Neanderthal genes behind shape of human skulls: Study
London, Dec 14 (IANS) A team of scientists have identified two genes that affect the shape of the modern human’s skull and they originate from …
NASA photographs Mars InSight lander from space
Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) NASA has pinpointed the exact landing location of its newly launched InSight lander, using a powerful camera onboard another of the …
NASA seeks US partners to develop reusable systems for Moon mission
Washington, Dec 14 (IANS) NASA is set to work with American companies to design and develop new reusable systems, in a major step to land …
Australia to provide support for European Space Agency’s tracking station
Canberra, Dec 14 (IANS) In a first an Australian body has been chosen to take over day-to-day operations at the European Space Agency’s (ESA) deep …
Heart attack risks higher on Christmas eve: Study
London, Dec 13 (IANS) All set to ring in Christmas eve? According to a research, the risk of heart attack peaks at around Christmas eve, …
ALMA finds protoplanetary disks depicting planet formation
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) Astronomers have obtained stunning, high-resolution images of 20 nearby protoplanetary disks, depicting the birth of planets, using Chile’s Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter …
NASA’s Juno mission to cross halfway to Jupiter next week
Washington, Dec 13 (IANS) NASA’s Juno mission will next week mark the halfway point in data collection by completing the 16th science pass of Jupiter. …
NASA satellite maps Antarctica ice sheets, sea ice, forests
Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) NASA’s satellite to track Earth’s melting ice has revealed accurate first maps of Antarctica such that it can measure sea ice …
NASA’s InSight sends back first selfie on Mars
Washington, Dec 12 (IANS) Barely two weeks after touching down on Mars, NASA’s InSight lander has taken its first selfie using the spacecraft’s robotic arm, …
90% malware spread through spam in 2018: F-Secure
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IANS) Global cybersecurity firm F-Secure on Tuesday said spam emerged as the most common method for cybercriminals to spread malware in …
More glaciers in East Antarctica losing ice: NASA
Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) A group of glaciers spanning one-eighth of East Antarctica’s coast have begun to lose ice over the past decade, hinting at …
NASA probe finds water on asteroid Bennu
Washington, Dec 11 (IANS) NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has found water locked inside the asteroid Bennu — a remnant …
Voyager 2 is now also in interstellar space behind its Voyager 1 twin
Chicago, Dec 11 (IANS) Forty-one years after it left Earth, NASAs Voyager 2 probe has now become only the second human-made object to enter interstellar …
Spacewalk: Russian cosmonauts to check hole in Soyuz docked to ISS
Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) Two Russian cosmonauts will go for a six-hour-long spacewalk on Tuesday to check a hole in the external hull of the …
Astronomers find a treasure trove of planets hiding in dust
Bejing, Dec 9 (IANS) “Super-Earths” and Neptune-sized planets could be forming around young stars in much greater numbers than scientists thought, a new research by …
Wintertime ice growth in Arctic sea slows long-term decline: NASA
New York, Dec 9 (IANS) While sea ice in the Arctic continues to be on the decline, a new research from the US Space agency …
Mantle neon illuminates Earth’s formation: Study
New York, Dec 9 (IANS) The Earth formed relatively quickly from a cloud of dust and gas around the sun, trapping water and gases in …
Cosmonaut aboard ISS begins experiment to print living tissue on 3D-bioprinter
Moscow, Dec 8 (IANS) Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko who arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on December 3 has started an experiment to print …
China launches lunar probe to study moon’s far side
Beijing, Dec 8 (IANS) China launched a lunar probe on Saturday which is expected to make the first-ever soft landing on the far side of …
NASA’s InSight lander ‘hears’ Martian wind
Los Angeles, Dec 8 (IANS) NASA’s InSight lander, which touched down on Mars on November 26, has provided the first ever “sounds” of Martian wind …
NASA’s Mars InSight flexes robotic arm, captures new views
