NASA-funded project helps discover a new brown dwarf star

Most of the exoplanet hunting is done by computer algorithms, but even the best algorithm models are not that efficient.

Jul 18, 2017

New mysterious radio signals detected coming from a star 11 million light years away

Scientists have discovered mystery signals coming from a star 11 light years away. The very peculiar pulses appear to be unique to the red dwarf, scientists say, with observations of similar nearby stars showing no similar behavior.

Jul 18, 2017

Nasa has created flyby videos of Pluto and Charon, its largest moon

Two years after its New Horizons spacecraft sent the first images of Pluto, NASA has created two flyby videos by compiling data received from the mission. The videos were released July 7 to celebrate the second anniversary of the  spacecraft flying within 7.800 miles of Pluto. It released two videos, one of Pluto itself and a second of Plutos largest moon, Charon.

Jul 17, 2017

NASA's New Horizons explores dwarf planet Pluto and its moons: 7 things to know [VIDEOS]

These findings by the researchers changed the views about the Pluto system.

Jul 17, 2017

Saraswati: Top 5 facts to know about the newly-discovered supercluster of galaxies

The Saraswati supercluster is found to be way more distant in comparison to the other enormous superclusters spotted so far.

Jul 14, 2017

Tiniest star in the Milky Way Galaxy discovered: Here are Top 7 facts you should know

The tiniest star in the Milky Way Galaxy -- EBLM J0555-57Ab -- was spotted by researchers who were a part of the team that found the TRAPPIST-1 system.

Jul 13, 2017

Recession of Himalayan glaciers alarming: ISRO scientists

The ISRO scientists found that this main glacier had receded 4,340 meters since 1965 and had fragmented into multiple valley glaciers resulting in the total loss of 10 per cent of glacier area

Jul 13, 2017

NASA's Juno takes the first closest fly-by of the gas giant Jupiter's mysterious Great Red Spot

This was the first ever close analysis of the GRS which took place in the Juno mission.

Jul 12, 2017

Saturn's largest moon Titan would be perfect for future space missions; here are 5 things to know about its lakes and seas

The seas and lakes of Titan are found to consist of very cold methane and ethane which are placid enough for spacecraft to land on its surface.

Jul 11, 2017

Mars-sized planet: Have researchers discovered a 10th planet in our Solar System?

Researchers Kat Volk and Renu Malhotra have presented compelling proof about this planetary body with a mass somewhere between that of Earth and Mars.

Jul 10, 2017

NASA's Cassini spacecraft took new image of Saturn's moon Epimetheus; here are 7 things to know about the Potato Moon

The Cassini space probe captured the photo of Saturn's inner most moon -- Epimetheus -- on February 21 2017 with its narrow-angle camera.

Jul 10, 2017

Milky Way could be home to 100 billion brown dwarfs; here are 7 things you should know about the failed stars

According to the guesstimation of researchers, around 25 billion to 100 billion brown dwarfs are present in the Milky Way.

Jul 8, 2017

Scientists from SLAC get first direct look at how electrons 'dance' with vibrating atoms

The experiments were carried out with SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free-electron laser and with a technique called angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) on the Stanford campus.

Jul 7, 2017

THIS is how NASA protects astronauts from microbes

Fungi and bacteria are present wherever humans are, hence they are present on the ISS too.

Jul 5, 2017

NASA's Juno Mission: 7 things to know about the space probe orbiting Jupiter

The $1.1 billion Juno mission was launched in August 2011 and is scheduled to end in February 2018.

Jul 5, 2017