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]After 60 years, US House panel to conduct hearing on UFOs
Last year, the US report on the UFOs to characterise the potential threat posed by them showed that the administration was able to explain only one of the 144 cases of unidentified flying objects which were reported by the military planes.
Published on May 15, 2022 06:00 PM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Aryan Prakash
ISRO successfully tests human-rated HS200 solid rocket booster
The booster engine is part of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle MkIII (GSLV Mk III) rocket that would carry Indian astronauts to space.
Published on May 13, 2022 05:41 PM IST
Written by Kanishka Singharia | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Scientists grow plant in lunar soil, raise hopes of growing plants on Moon
- The ground-breaking experiment, detailed in the journal Communications Biology on Thursday, has given researchers hope that it may be possible to one day grow plants directly on the Moon.
Published on May 13, 2022 10:38 AM IST
AFP |
Water existed on Mars for longer than previously thought: Chinese findings
Mars is believed to have been wet until about 3 billion years ago, when the planet's second geological age, known as the Hesperian Epoch, ended. In the current Amazonian period, there is no surface water.
Published on May 13, 2022 04:46 AM IST
Reuters |
Milky Way’s black hole comes to light: How astronomers captured first image
- The pictures take significance as observing a black hole is, by definition, impossible, since no light can escape it.
Updated on May 12, 2022 11:29 PM IST
Astronomers capture 1st image of Milky Way's huge black hole
Astronomers believe nearly all galaxies, including our own, have these giant black holes at their center, where light and matter cannot escape, making it extremely hard to get images of them.
Published on May 12, 2022 07:17 PM IST
AP |
What is Mars XR? NASA calls on innovators to boost research on Red Planet
Mars XR calls on developers to work on scenarios that will be used to test procedures and plan for conditions while on Mars.
Published on May 12, 2022 09:51 AM IST
NASA shares stunning images of neighbouring galaxy using new space telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope beamed back the latest test pictures of a neighbouring satellite galaxy, and the results are stunning when compared with images taken by NASA's previous infrared observatory, the Spitzer Space Telescope.
Published on May 10, 2022 08:06 PM IST
PTI | , Cape Canaveral
Rare Monkeypox case in UK;'Doesn't spread easily between people': 10 points
Monkeypox virus: The first human case was first reported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Published on May 10, 2022 01:20 PM IST
SpaceX brings 4 astronauts home, then launches 53 satellites
SpaceX brought up their U.S. and Italian replacements last week, after completing a charter trip to the station for a trio of businessmen earlier in April.
Published on May 08, 2022 11:18 PM IST
AP |
‘Bittersweet day’: Space-X splashdown with Indian-origin astronaut aboard| Video
- In a video shared by the Elon Musk-led SpaceX, two sets of parachutes can be seen swelling open above the spacecraft in the final stage of descent slowing its fall as the craft hit the water off the coast of Tampa.
Published on May 06, 2022 01:44 PM IST
Written by Ishika Yadav | Edited by Swati Bhasin
World's 1st man to get pig heart may have died of virus after transplant: Study
- Some experts fear that transferring pig viruses to humans could set off another pandemic if a virus were to adapt inside a patient’s body and then spread to doctors and nurses.
Published on May 06, 2022 07:53 AM IST
Written by Ishika Yadav | Edited by Swati Bhasin
ISRO plans mission to Venus, eyes Dec 2024 launch window
Addressing a day-long meeting on Venusian science, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somnath said the Venus mission has been conceived, a project report made and "money identified".
Published on May 04, 2022 05:49 PM IST
A fifth of world's reptile species deemed threatened with extinction
Many reptiles are being pushed to the brink, the researchers said, by factors similarly imperiling the world's other land vertebrates - amphibians, birds and mammals - namely, deforestation for agriculture, logging and development, urban encroachment and hunting by people.
Updated on May 02, 2022 08:48 AM IST
Reuters |
In 50 years, increased risks of viruses spread by mammals, and several pandemics
- A rise in viruses jumping between species will trigger more outbreaks like the Covid-19 pandemic, posing a serious threat to human and animal health alike, the study warns. Here’s what the study predicts says about climate change and jumping of viruses across species.
