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The other candidate is a monster black hole -- 1,500 times more massive even than Sag A* -- in an elliptical galaxy known as M87. (Representative image | Pixabay)

The first picture of a black hole to be revealed soon

It's a lot farther from Earth, but distance and size balance out, making it roughly as easy (or difficult) to pinpoint.

6 April 2019 10:28 AM IST

No one knows for sure where debris may land though many experts believe much of the station will burn up during re-entry.

India debris expected to burn up in atmosphere: Pentagon

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said 400+ pieces of orbital debris from the test had been identified.

6 April 2019 10:14 AM IST

Airplane toilets require partial vacuum so as to flush with little water. At 38,000 feet, it pulls the air at nearly half the speed of sound. (Photo: ANI)

BYU researchers invent quieter airplane toilet

The BYU researchers have invented a vacuum-assisted toilet after two years of trial.

5 April 2019 12:47 PM IST

To make their jobs easier, less time-consuming, and accurate, scientists at Cornell University training a Google deep-learning algorithm to identify IVF embryos as eight good, fair, or poor based on the likelihood each one would successfully implant. (Photo: ANI)

AI 'Stork' can help scan IVF embryos for faster implantation

Five different embryologists scored 394 embryos based on images taken from different labs.

5 April 2019 12:27 PM IST

Researchers explain that sound is crucial for reproduction, survival, and population maintenance for many animals, including mosquitoes. (Photo: ANI)

Play Skrillex to prevent mosquito bites

Playing dubstep music, particularly Scary Monsters, and Nice Sprites by Skrillex, reduced mosquito attacks.

4 April 2019 10:54 AM IST

By changing the angle of the columns, the wavelength of light shifts that is most strongly reflected by the material.

Researchers develop new material that changes colours like neon tetra...

The material relies on the use of a magnetic field which changes the orientation of a formation of nanocolumns.

3 April 2019 11:22 AM IST

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

India's Mission Shakti a terrible thing, says NASA chief

The anti-satellite missile test could endanger astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

3 April 2019 11:02 AM IST

Another significant aspect is that around 95 per cent of hardware for this mission is fabricated outside ISRO. (Photo: ANI)

ISRO launches electronic intelligence satellite with 28 others

PSLVC-45 successfully injected EMISAT into sun-synchronous polar orbit on Monday after its launch from Satish Dhawan...

1 April 2019 4:50 PM IST

Indias heaviest satellite GSAT-11 was successfully launched by an Arianespace rocket from the French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. (Photo: Twitter | @isro)

ISRO to launch PSLVC-46 followed by PSLVC-47, Chandrayaan 2 in May: K...

ISRO's PSLVC-45 successfully injected electronic intelligence satellite EMISAT along with 28 international customer...

1 April 2019 2:12 PM IST

The PSLV was launched at 9.27 am on April 01, and after reaching an altitude of 749 km, around 17 minutes into flight, the 436Kg EMISAT satellite was ejected. (Representational image)

Watch: ISRO successfully injects EMISAT satellite, 28 others being...

PSLV was launched with India's EMISAT defence satellite, along with 28 other satellites from around the world.

1 April 2019 10:01 AM IST

DNA maintenance process is not efficient enough during the online wakefulness period and requires an offline sleep period with reduced input to the brain in order to occur. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Here's how you earn Rs 13.2 lakhs just for sleeping

A whopping US $19,000 will be paid for a bed rest study.

30 March 2019 1:22 PM IST

Aerion and fellow supersonic plane makers Spike Aerospace and Boom Supersonic are working to reintroduce ultra-fast passenger planes for the first time since the Anglo-French Concorde retired in 2003.

Aerion designing supersonic jet to run completely on biofuels

Aerion's business jet AS2, with a USD 120 million list price per jet, would be capable of running on synthetic...

29 March 2019 2:15 PM IST