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Scientists clarify origins of pterosaurs, the dinosaur era’s flying reptiles
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 02:02 PM IST
Scientists may have solved one of paleontology’s enduring mysteries - the evolutionary origins of the flying reptiles called pterosaurs that ruled the skies at the same time that dinosaurs dominated the land.
Washington | Reuters | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta
Solar eclipse on December 14: Know why it won’t be visible in India
Solar eclipses happen when the moon comes between the Sun and the Earth, restricting the sun rays from reaching the planet and casts a shadow on it instead.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 12:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Deepali Sharma
NASA picks 18 astronauts including the first-ever woman to set foot on Moon
The first woman and next man on the moon will come from this elite group.
Published on Dec 10, 2020 11:17 AM IST
Washington | Associated Press| Posted by Mallika Soni
Researchers say new species of beaked whale found off Mexico
Dr. Jay Barlow, a senior fisheries scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said Wednesday the beaked whales both look and sound different from the approximately 23 other known species.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 07:12 AM IST
Mexico City | Associated Press| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
SpaceX launches Starship on highest test flight, crash-lands
This latest prototype — the first one equipped with a nose cone, body flaps and three engines — was shooting for an altitude of up to eight miles (12.5 kilometers). That’s almost 100 times higher than previous hops and skimming the stratosphere.
Updated on Dec 10, 2020 05:25 AM IST
Cape Canaveral | Associated Press| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
Israel plans 2024 moonshot after first unmanned lander crashed
The new project, named “Beresheet 2”, will involve launching two landing craft and an orbiter that would circle the moon for years, conducting experiments and collecting data on behalf of school students, Israel’s Science Ministry said in statement.
Published on Dec 09, 2020 06:48 PM IST
Jerusalem | Reuters| Posted by Mallika Soni
Test flight of SpaceX’s Starship aborted at last second
SpaceX came close to launching a prototype of the rocketship that company chief Elon Musk is designing to carry people to Mars. The goal was to shoot Starship to an altitude of eight miles (12.5 kilometres) — the highest yet — and then bring it back to a vertical landing.
Published on Dec 09, 2020 06:18 AM IST
Cape Canaveral (US) | Associated Press | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
Covid-19 delays Indian manned space mission
The pandemic has also delayed other big-ticket missions that Isro had planned for the year, including India’s first solar mission , Aditya L1, originally scheduled for mid-2020.
Published on Dec 08, 2020 08:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anonna Dutt
India’s human space flight mission ‘Gaganyaan’ to be delayed by a year due to Covid-19
The pandemic has also delayed other big-ticket missions that ISRO had planned for the year, including India’s first solar mission – Aditya L1 – scheduled for mid-2020
Updated on Dec 07, 2020 02:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent | Edited by Smriti Sinha
Great conjunction of Jupiter-Saturn to dazzle skygazers after 397 years on Dec 21
In the run-up to the date, both planets will appear to progressively come closer to each other, with every passing day.
Published on Dec 07, 2020 11:03 AM IST
Kolkata | Press Trust of India | Posted by Deepali Sharma
New tree-frog genus offers hope of uncovering many more amphibian species in India
The identification of this new genus has created ripples in amphibian research and highlighted so much that is left to be discovered in the amphibian world. The research work was carried out by SD Biju, professor and researcher, Delhi University, along with a team of researchers from the Zoological Survey of India–Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, National Centre for Cell Science and scientists from Indonesia, China and Thailand.
Updated on Dec 07, 2020 07:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Jayashree Nandi
Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin will take the first woman to moon’s surface
The BE-7 engine, which Blue Origin has been developing for years, has tallied 1,245 seconds of test-fire time and will power the company’s National Team Human Landing System lunar lander.
Published on Dec 06, 2020 08:56 AM IST
Reuters | Reuters | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
Japan capsule carrying asteroid samples lands in Australia
Hayabusa2 had successfully released the small capsule on Saturday and sent it toward Earth to deliver samples from a distant asteroid that could provide clues to the origin of the solar system and life on our planet, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said.
Published on Dec 06, 2020 05:46 AM IST
Tokyo | Associated Press | Posted by Kanishka Sarkar
Antibody clues in animal trials raise vaccine hopes
The researchers used rhesus macaques – medical experiments on primates typically predict responses that might also take place in humans – and injected them with antibody-rich plasma in varying doses from other recovered monkeys.
Updated on Dec 06, 2020 05:09 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
AI, machine learning to play key role in fight against Covid-19, say experts
Industry expert explained that a special type of AI called Deep Learning can help answer the question of which existing drugs can modify to the viral proteins active in the replication of the coronavirus.
