters and a fox that got in the way of a bald eagle's meal was photographed being tossed 10 feet in the air.

May 23, 2018

Triangular UFO spotted in England, Is it the secretive TR-3B or an alien spaceship?

The secretive TR-3B or Black Triangle was allegedly developed by the US Air Force as a part of a black operation during the time of Gulf War.

May 23, 2018

SpaceX launches NASA's twin GRACE-FO satellites to track Earth's ice, gravity and water

SpaceX used the same Falcon 9 they used to launch the Zuma payload for the USAF last year. While the team did not attempt to land the core stage, they did try to catch the fairing. But Mr.Steven, the giant net aboard a ship, was unable to stick.

May 23, 2018

Centuries-old, largest masonry wall in South India discovered in Mysuru

The masonry wall dating back to the 5th century was found on the left bank of Cauvery river in Talakadu, Karnataka, during an excavation by a group of archaeologists.

May 23, 2018

Time travel path? Interdimensional portal opens up in Scotland skies, baffles many

The conspiracy theory channel quickly clarified that the lights are not the reflection of any spotlight on the ground either.

May 23, 2018

Is an exploding star to blame for a mass extinction on Earth 2.5 million years ago?

A supernova occurred about 160 light years away, 2.5 million years ago, and it might have permanently altered life on the planet at a DNA level.

May 22, 2018

New evidence suggests the existence of 'Planet Nine' somewhere beyond Pluto

The orbit of this planet, should it exist, will be about 10 to 20 thousand Earth years and it will be about 4 times the size of Earth and 10 times as dense.

May 22, 2018

Was India once an alien hotspot? 10,000-year-old rock paintings say so

The drawings were apparently drawn 10,000 years ago when space travel was not even in the distant dream of human beings.

May 22, 2018

Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala: Symptoms to precautions, all you need to know

The Kerala government has sanctioned an emergency fund of Rs 20 lakh to the Kozhikode Medical College soon after the Nipah outbreak to keep the situation under control.

May 22, 2018

Alien asteroid near Jupiter is first known outsider to travel through space to Solar System

A weird asteroid lives near Jupiter and shares its orbit, but spins in the opposite direction. It has traveled several millions of kilometres to end up inside the Solar System.

May 22, 2018

What is Sirenomelia? Indian baby with mermaid feature dies minutes after birth

The baby, "with a fish-like body" at the Swami Ramanand Teerth Rural Government Hospital at Ambajogai in Maharashtra, died minutes after birth.

May 22, 2018

Humans account for 0.1% of life on Earth, but have eradicated most other living things

A new assessment of all life on the planet has estimated that the 7.6 billion people on Earth make up for a mere 0.01%, but since the beginning of civilisation, humans alone have wiped out about 83 percent of all mammals in the wild and about half the plant species that ever existed.

May 22, 2018

Off colour: Pollution turns India's white marble Taj Mahal green

Falling water table is weakening the Taj's wooden foundation. Also, pollution and rampant construction around the building are worsening the air quality.

May 22, 2018

ISRO completes tests on GSAT-11, glitch-free satellite may be launched soon

ISRO's GSAT-11 is a communication satellite, said to be the "heaviest satellite ever." Weighing about 5,725 kilograms, the GSAT-11 is likely to blast off from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. The cost of the mission has been pegged at around Rs 500 crore.

May 21, 2018