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Using the Atacama array of radiotelescopes in the northern desert of Chile, two teams independently isolated the chemical signature of methyl isocyanate, and then followed up to probe the molecules origins. (Photo: AFP)Science
Key ingredient of life found circling infant stars

The findings could offer clues on how chemicals sparked into living matter on Earth several billion years ago.

9 Jun 2017 8:06 AM IST

Pre-Islamic Zoroastrianism was the official religion of Persia (now Iran) from 600 BC to 650 AD.Science
DNA proves Parsis link to Iran

Researchers find 48 per cent India-specific lineage.

9 Jun 2017 7:39 AM IST

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Watch | Do we live in a hologram?

Some theorists have suggested that our universe may exist in a 2D boundary.

8 Jun 2017 1:05 PM IST

The Moroccan specimens were found between 2007 and 2011 and include a skull, a jaw and teeth, along with stone tools.Science
This is us: Earliest fossils of our species found in Morocco

The fossils suggest that Homo sapiens may have reached its modern-day form in more than one place within Africa.

8 Jun 2017 11:53 AM IST

Photo credit: NASA/Kim ShiflettScience
Concept | A futuristic Mars rover vehicle

Mars Rover to help visitor complex kick off new Mars exhibit.

8 Jun 2017 10:42 AM IST

Vice President Mike Pence poses for a group photograph with NASAs 12 new astronaut candidates, Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at NASAs Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. NASA chose 12 new astronauts Wednesday from its biggest pool of applicants ever, selecting seven men and five women who could one day fly aboard the nations next generation of spacecraft. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP)Science
Who among these will fly to Mars?

NASA picks 12 new astronauts from crush of applicants.

8 Jun 2017 10:12 AM IST

Raja Chari, 39, is a commander of the 461st Flight Test Squadron and the director of the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Edwards Air Force Base in California.Science
Indian-American Raja Chari among 12 new astronauts chosen by NASA

NASA has chosen 12 new astronauts, including an Indian-American, from a record number of over 18,000 applicants.

8 Jun 2017 9:50 AM IST

Albert Einstein (Photo: AFP)Science
Einstein's theory confirmed in measure of distant star's mass

Scientists have confirmed one of Albert Einstein's century-old theories by witnessing it with the Hubble Space...

8 Jun 2017 8:13 AM IST

The 2017 NASA Astronaut Class: (from left) Zena Cardman, Jasmin Moghbeli, Jonny Kim, Frank Rubio, Matthew Dominick, Warren Hoburg, Robb Kulin, Kayla Barron, Bob Hines, Raji Chari, Loral O Hara and Jessica Watkins. Photo Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz. (Photo: NASA)Science
Mars rover scientist, SpaceX engineer join NASA astronaut corps

NASA named 12 astronauts on Wednesday to the US space agency's first new class of space fliers in five years.

8 Jun 2017 7:56 AM IST

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station experience decreased physical fitness because of a decrease in the way oxygen moves through the body, according to a Kansas State University kinesiology study. Photo courtesy of NASA.Science
NASA astronaut reveals his office corner view'

Jack Fischer tweeted a photograph from the ISS.

7 Jun 2017 2:44 PM IST

The skeleton of a T rex named Trix is installed in a room of the Naturalis Museum of Leiden, Netherlands on September 9, 2016, during the exhibition \T rex in Town\ (Photo: AFP)Science
T. rex was not feathery, study says

For the new study, an international team of scientists tracked down museum samples of skin from T. rex and several of...

7 Jun 2017 8:04 AM IST

The risk is growing that Earth will be hit by an asteroid from a meteor stream known as the Taurids, Czech astronomers said. (Photo: AFP)Science
Czech scientists see growing risk of asteroid hitting Earth

The new branch comprises objects moving together around the Sun, and the Earth encounters it once every few years for a...

7 Jun 2017 7:53 AM IST

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