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Christian numerologist David Meade has warned that the mysterious planet Nibiru is about to smash into Earth. (Photo: Pixabay)

Dino-killing asteroid caused Earth to heat up for 1,00,000 years

The monumental event is a rare case where Earth's systems were perturbed at a rate greater than what's occurring now...

27 May 2018 3:46 PM IST

In this Oct. 1, 2008, file photo, Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon, is shown during a preview of his work at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas. (Photo: AP)

Alan Bean, the fourth moonwalker, dies at 86

Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969.

27 May 2018 8:07 AM IST

Drilling is a vitally important part of Curiositys capabilities to study Mars. (Photo: NASA)

NASA's Curiosity to extract powder on Mars by drilling rocks

Curiosity tested percussive drilling this past weekend, penetrating about two inches into a target called -"Duluth.-"

25 May 2018 2:39 PM IST

In this file photo provided by Blue Origin, the New Shepard booster lands in west Texas during a test. (Blue Origin via AP)

Trump aims to make it easier for companies to get to space

The president has signed a space policy directive asking the government to make it easier for private companies to get...

25 May 2018 11:58 AM IST

This 1885 photo shows a side view of a human brain. In relation to body size, our brains are huge, about six times larger than one would expect from other mammals. And this three-pound organ sucks up fully 20 percent of the bodys energy needs. (Oscar G. Mason/J.C. Dalton/Philadelphia, Lea Brothers & Co. via AP)

Study offers new look at why our brains evolved to be so big

In relation to body size, our brains are huge, about six times larger than one would expect from other mammals.

24 May 2018 9:01 AM IST

BZ orbits in the opposite direction of all the planets and nearly everything else in the solar system, called a retrograde orbit. (Photo: AFP)

'Alien asteroid' may be the oldest one in the solar system

The asteroid, called (514107) 2015 BZ509 or â€œBZâ€ for short, measures nearly 2 miles (3km) wide.

22 May 2018 8:14 PM IST

Evidence of more massive accretion onto the Earth than previously thought after the Moons formation. (Photo: Pixabay)

China launches satellite to explore dark side of moon: Xinhua

China aims to catch up with Russia and the United States to become a major space power by 2030.

21 May 2018 8:31 AM IST

TESS Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (Photo: NASA)

NASA's planet-hunting probe completes lunar flyby

As part of camera commissioning, the science team snapped a two-second test exposure using one of the four TESS cameras.

20 May 2018 2:57 PM IST

The scientists viewed the galaxy, called MACS1149-JD1, as it existed roughly 550 million years after the Big Bang, which gave rise to the universe about 13.8 billion years ago. (Photo: NASA)

Oxygen presence in distant galaxy sheds light on early universe

Astronomers provides insight into star formation in perhaps the most distant galaxy ever observed.

17 May 2018 8:41 PM IST

In this frame from NASA TV, NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold, left, and NASA astronaut Drew Feustel work on shuffling around a couple of space station pumps at the International Space Station on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (NASA TV via AP)

Spacewalking astronauts tackle pump work at space station

Mission Control warned the spacewalkers to be careful of possible leaks of the toxic ammonia coolant.

16 May 2018 8:42 PM IST

The team comprising researchers from England, Australia and the Netherlands came to this conclusion after running a programme called Evolution and Assembly of Galaxies and their Environments. (Photo: ANI)

Aliens exist but may be in parallel Universe: Study

International team of scientists claims that aliens could be living in a parallel universe.

16 May 2018 8:15 PM IST

The findings support other evidence of plumes from Europa, whose ocean may contain twice the volume of all Earths oceans.

Life on Jupiter's moon? Europa's plumes suggest so

The discovery was made from data collected in 1997 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft that flew through a plume of water...

15 May 2018 11:07 AM IST