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The agency had planned for the launch of CARTOSAT-3 satellite, ninth in the series, from the second launch pad at spaceport of Sriharikota, about 120 kms at 09.28am. (Photo: ISRO)

ISRO launches Earth imaging satellite Cartosat-3, 13 other nano satellites

PSLV-C47 on its 49th mission would carry CARTOSAT-3 along with 13 commercial nano satellites from the United States.

27 Nov 2019 9:39 AM

The event, occurring when life was concentrated in the seas and far before vertebrates first walked on land, set in motion evolutionary changes in invertebrates fundamental to marine ecosystems as they adapted to global cooling. (Representational Photo)

Distant asteroid calamity shaped life on Earth 466 million years ago

Dust spawned by a gigantic collision in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter 400 million years earlier triggered an ice age.

20 Sep 2019 9:04 AM

Tardigrades can survive in temperatures as high as 150 degrees Celsius and as low as minus 272 degrees Celsius. (Photo: AFP | File)

Life on Moon is now possible

Studies reveal that life on the moon is now possible, but only for Earth's toughest creatures who can survive extreme conditions.

09 Aug 2019 12:19 PM

Earth could continue to host life as long as the sun does not experience a massive burst of energy called a superflare, a recent study claims. (Photo: ANI)

Oh no! Superflare may destroy Earth one day

If a superflare erupted from the sun, Earth would likely sit in the path of a wave of high-energy radiation.

24 Jun 2019 12:17 PM

As part of the 10th-anniversary celebrations, Microsoft announced its new mobile game Minecraft Earth.

Microsoft's Minecraft Earth is a fitting rival to Pokemon GO

Minecraft Earth is currently limited to beta and users are required to sign up for a chance to play.

19 May 2019 11:33 AM

Countries represented include China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Russia and the United States. (Representational Image)

What if an Asteroid was about to hit Earth? Scientists intrigued

Astronomers estimate a one percent risk the space rock will collide with our planet on April 27, 2027. What should we do?

30 Apr 2019 12:16 PM

The Uninhabitable Earth: life after warming by David Wallace-Wells Penguin Random House Rs 499

Boldly questioning the climate status quo

The Arctic, Russia, the Nordic countries and Canada would be temperate, safe havens, which survivors would fight to access.

31 Mar 2019 4:38 AM

You can download the free e-book version of ‘Earth’ from the official NASA website.

NASA releases interactive book that shows beauty of Earth from space

The book covers the Earth in 69 images, highlighting all the elements of our home planet’s atmosphere.

22 Feb 2019 10:33 AM

. Google has already started taking steps in this direction by reducing recommendations of content that could misinform people.

YouTube to blame for those who believe Earth is flat

Google acknowledged in the past that more needs to be done when it comes to combating misinformation.

19 Feb 2019 12:29 PM

A calculation of the mass of the rings based on gravitational measurements of the planet collected by Cassini indicated they formed between 100 million and 10 million years ago in roughly the final 2 per cent of Saturn’s current age.

Lord of the rings: Saturn's halo may be relatively recent trait

Findings say that the rings developed soon after Saturn formed about 4.5 billion years ago.

19 Jan 2019 11:07 AM

The spacecraft will later fly back to Earth, jettisoning a capsule bearing the asteroid specimen for a parachute descent in the Utah desert in September 2023.

NASA probe finds signs of water on nearby asteroid Bennu

OSIRIS-REx, which flew last week within a scant 12 miles (19 km) of the asteroid Bennu.

11 Dec 2018 9:39 AM

NASA probe beams back image of Jupiter's moon Io

Slightly larger than Earth's moon, Io is the most volcanically active world in the solar system.

19 Nov 2018 2:07 PM

Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 is a little less than 17.7 billion kilometres from Earth, or more than 118 times the distance from Earth to the Sun. (Photo: NASA)

NASA probe nearing interstellar space

NASA's Voyager 2 has detected an increase in cosmic rays that originate outside our solar system, the US space agency said.

07 Oct 2018 5:21 PM

The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket with the NASA Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) onboard is seen shortly after the mobile service tower at SLC-2 was rolled back at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The ICESat-2 mission will measure the changing height of Earth’s ice. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)

NASA satellite launched to measure Earth’s ice changes

The mission is a successor to the original Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite that operated from 2003 to 2009.

16 Sep 2018 11:02 AM

(Representational image/ Photo: Pixabay)

NASA set to launch space laser to track Earth's melting ice

NASA will measure the changes in the heights of Earth’s polar ice in unprecedented detail.

31 Aug 2018 12:59 PM

If polar ice continues to melt, forests are slashed and greenhouse gases rise to new highs, the Earth will pass a tipping point. (Photo: AFP)

Earth risks tipping into 'hothouse' state: study

The risk of tipping cascades could be significant at a 2 C temperature rise, and could increase sharply beyond that point.

07 Aug 2018 7:29 PM

Can bacteria species go extinct? Yes, they do

New study contradicts widely held scientific thinking that microbe taxa, because of their very large populations, rarely die off.

01 Aug 2018 12:42 PM

How you can protect nature

These simple habits to implement in your daily life which can make a huge difference in conserving the environment.

29 Jul 2018 10:13 AM

Mars has for long been the focus of imaginative science fiction, stoking man’s eternal curiosity on whether he is alone in the Universe.

Life on Mars: Hopes rise

It has long been assumed that the Martian surface is inhospitable to life as we know it on Earth, and the search for life has gone subsurface now.

27 Jul 2018 12:11 AM

Huge diamond cache likely buried in Earth's interior: Study

Diamond is not perhaps this exotic mineral, but on the (geological) scale of things, it is relatively common.

16 Jul 2018 7:06 PM

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