Want to touch the Sun? NASA invites the public for first solar mission
NASA renamed the Solar Probe Plus to Parker Solar Probe in May 2017 to honour astrophysicist Eugene Parker.
Mar 07, 2018, 12:02 PM IST
Earth's atmosphere may hold key to detecting alien life, says study
The new findings on how life evolves in different atmospheres could lay the foundation for scientists to interpret early biosignatures and signs of life on Earth-size exoplanets.
Feb 20, 2018, 17:25 PM IST
Land plants arose 100 million years earlier than thought
The study indicates that these events actually occurred a hundred million years earlier, changing perceptions of the evolution of the Earth's biosphere.
Feb 20, 2018, 11:26 AM IST
Will Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster collide with Earth or Venus?
After running a series of simulations using sophisticated software that can track the motion of objects in space, scientists determined the probability of it colliding with Earth and Venus over the next one million years to be 6 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively.
Feb 19, 2018, 17:42 PM IST
Small asteroid to shoot closely past Earth on Friday
What is interesting to note is that the asteroid was discovered by astronomers at the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) in Arizona very recently – on February 4.
Feb 08, 2018, 11:38 AM IST
Ozone layer above populated regions is declining, warns study
Ozone in the lower stratosphere is slowly disintegrating, an international team of two dozen researchers warned.
Feb 07, 2018, 14:42 PM IST
NASA to launch GOLD mission to study Earth's boundary with space
It is the first NASA science mission to fly an instrument as a commercially hosted payload.
Jan 25, 2018, 13:11 PM IST
Asteroid, larger than the tallest structure in world, to skim past Earth next month
The space rock has been dubbed 2002 AJ129 and it's bigger than the half-mile tall Burj Khalifa skyscraper in Dubai.
Jan 19, 2018, 11:55 AM IST
'Quasars' help scientists detect the structuring of the universe for the first time
The big announcement was made on Monday by the National Astronomical Observations (NAOC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Jan 16, 2018, 08:40 AM IST
Origin of life on Earth: New recipe for early life discovered by Indian-origin chemist
In previous studies, researchers imagined early life using the same molecules for the citric acid cycle as life uses today.
Jan 08, 2018, 18:46 PM IST
Global warming targeting 2 degree Celsius may make the world drier: Scientists
Researchers from University of East Anglia (UEA) in the UK and Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in China studied projections from 27 global climate models.
Jan 02, 2018, 13:03 PM IST
Cosmic rays from exploding stars affecting Earth's climate: Study
The study showed that high-energy particles from exploded stars knock electrons out of air molecules. This produces ions -- positive and negative molecules in the atmosphere.
Dec 20, 2017, 18:44 PM IST
Life on Earth would have been impossible without fungi, says study
The amount of phosphorus transferred could have been very large under the ancient atmospheric conditions, but fungi had the power to dramatically alter the ancient atmosphere, the researchers said.
NASA gearing up to explore untouched Antarctic stretch
The team led by two NASA scientists will begin their two- to three-week traverse in an arc around the South Pole on December 21, NASA said.
Why meteoroids often blow up before hitting Earth
The new research, published in the journal Meteoritics & Planetary Science, suggests that Earth's atmosphere is a better shield from meteoroids than previously thought.
Dec 12, 2017, 17:44 PM IST
Scientists discover Earth-like conditions on exoplanet located 111 light-years-away
While looking at the planet's data, the same researchers also discovered for the first time that the planet has a neighbour.
Dec 06, 2017, 14:37 PM IST
Cooking fats can trigger major cooling effect on the planet: Study
Experiments showed that the fatty acids were more resistant to chemical attack by ozone, and therefore can survive longer and travel further in the atmosphere.
Nov 26, 2017, 14:42 PM IST
Distinction between night and day disappearing due to light pollution: Study
From 2012 to 2016, Earth’s artificially lit outdoor area grew by 2.2% per year, with a total radiance growth of 1.8% per year.
Nov 23, 2017, 18:07 PM IST
Doomsday: Has NASA confirmed the possibility of Earth getting hit by an asteroid?
NASA detected the asteroid in 2004 and has been observing the celestial body for the past 13 years, finally concluding that the deadly strike may occur in 2036.
Nov 20, 2017, 13:46 PM IST
See how Earth changed in 20 years through the eyes of NASA
The space-based view of life allows scientists to monitor crop, forest and fisheries health around the globe, NASA said.
