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Jupiter is over five times more distant from the Sun, and yet its upper atmosphere has temperatures.

Jupiter is the oldest planet in solar system: study

Although models predict that Jupiter formed relatively early, until now, its formation has never been dated.

15 Jun 2017 8:25 AM IST

Russias Progress M-28M cargo ship blasts off from the launch pad at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 3, 2015

Russia launches space freighter to ISS

Russia has launched an unmanned Progress cargo ship carrying supplies to the International Space Station.

15 Jun 2017 8:10 AM IST

(Image: Space balloon/World View)

KFC's spicy Zinger chicken to travel to the stratosphere via space...

The launch window will open on June 21.

14 Jun 2017 11:19 AM IST

Photo Credit: Ella Marushchenko and Alexander Tokarev/Ella Maru Studios

Chip that monitors dangers of germs, pollutants

Known as a 'lab on a chip' it monitors health and exposure to dangerous bacteria, viruses and pollutants.

14 Jun 2017 10:35 AM IST

An illustration of the thick ring of dust that can obscure the energetic processes that occur near active black hole. (Photo:NASA)

Researchers discover cool dust around energetic active black holes

Most, if not all, large galaxies contain a supermassive black hole at their centers.

14 Jun 2017 8:33 AM IST

An Israeli auction house is selling letters composed by Albert Einstein, here depicted in a statue at The Albert Einstein Archives department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on February 11, 2016. (Photo: AFP)

Einstein letters on quantum theory and God to be auctioned

Letters from Swiss-US physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955), here shown in an undated portrait, are going for sale in...

14 Jun 2017 7:49 AM IST

Australian researchers Dr Graham Walker and Dr Stuart Kohlhagen perform science experiments in Bengaluru on Tuesday

A circus! Science can't be more fun

â€œExperiments are the perfect excuse to make if you are unsure about something.

14 Jun 2017 6:49 AM IST

CCMB scientists led by Dr Imran Siddiqi who have been conducting research on this have got excellent results in plant breeding. (Representational image)

Hyderabad: Scientists come up with solution for fake seeds

Farmers need not buy new hybrid seed for every crop planting season.

14 Jun 2017 2:19 AM IST

The TeamIndus campus across 45,000 square feet beside Jakkur Airfield, houses 100 engineers and two dozen retired ISRO scientists, who work towards predicting and simulating every eventuality to reduce risks during the launch of their lunar mission.

ISRO ready to better its 104' launch feat

According to Dr K.Sivan, more countries were looking to India to launch their satellites after the record mission.

14 Jun 2017 1:14 AM IST

The Jungle Hawk Owl team (Image: Sally Chapman/MIT)

Engineers design drones that can stay aloft for five days

New design could provide communication support in disaster zones.

13 Jun 2017 10:54 AM IST

An amputated flatworm fragment sent to space regenerated into a double-headed worm, a rare spontaneous occurrence of double-headedness. Credit: Junji Morokuma, Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University.

Check out the two-headed worm from space

Experiments aboard International Space Station point to anatomical, behavioral and bacteriological impacts of space...

13 Jun 2017 10:50 AM IST

Photo Credit: Efren Navarro-Moratalla

2D mangets discovery opens up a world of potential applications

Magnetic materials form the basis of technologies that play increasingly pivotal roles in our lives today.

13 Jun 2017 10:48 AM IST