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The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago released climate-altering sulphur, cooling the Earth far more than thought. (Photo: Pixabay)

Chinese 'rainbow dinosaur' had iridescent feathers like hummingbirds

A evolutionary biologist says that the discovery suggests a more colourful Jurassic World than we previously imagined.

22 Jan 2018 9:13 AM IST

NASA bumps Astronaut off space station flight in rare move

NASA bumps Astronaut off space station flight in rare move

Astronaut Jeanette Epps would have been the first African-American to live on the International Space Station.

22 Jan 2018 8:51 AM IST

The 29-hour countdown for the launch of Indias eighth navigation satellite IRNSS-1H began at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the Sriharikota rocket port. (Photo: PTI)

Commercial rocket from New Zealand deploys small satellites

Electron rocket, carries only a small payload of about 150 kilograms, successfully deployed an earth imaging and two...

21 Jan 2018 4:34 PM IST

The technology could power habitats and life-support systems, enable astronauts to mine resources, recharge rovers and run processing equipment to transform resources such as ice on the planet into oxygen, water and fuel.

US tests nuclear power system to sustain astronauts on Mars

NASA's prototype power system uses a uranium-235 reactor core roughly the size of a paper towel roll.

20 Jan 2018 9:31 AM IST

Illustration of the three cooperating ground stations (Graz, Nanshan and Xinglong). Listed are all paths used for key generation and the corresponding of final key length.

China marches ahead of India in quantum race

The video conference between Austria and China lasted for 75 minutes with a total data transmission of 2 GB.

20 Jan 2018 1:56 AM IST

Scientists are now able to connect the dots when it comes to human-caused global warming and an array of extreme recent weather events. (Representational Image)

Earth warmed up even without El Nino in 2017

Last year wasn't quite as hot as 2016's record-shattering mark.

19 Jan 2018 11:00 AM IST

A file photo of Agni-V

Agni-V can nuke up to 8,000 km

The flight test of the indigenously developed missile was conducted at 9.53 am.

19 Jan 2018 2:00 AM IST

Jupiters southern hemisphere in this image captured by NASAs Juno spacecraft.

Jupiter's Colorful Cloud Belts

At the time the image was taken, the spacecraft was about 8,453 miles (13,604 kilometers) from the tops of the clouds of...

16 Jan 2018 4:59 PM IST

Isros PSLV C38 carrying earth observation satellite Cartosat-2 series along with 30 co-passenger satellites of various countries, lifts off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Friday. (Photo: PTI)

India launches its 100th satellite into space to watch borders

A total of 31 small satellites (micro and nano satellites) were launched into space on Friday.

16 Jan 2018 1:52 PM IST

NASA scientists discover ancient microbes that can survive on a diet of sulfite, manganese and copper oxide in the Naica mine in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua.

NASA telescopes provide 3D journey through Orion Nebula

Using images and other data from NASA telescopes, researchers created a detailed multi-wavelength visualisation of the...

15 Jan 2018 1:59 PM IST

Preliminary analysis suggests the diminutive galaxy weighs in at no more than 3 billion solar masses (credit: NASA)

Farthest known Galaxy spotted by NASA

A primitive cluster of stars which are about 500 million years old were spotted by NASA.

14 Jan 2018 1:53 PM IST

Professor Baldev Raj at NIAS

Genius and a twinkle: Your dreams live on in us, O Captain

This penchant for bridging the gap between the arts and the sciences was something he carried on relentlessly at NIAS.

14 Jan 2018 3:32 AM IST