Asteroid Florence to whizz past Earth at a safe distance on Septmeber 1, says NASA
The 2017 encounter is the closest by this asteroid since 1890 and the closest it will ever be until after 2500.
Aug 18, 2017, 16:52 PM IST
Australian researchers discover how first animals appeared on earth
A sudden explosion of algae which occurred 650 million years ago was the catalyst for how the first animals appeared on earth, according to a study led by Australian researchers.
Aug 17, 2017, 20:25 PM IST
Mystery busted! This is how first animals appeared on Earth
The mystery behind how the first animals appeared on planet Earth has finally been busted.
Aug 17, 2017, 14:22 PM IST
NASA to study Earth's ionosphere during total solar eclipse
The Moon's shadow will block the Sun's light, and weather permitting, those within the path of totality will be treated to a view of the Sun's outer atmosphere, called the corona.
Aug 11, 2017, 19:19 PM IST
NASA to hire new 'planetary protection officer' for protection of Earth from aliens
The US space agency NASA is hiring a new planetary protection officer to defend Earth from aliens and it comes with a six-figure salary.NASA
Aug 03, 2017, 14:08 PM IST
Iran successfully tests satellite launch rocket
The Simorgh satellite carrier would be able to put satellites weighing as much as 250 kg at an orbit about 500 km above the Earth's surface, according to Tasnim news agency.
Jul 28, 2017, 00:55 AM IST
Want to know Moon's role in Solar Eclipse? Watch the video
According to NASA, the Sun take most of the attention in a Solar Eclipse, but the moon also plays a pivotal role.
Jul 22, 2017, 21:35 PM IST
Humans turning Earth into 'plastic planet', says study
Researchers, including those from the University of Georgia (UGA) in the US, found that by 2015, humans had generated 8.3 billion metric tonnes of plastics, 6.3 billion tonnes of which had already become waste.
Jul 21, 2017, 13:59 PM IST
Astrosat, Chandra and Hubble jointly detect massive cosmic explosion
Three space-based observatories Astrosat, Chandra, Hubble Space Telescope and a ground-based observatory HARPS have simultaneously detected a massive coronal explosion on the nearest planet-hosting star 'Proxima Centauri', a top scientist revealed here on Wednesday.
Jul 20, 2017, 00:08 AM IST
Life on Earth began on land, not sea: Scientists
The findings pushes back the time for the emergence of microbial life on Earth by 580 million years.
Jul 19, 2017, 22:24 PM IST
Earth may have had muddy origin, says study
Scientists have long held the belief that planets - including Earth - were built from rocky asteroids, but new research challenges that view.
Jul 15, 2017, 13:58 PM IST
Scientists in China teleport first object 300 miles into space!
Last month, the Chinese team demonstrated they could send entangled photons from space to Earth. The latest work does the reverse: they sent photons from the mountaintop base to the satellite as it passed directly overhead.
Jul 13, 2017, 11:07 AM IST
How hidden stars may impact search for Earth-like planets
In the search for planets similar to our own, an important point of comparison is the planet's density.
Jul 13, 2017, 00:22 AM IST
Biological annihilation: Earth undergoing sixth mass extinction
Calling the loss of wildlife a "biological annihilation" that represents a "frightening assault on the foundations of human civilisation", they say billions of regional or local populations have been lost.
Jul 11, 2017, 15:38 PM IST
NASA plans to save Earth by knocking asteroid off its orbit
The target for the first-ever mission to demonstrate an asteroid deflection technique for planetary defence -- the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) -- is an asteroid that will have a distant approach to Earth in October 2022, and then again in 2024, NASA said.
Jul 09, 2017, 22:18 PM IST
Sharks could hold genetic secret to long life
Greenland sharks, the longest living vertebrates on Earth which live for up to 400 years, could hold the secret to long life, geneticists mapping their DNA say.
Jul 08, 2017, 22:01 PM IST
Huge asteroid Apophis is coming to Earth – How safe are we?
Apophis asteroid will speed past Earth on April 13, 2029, at just 18,600 miles away – which is less than one-tenth the distance between the Earth and the moon.
Jun 29, 2017, 10:58 AM IST
NISAR mission: NASA, ISRO begin work on joint project; on course for 2021 launch
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, or NISAR, satellite will provide an unprecedented detailed view of Earth by using advanced radar imaging.
Jun 21, 2017, 11:40 AM IST
NASA’s MAVEN reveals how Sun stripped Mars' atmosphere
Since its launched in November 2013, MAVEN has come up with multiple discoveries, revealing how the Sun stripped Mars of most of its atmosphere.
Jun 17, 2017, 22:33 PM IST
Risk of asteroid hitting Earth growing, warn astronomers
The astronomers, from the Czech Academy of Sciences, drew their conclusion after analysing 144 bolides - large meteors that explode in the atmosphere - from the Taurids and detecting a new branch with at least two asteroids measuring 200-300 metres (220-330 yards) in diameter.
Jun 07, 2017, 09:31 AM IST
