An international team of astronomers led by University of Hertfordshire have discovered 60 new planets, which orbit stars that are close to our Earth’s solar system, including a rocky “super Earth.” The team of scientists found evidence of an additional 54 potential planets, bringing the prospective discovery of new worlds to 114.
The team have announced that they have also...
SpaceX's upcoming Falcon 9 rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center will carry a host of science experiments to the International Space Station, aside from the SAGE III instrument to study Earth's atmosphere.
They include:
•The Lightning Imagining Sensor, or LIS, will sample lightning over a wider geographic area than any previous instrument. Lightning strikes occur around the globe at a rate...
The term “Snow Moon” refers to the full moon in the month of February, so called because the heaviest snow usually falls within this month.
Two celestial events – a penumbral lunar eclipse and the full “Snow Moon” – were visible to the naked eye across the world on February 10 and into the early hours of February 11.
An Airbus...
If you are a rice lover, then you have to know the healthier method to cook rice. As an Indian we can’t imagine life without a bowl of rajma-chawal or fish curry and rice. Well, here is some cautionary news for rice lovers. Today we are living in a chemical era, from starting brush after waking up in the...
SpaceX, World's first private company to send a rocket to space are looking to do something impossible. SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell told Reuters that SpaceX is looking to launch a spacecraft every two or three weeks.
The company as of now launches and puts satellites in orbits for other companies. It also sends supplies and new experiments for NASA to the...
Saturday are always unique and special. For somebody who has plans to watch movies, or go on a long drive, this Saturday, can have a change in the plans. Looking the sky, right form the terrace, the sky-watchers will enjoy, not one but three beautiful celestial visits. Starting form the lunar eclipse to the comet's closest fly-by adore the sky this...
Tata Group patriarch and interim Chairman, Ratan Tata on Tuesday flagged off "Moonshot Wheels", a mobile science exhibition bus that will traverse 11 states across the country showcasing models of lander, rover and a spacecraft of TeamIndus, a space start-up bracing to launch its lunar mission this year-end.
TeamIndus Foundation is the CSR arm of TeamIndus, the only Indian team...
ISRO will launch a record 104 satellites through its workhorse rocket PSLV-C37 on February 15 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, at one go on a single rocket in the first week of February in what will be a major feat not attempted by any country.
"We have tentatively decided to launch the satellites at...
Air pollution is one of the world’s most profound issues, it has long been known to cause health problems, be it lung cancer, allergies, heart disease or other respiratory ailments. Human activity and natural processes (harmful substances including Particulates and biological molecules into earth’s atmosphere) can both generate air-pollution. But now the question is -- Can dirty air be...
The Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) A.S. Kiran Kumar said “we are making use of technology to address the problems faced on earth.”
The hallmark of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was to make use of whatever capability or technology that was accessible, said A.S. Kiran Kumar, ISRO chairman.
“We are making use of technology to address the problems...
