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An artist impression released by the European Southern Observatory on April 19, 2017 shows a planet named LHS 1140 located in the liquid water habitable zone surrounding its host star (Photo: AFP)

'Super-Earth' orbiting nearby star boosts search for extra-solar life

Named LHS 1140b, the planet orbits a star 40 light years away

20 April 2017 8:13 AM IST

Researchers found the fungus was able to form spores with thick walls that allowed it to survive for longer and spread further, including on the feet of water birds.

'Alien' fungus threatens European salamanders - scientists

The fungus causes skin ulcers, effectively eating the salamander's skin and making it susceptible to secondary bacterial...

20 April 2017 8:01 AM IST

NASAs ISS cameras stream a real-time live view of the Earth from multiple cameras onboard. Click on the video below to see the Earth from the ISS in real time.

NASA orbiter spots strange secondary craters on Mars

New images show the region of the red planet with secondary craters from 10-kilometre Zunil Crater to the northwest.

19 April 2017 7:40 PM IST

Consensus has long been that the Earths core is about 85 percent iron and 10 percent nickel, with sulphur, oxygen and silicon prime candidates for the other five percent

Large asteroid to pass close to Earth today: NASA

The next scheduled close encounter with a big rock will not happen before 2027

19 April 2017 8:32 AM IST

A European Space Agency artists impression of the debris field in low-Earth orbit (Photo: AFP)

Space debris problem getting worse: scientists

Scientists have sounded the alarm over the problems posed to space missions from orbital junk

19 April 2017 8:08 AM IST

The Progress MS-04 cargo craft broke up at an altitude of 190 km (118 miles) over the remote Russian Tuva region in Siberia. (Photo: NASA)

NASA's next rocket launch to streamed as 360-degree YouTube video

The 360-degree live coverage will show the Atlas V rocket hauling cargo for the space station aboard the unmanned...

18 April 2017 8:01 AM IST

The unmanned Cygnus resupply ship operated by the US company OrbitalATK is show making a delivery to the International Space Station in October 2016 (Photo: AFP/NASA)

Orbital to launch cargo to space station today

The Cygnus resupply ship slowly approaches the International Space Station in October 2016

18 April 2017 7:52 AM IST

Dr Alan Kivitz examines Heidi Wyandt, 27, at the Altoona Centre for Clinical Research in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where she is helping test an experimental non-opioid pain medication for chronic back pain related to a work related injury she received in 2014.

Overcoming Opioids: The quest for less addictive drugs

Every day, an overdose of prescription opioids or heroin kills 91 people, and legions more are brought back from the...

18 April 2017 12:57 AM IST

Archive photo of a PSLV-XL launch at Satish Dhawan. Photo Credit: ISRO

ISRO plans Joint Venture with industries for rocket-building

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to forge a joint venture with an industrial consortium to build...

17 April 2017 4:38 PM IST

Consensus has long been that the Earths core is about 85 percent iron and 10 percent nickel, with sulphur, oxygen and silicon prime candidates for the other five percent

Adopt a piece of Earth through NASA's new campaign

NASA is celebrating Earth Day through their Adopt the Planet campaign, wherein users can virtually adopt a piece of...

17 April 2017 3:52 PM IST

Details from a fingerprint image taken from a distance of 1 meter by the SAVI prototype developed at Rice and Northwestern universities.

New camera to capture distant images without long lens

Raw data from dozens of camera positions is fed to a computer programme that interprets it and constructs a...

17 April 2017 8:05 AM IST

In 2009, a defunct Russian military satellite struck an operational American Iridium satellite over northern Siberia, blowing even more trash into space.

Space: Trash in the heavens, but how to cart it off

Outer space is littered with pieces of junk the size of a football, marble or even flakes of paint.

16 April 2017 6:55 AM IST