Updated on Dec 05, 2020 09:30 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India | Posted by Deepali Sharma
Study focuses on restoring rudimentary form of vision in the blind
Recent discoveries at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) show that newly developed high-resolution implants in the visual cortex make it possible to recognise artificially induced shapes and percepts.
Updated on Dec 04, 2020 08:26 PM IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands] | Asian News International | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta
Oral drug blocks coronavirus transmission in ferrets within 24 hours: Study
Treating novel coronavirus infection in ferrets with the antiviral drug Molnupiravir completely suppressed virus transmission among the mammals within 24 hours.
Updated on Dec 04, 2020 07:34 PM IST
Washington | Press Trust of India | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta
China’s spacecraft takes off from moon with lunar samples
China’s Chang’e-5 probe, comprising an orbiter, a lander, an ascender, and a returner, was launched on November 24, and its lander-ascender combination touched down on the north of the Mons Rumker in Oceanus Procellarum, on December 1
Updated on Dec 04, 2020 09:34 PM IST
Beijing | Press Trust of India | Posted by Ayshee Bhaduri
Scientists reset biological clock to restore vision in old mice
If affirmed through further studies, these findings could be transformative for the care of age-related vision diseases like glaucoma and to the fields of biology and medical therapeutics for disease at large
Updated on Dec 03, 2020 04:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sanchita Sharma
Potential life on Mars likely lived below the surface: Study
The study may help resolve what is known as the faint young sun paradox -- a lingering key question in Mars science.
Published on Dec 03, 2020 12:48 PM IST
Washington | Press Trust of India | Posted by Deepali Sharma
China’s space ambitions: Robot on Mars, a human on the moon
The Chang’e 5, the first effort to bring lunar rocks to Earth since the 1970s, collected samples on Wednesday, the Chinese space agency announced. The probe landed Tuesday on the Sea of Storms on the moon’s near side.
Published on Dec 02, 2020 03:01 PM IST
Associated Press | Posted by Arpan Rai
Nasa grows radishes in space under microgravity
Located in Europe’s Columbus module, the NASA experiment is the latest in the study of plants growing in microgravity.
Updated on Dec 01, 2020 07:02 PM IST
Washington [US] | Asian News International | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta
Novel system can extract oxygen, fuel from salty water on Mars, finds Indian-origin scientist led team
The researchers noted that Mars is very cold, and water that is not frozen is almost certainly full of salt from the Martian soil, which lowers its freezing temperature.
Published on Dec 01, 2020 03:37 PM IST
Washington | Press Trust of India | Posted by Kunal Gaurav
Chandra Grahan 2020 Timings: See pictures, videos of last lunar eclipse of the year here
Chandra Grahan or the final penumbral lunar eclipse of 2020, also known as the Beaver Moon, will be seen today on Monday, 30 November. The eclipse will start at 1:04 PM IST and end at around 5:22 PM IST.
Updated on Nov 30, 2020 04:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | hindustantimes.com
Brightly burning meteor seen across wide areas of Japan
Some experts said small fragments of the meteorite might have reached the ground.
Published on Nov 30, 2020 01:31 PM IST
Tokyo | Associated Press | Posted by Mallika Soni
Monday’s penumbral lunar eclipse won’t be visible in India
The ‘penumbral lunar eclipse’ will begin at 12:59:09 PM and continue till 05:25:09 PM on Monday.
Updated on Nov 29, 2020 09:32 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India | Posted by Shankhyaneel Sarkar
‘World’s smallest atom-memory unit created’
The scientists from the University of Texas at Austin in the US also found the physics that unlocks dense memory storage capabilities for these tiny devices.
Published on Nov 29, 2020 02:38 PM IST
Houston | Press Trust of India | Posted by Deepali Sharma
Asteroid, nearly as big as Burj Khalifa, to fly by earth today
Burj Khalifa is the world’s tallest building with a height of 829.8 metre and asteroid 2000 WO107, which was discovered in 2000, has a diameter is 820 metre.
Updated on Nov 29, 2020 08:33 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Prashasti Singh
These states can see the last lunar eclipse of the year
The lunar eclipse will begin from 1:04pm and last till 5:22pm, with its peak at 3:13pm. This time, the eclipse will be of a longer duration as compared to the last one that took place on July 4.
Updated on Nov 30, 2020 04:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Deepali Sharma
Study suggests electronic skin has strong future stretching ahead
A material that mimics human skin in strength, stretchability, and sensitivity could be used to collect biological data in real-time.
Updated on Nov 28, 2020 04:08 PM IST
Washington [US] | Asian News International | Posted by Jahnavi Gupta
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