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Man posts online looking for prospective partner for sex ritual during solar eclipse (Photo: Pixabay)

Watch! Total eclipse causes Chile descend into darkness

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the sun, plunging the planet into darkness.

3 July 2019 10:42 AM IST

The discovery of the four largest moons of Jupiter four centuries ago gave astronomers a first hint that giant planets must form surrounded by a circumplanetary disc. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

NASA tests abort system on astronaut capsule built for moon missions

Engineers intend for launch abort thrusters to be rarely needed, as they would be used only during a rocket failure in...

3 July 2019 7:38 AM IST

The launch system is designed to carry crew and resources to the moon and Mars, along with sending satellites into orbit around the Earth. (Photo: ANI)

SpaceX to launch first commercial Starship mission in 2021

SpaceX is in talks with prospective customers, all telecom companies, for the maiden commercial launch.

30 Jun 2019 8:04 AM IST

NASA said the vehicle would have eight rotors and fly like a large drone. (Photo: NASA/AFP)

NASA to search for life on Saturn's moon Titan

It is the only celestial body besides our planet known to have liquid rivers, lakes and seas on its surface.

29 Jun 2019 3:34 PM IST

(Photo: Spaceview via ANI)

Discovery of cosmic waves would unlock intergalactic space mysteries

Since the first FRB was detected a little over a decade ago, a global hunt has found 85 bursts.

29 Jun 2019 3:04 PM IST

The asteroid is named after the nymph Psyche who was married to Cupid. (Photo: NASA)

NASA to explore giant asteroid that makes everyone on earth a...

16 Psyche is a giant metal asteroid that comprises of iron and nickel and was first discovered on March 17, 1852.

28 Jun 2019 11:08 AM IST

Doctor Ambuj Garg, who waswas nabbed while trying to flee the spot.

Its robotastic! Because undergoing an endoscopic examination just got...

Micro-ultrasound images also have the advantage of being better able to identify some types of cell change associated...

24 Jun 2019 12:50 PM IST

Earth Anthem has been translated into over 30 languages worldwide. (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 IST

By doing so and that too in just three minutes -- India had entered the elite club of space countries USA, China and Russia, The Prime Minister said. The satellite was orbiting at an altitude of 300 kilometres. (Photo: AFP | Representational Image)

Indian space start-ups turn on investor interest

In the past five years, some two dozen Indian startups have grown into unicorns - companies with over USD 1 billion...

24 Jun 2019 11:52 AM IST

This Jan. 3 1976 photo made by the National Reconnaissance Office shows Mount Everest at center. This and other once-classified Cold War era spy satellite images are showing scientists that glaciers on the Himalayas are now melting about twice as fast as they used to. (National Reconnaissance Office via AP)

Himalayan glaciers are melting fast revealed by old spy images

The Asian mountain range, which includes Mount Everest, has been losing ice at a rate of about 1 per cent a year since...

20 Jun 2019 5:44 PM IST

(Photo credit: NASA)

Cruising nebula with nothing but photons to power flight

No engine, no fuel, and no solar panels, but instead harnessing the momentum of packets of light energy aka photons, in...

20 Jun 2019 5:27 PM IST

Developed by South Korean ad agency Cheil Worldwide, a subsidiary of Samsung Group, the vase contains liquid potassium carbonate, which blocks oxygen, ultimately suppressing a fire. (Photo: Samsung)

In case of fire pick up and throw a vase!

Not only will it help you when a fire breaks out, but it's also a flower vase.

20 Jun 2019 4:31 PM IST