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They found the ice loss to be accelerating dramaticallyScience
Antarctica is losing ice 6 times faster today than in 1980s

Antarctica is melting more than six times faster than it did in the 1980s, a new study shows

15 Jan 2019 1:02 PM IST

The eighth and final launch of the USD 3 billion Iridium NEXT project completed delivery of 75 new satellites to orbit. (Photo: AP)Science
SpaceX launches 10 more Iridium Communications satellites

The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base and arced over the Pacific west of Los Angeles.

14 Jan 2019 5:54 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 to lay off 10 percent of workforce

The company said it will part ways with some of its manpower, citing extraordinarily difficult challenges ahead.

13 Jan 2019 11:44 AM IST

Sleep deprivation cuts across regions and age groups and is not restricted to India or working individuals alone.Science
Many people going on vacay to sleep in peace!

Many people are actually unaware or not able to comprehend how serious sleep deprivation is as a problem.

13 Jan 2019 6:32 AM IST

Solar storms result from an accumulation of magnetic energy in some places. (Photo: AFP)Science
Earth's shifting north magnetic pole: Unprecedented navigation fixes...

The Earth's magnetic pole is moving at about 50 km (30 miles) a year.

12 Jan 2019 10:01 AM IST

The fast brainwaves evoked by the movement disappear by the time babies are a few weeks old (Photo: AFP)Science
Chinese scientist criticized for risking 'gene-edited' babies' lives

He believed his gene editing would help protect the girls from infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

8 Jan 2019 10:24 AM IST

Albert Einstein. (Photo: AFP)Science
Indian scientists protest congress speakers discrediting works of...

Scientists in Kolkata and five other cities carried placards and held silent demonstrations against the comments.

8 Jan 2019 10:23 AM IST

This artists illustration obtained from NASA on December 21, 2018 shows the New Horizons spacecraft encountering 2014 MU69 nicknamed Ultima Thule a Kuiper Belt object that orbits one billion miles beyond Pluto. (Photo: AFP)Science
After historic flyby, New Horizons probe treks deeper on hunt for...

The piano-sized probe is travelling deep into the ring of celestial bodies known as the Kuiper Belt.

4 Jan 2019 6:32 PM IST

The landing lifted the mysterious veil of the far side of the moon and opened a new chapter in human lunar exploration.Science
China 'lifts mysterious veil' by landing probe on moon's dark side

The Chang'e-4 lunar probe made the soft landing at 0226 GMT and transmitted the first-ever close range image.

3 Jan 2019 2:18 PM IST

Scientists had not discovered Ultima Thule when the probe was launched. (Photo: SpaceNews)Science
NASA says faraway world Ultima Thule shaped like 'snowman'

Ultima Thule's surface reflects light about as much as "garden variety dirt.

3 Jan 2019 8:27 AM IST

During a 2015 fly-by, the probe found Pluto to be slightly larger than previously thought. In March, it revealed methane-rich dunes on the icy dwarf planets surface.Science
NASA space probe 'phones home' in landmark mission to solar system's...

The spacecraft will ping back more detailed images and data from Thule in the coming days.

2 Jan 2019 9:28 AM IST

Cheers erupted at Johns Hopkins Universitys Applied Physics Laboratory, home to Mission Control, as mission operations manager Alice Bowman declared: \We have a healthy spacecraft.\Science
NASA spacecraft opens new year 4 billion miles from Earth

Word of success came 10 hours after the middle-of-the-night encounter.

2 Jan 2019 8:15 AM IST

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