Washington, Dec 7 (IANS) After the successful touchdown of NASA’s InSight on Mars last week, new images from the lander show its robotic arm is …
Rattan Lal honoured with Glinka World Soil Prize 2018
Rome, Dec 6 (IANS/AKI) Rattan Lal, a distinguished university professor of soil science at the Ohio State University, has won the Glinka World Soil Prize …
SpaceX with 6,000 pound of re-supply mission launched to ISS
Washington, Dec 6 (IANS) A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying nearly 6,000 pound of research equipment, cargo and supplies has successfully launched to the International Space …
Increased soil contamination threatens food security, warns FAO
Rome, Dec 6 (IANS/AKI) Urgent action is needed to address soil pollution and contain the multiple threats it poses to global food safety and food …
China aims at detailed 3D map of human brain
Beijing, Dec 6 (IANS) Chinese scientists are planning to draw the clearest yet three-dimensional map of the intricate neurons and blood vessels in the human …
Einstein’s ‘God letter’ fetches $2.9m
New York, Dec 5 (IANS) A handwritten letter by Albert Einstein in which he grapples with the concept of religion has sold for nearly $2.9 …
Astronomers discover over 100 new exoplanets
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) An international team of astronomers have discovered more than 100 extrasolar planets (exoplanets) — that revolve around stars other than the …
Biggest collision of black holes detected
Sydney, Dec 4 (IANS) A team of scientists have detected the gravitational waves that resulted from the biggest collision of black holes ever observed and …
3-nation crew lands safely on ISS after Soyuz accident
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) Barley two months after a Soyuz made an emergency landing, the Russian spacecraft has safely brought one astronaut each from the …
First NASA probe to return asteroid sample reaches destination
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) The first spacecraft that NASA sent to collect sample from an asteroid has now arrived at its destination, asteroid Bennu. The …
NASA’s spacecraft arrives at asteroid Bennu
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) US based space agency NASA’s spacecraft OSIRIS-REx rendezvoused with its targeted asteroid Bennu on Monday after a two-year space travel. The …
3-nation crew blasts off to space station
Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) A Soyuz MS-11, carrying one astronaut each from the US and Canada and a cosmonaut from Russia, has been successfully launched …
New supernova sheds light on star origin
Toronto, Dec 3 (IANS) An international group of astronomers have discovered a supernova that sheds unprecedented light on the initial moments of a violent stellar …
Bigger brain could make you only a little smarter than others
New York, Dec 2 (IANS) A bigger brain alone cannot guarantee you a pass to the best jobs in the world as researchers have found …
3 astronauts set to launch to space station on Monday
Washington, Dec 2 (IANS) Three space travellers, including two astronauts on their first flight, are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station (ISS) on …
NASA InSight landed 4 degrees tilted on Mars
Washington, Dec 1 (IANS) Though NASA’s InSight landed safely on the surface of Mars, but the spacecraft sits about 4 degrees tilted, the US space …
Elon Musk will not smoke weed in public again: NASA chief
Washington, Dec 1 (IANS) NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has said SpaceX founder Elon Musk will not be smoking weed in public again, the media reported. …
Branson’s Virgin Galactic to be in space by Dec 25: Report
Washington, Dec 1 (IANS) Billionare entreprenuer Richard Branson is “pretty confident” that his space tourism venture Virgin Galactic will send astronauts into space by Christmas, …
NASA probe on course to reach asteroid Bennu on Dec 3
Washington, Nov 30 (IANS) A NASA spacecraft designed to bring a small sample from asteroid Bennu to Earth is on course to arrive at its …
NASA selects 9 US companies to make lunar robotic payloads
Washington, Nov 30 (IANS) US-based space agency NASA on Thursday announced nine commercial American companies in a partnership to develop lunar robotic landers in the …
US inmate confesses to 90 murders
Washington, Nov 30 (IANS) A 78-year-old inmate sentenced to life behind bars for the murders of three women in the US, recently confessed to 90 …