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Nasa has pinpointed C/2016 U1 NEOWISE as a comet, which is set to fly close to Earth this week.

Close brush with comet

Nasa says mysterious object is set to fly close to Earth this week.

5 Jan 2017 5:21 AM IST

Gravitational Wave

The genius 15

Following is a list of important scientific discoveries and innovations from the year 2016.

5 Jan 2017 4:15 AM IST

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

ISRO to launch record 103 satellites in one go in February

As many as 100 of the satellites set for launch in February belong to foreign nations, including the US and Germany.

4 Jan 2017 4:26 PM IST

The mushroom when eaten strengthens the immune system and promote overall vitality and longevity. (Representational image)

Fungus cures many diseases

DRDO's Defence Institute of Bio-Energy Research at Nainital has developed capsules out of fungus.

4 Jan 2017 3:57 AM IST

Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) which has jointly developed the fourth generation aircraft with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), is now ready to develop the stealth fighter aircraft.

India to make stealth fighter

The 25-tonne class twin-engine aircraft can evade all radars.

4 Jan 2017 3:52 AM IST

Space X is owned and operated by Tesla Motors Chief Executive Officer Musk.

SpaceX aims for Jan. 8 return to flight with Falcon rocket

SpaceX had suspended flights after the same model rocket went up in a blaze on Sept. 1.

3 Jan 2017 8:08 AM IST

Katherine Snedaker (left) discusses youth concussions with Denise Cesareo, a member of the Connecticut Commission on Women. (Photo: AP)

More concussion research needed for women

Some studies show females suffer more concussions than males when playing similar sports.

3 Jan 2017 2:31 AM IST

Family physician Leslie Hayes (left) interviews a pregnant 40-year-old mother (right, obscured) being treated for an addiction to heroin with the anti-craving medication Subutex, at the El Centro Family Health medical clinic in Espanola, New Mexico. (Photo: AP)

Long-distance training model antidote to drug addiction

Project ECHO's long-distance training for physicians, their assistants and nurse practitioners mimics the mentoring that...

3 Jan 2017 1:38 AM IST

ESA data suggest that 26.8 per cent proportion of universe is dark matter, while the rest is ordinary matter and dark energy. (Representational image)

Dark matter lost since birth of universe measured

About five per cent of dark matter in the universe has been lost since the Big Bang.

30 Dec 2016 8:28 AM IST

Representational image.

This year to last a second longer!

The extra second will be inserted at the US Naval Observatory's Master Clock Facility in Washington, DC.

29 Dec 2016 2:13 PM IST

Countries that use Coordinated Universal Time several West African nations, Britain, Ireland and Iceland will add the leap second during the midnight countdown to 2017, making the years final minute 61 seconds long. (Photo: NASA)

5. 4. 3. 2. 1. 1... An extra second to see out 2016

This extra second, or leap second, makes it possible to align astronomical time, which is irregular and determined by...

29 Dec 2016 7:57 AM IST

Isros PSLV C36 lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. (Photo: PTI )

ISRO to launch record 83 satellites in one go in Jan

The space agency had earlier sent 10 satellites into orbit in a single mission in 2008.

28 Dec 2016 8:22 AM IST