Updated on Apr 30, 2022 02:39 PM IST
Written by Ishika Yadav | Edited by Swati Bhasin
Pfizer’s Covid drug fails test for preventing infections
The drug, Paxlovid, failed to meet its primary goal of significantly reducing the risk of Covid-19 infection in adults exposed to the virus through a household contact, Pfizer said in a statement Friday.
Published on Apr 30, 2022 05:44 AM IST
Bloomberg |
Argentine scientists discover fossil of largest raptor dinosaur
The dinosaur, a new species named Maip macrothorax, was between nine and 10 meters (29.5 and 32.8 feet) long, while other "megaraptors" were no longer than nine meters, said one of the scientists who participated in the discovery, Mauro Aranciaga Rolando.
Published on Apr 29, 2022 06:35 PM IST
Reuters |
SpaceX launches 4 astronauts for NASA after private flight
- It’s the first NASA crew comprised equally men and women, including the first Black woman making a long-term spaceflight, Jessica Watkins. “This is one of the most diversified, I think, crews that we’ve had in a really, really long time," said NASA's space operations mission chief Kathy Lueders.
Published on Apr 28, 2022 10:56 PM IST
AP |
Fossils of 3 giant sea reptiles - weighed up to 80 tons - found in Swiss Alps
- The specimens in question, dated to 205 million years ago in the study, were unearthed between 1976 and 1990 during geological surveys, but were only recently analyzed in detail.
Published on Apr 28, 2022 03:16 PM IST
AFP |
Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn to form straight line, to be visible from Earth
The rare phenomenon of planet parade will occur after 1,000 years due to favourable conditions. The planets will line up in the eastern sky around one hour before sunrise.
Published on Apr 27, 2022 06:22 AM IST
ANI | , Bhubaneswar
Astronomers discover the ‘most distant galaxy ever’
Shining only about 300 million years after the Big Bang, the galaxy may contain the oldest stars in the universe or a supermassive black hole.
Published on Apr 20, 2022 07:24 PM IST
ANI |
Radio, GPS blackout likely after huge solar flare over India, Southeast Asia
The Centre of Excellence in Space Sciences India (CESSI) categorised it under a ‘severe’ X class solar flare with the potential to impact satellite communications and global positioning systems.
Published on Apr 20, 2022 04:22 PM IST
Written by Sharmita Kar | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
After failed tests, NASA's Moon rocket heads back to workshop
- Since April 1 the space agency has been unsuccessfully attempting a key "wet dress rehearsal" test, so dubbed because it involves loading liquid propellant.
Published on Apr 19, 2022 03:39 AM IST
AFP |
Three Chinese astronauts return to Earth after six months in space
China has been excluded from the International Space Station since 2011, when the US banned NASA from engaging with the country.
Published on Apr 16, 2022 02:06 PM IST
AFP |
Researchers decode pigs' well-being through oinks and grunts
- Biologists studied over 7,000 recordings from 411 pigs, from the brief squeaks of satisfaction at feeding time to the desperate cries at slaughter, before classifying them into 19 different categories.
Published on Apr 15, 2022 11:21 AM IST
AFP |
California start-up sends tiny robots on voyage into brains
Bionaut Labs plans its first clinical trials on humans in just two years for its tiny injectable robots, which can be carefully guided through the brain using magnets.
Published on Apr 13, 2022 10:31 PM IST
AFP |
The forecast on planet Neptune is chilly and getting colder
Neptune and neighboring Uranus are classified as ice giants, as opposed to the gas giants Jupiter and Saturn.
Published on Apr 11, 2022 10:47 PM IST
Reuters |
All-private astronaut team lifts off on landmark launch to space station
- Cameras inside the crew compartment beamed footage of the four men strapped into the pressurized cabin, seated calmly in their helmeted white-and-black flight suits moments before the rocket soared toward space.
Published on Apr 08, 2022 09:10 PM IST
Reuters | , Cape Canaveral
First private astronaut mission to space station readies for launch
The launch was initially scheduled for Wednesday. An Axiom spokesperson said on Monday the delay would give SpaceX more time to complete pre-launch processing work.
Published on Apr 04, 2022 09:35 PM IST
Reuters |
