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A high-flying science experiment may colour the skies above the US mid-Atlantic coast with bluish green and red clouds. (Photo: NASA)Science
NASA experiment to colour the skies over the US East Coast

Scientists want to learn more about how the ionosphere interacts with other layers of the atmosphere.

12 Jun 2017 3:22 PM IST

NASAs Curiosity Mars rover examined a mudstone outcrop area called Pahrump Hills on lower Mount Sharp, in 2014 and 2015. This view shows locations of some targets the rover studied there. The blue dots indicate where drilled samples of powdered rock were collected for analysis. (NASA Image)Science
Evidence of wide diversity of minerals discovered on Mars

NASA scientists have found a wide diversity of minerals in the initial samples of rocks collected by the Curiosity...

12 Jun 2017 1:23 PM IST

There have been many crocodiles spotted entering villages because of the lack of water in the lakes in Karnataka. (Photo: Pixabay)Science
Over 66-million-year-old crocodile fossil found in China

A 1.5-meter-long crocodile fossil was found on June 1, researchers said. The fossil was well preserved from head to...

9 Jun 2017 9:27 PM IST

Saturns atmosphere seen closer than ever before was captured by NASAs Cassini spacecraft during its first Grand Finale dive past the planet on April 26 and released on April 27, 2017. (Photo: NASA)Science
Space might hold the key to beating cancer

Researchers are growing lung cancer cells with gold in space, which might hold the key to beating cancer.

9 Jun 2017 5:12 PM IST

Using the Atacama array of radiotelescopes in the northern desert of Chile, two teams independently isolated the chemical signature of methyl isocyanate, and then followed up to probe the molecules origins. (Photo: AFP)Science
Key ingredient of life found circling infant stars

The findings could offer clues on how chemicals sparked into living matter on Earth several billion years ago.

9 Jun 2017 8:08 AM IST

The Moroccan specimens were found between 2007 and 2011 and include a skull, a jaw and teeth, along with stone tools.Science
Earliest fossils of our species found in Morocco

The fossils suggest that Homo sapiens may have reached its modern-day form in more than one place within Africa.

8 Jun 2017 11:54 AM IST

Albert Einstein (Photo: AFP)Science
Einstein's theory confirmed in measure of distant star's mass

Scientists have confirmed one of Albert Einstein's century-old theories by witnessing it with the Hubble Space...

8 Jun 2017 8:16 AM IST

The 2017 NASA Astronaut Class: (from left) Zena Cardman, Jasmin Moghbeli, Jonny Kim, Frank Rubio, Matthew Dominick, Warren Hoburg, Robb Kulin, Kayla Barron, Bob Hines, Raji Chari, Loral O Hara and Jessica Watkins. Photo Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz. (Photo: NASA)Science
Mars rover scientist, SpaceX engineer join NASA astronaut corps

NASA named 12 astronauts on Wednesday to the US space agency's first new class of space fliers in five years.

8 Jun 2017 7:58 AM IST

The risk is growing that Earth will be hit by an asteroid from a meteor stream known as the Taurids, Czech astronomers said. (Photo: AFP)Science
Czech scientists see growing risk of asteroid hitting Earth

The new branch comprises objects moving together around the Sun, and the Earth encounters it once every few years for a...

7 Jun 2017 8:17 AM IST

The skeleton of a T rex named Trix is installed in a room of the Naturalis Museum of Leiden, Netherlands on September 9, 2016, during the exhibition \T rex in Town\ (Photo: AFP)Science
T. rex was not feathery, study says

For the new study, an international team of scientists tracked down museum samples of skin from T. rex and several of...

7 Jun 2017 8:14 AM IST

The discovery will involve findings from the Hubble Space Telescope and NASAs Cassini spacecraft, which is orbiting Saturn.Science
Cosmic rays may double cancer risks for Mars astronauts

Conventional risk models used by NASA and others assume DNA damage and mutation are the cause of radiation cancers.

6 Jun 2017 3:25 PM IST

SpaceX is working on a version of its Dragon capsule that will carry crew to the space station, perhaps as early as next year (Photo: AFP)Science
SpaceX's first recycled Dragon arrives at space station

It was originally flown on SpaceX's fourth re-supply mission in 2014.

6 Jun 2017 8:14 AM IST

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