Comet 3I/ATLAS gushed a greenhouse gas 80 times more powerful than CO₂ at warming Earth’s atmosphere as it passed the SunInterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, the third of its kind, is revealing its composition as it heads back into deep space. Scientists detected incr...
18 Apr, 2026, 09.36 AM IST
Boil Orange Peels for 10 Minutes – The Easy Trick That Makes Your Whole House Smell Fresh NaturallyBoiling orange peels for just 10 minutes offers a natural and cost-effective way to refresh interior spaces. This simple kitchen practice r...
16 Apr, 2026, 02.28 PM IST
2 Drops in Your Mop Bucket; The Simple Trick That Keeps Your Home Smelling Fresh for DaysHomeowners are discovering that adding just two drops of essential oil to mop water creates a lasting, fresh scent. This method leverages t...
09 Apr, 2026, 05.15 PM IST
A New Study Suggests Life May Have Appeared on Earth Much Earlier Than Scientists Once ThoughtScientists have found chemical evidence of life on Earth from over 3.3 billion years ago. This discovery pushes back the timeline for life'...
08 Mar, 2026, 02.57 PM IST
A possible new mechanism behind Earth's self cleaning process uncoveredThe researchers of the study, including one from University of California, Irvine (UCI), US, report that the presence of a strong electric ...
08 Apr, 2023, 03.07 PM IST
Delhi Pollution: IIT Madras researchers-led international study finds chloride-rich particles responsible for visibility reductionMany studies in the past have identified PM2.5 (particulate matter or aerosol particles with diameter less than 2.5 micrometre) as a major ...
27 Jan, 2021, 02.01 PM IST
IIT-Madras scientists create 'space fuel' in labIIT Madras researchers formed hydrates in vacuum, one thousand billion times below the atmospheric pressure called ultra-high vacuum (UHV) ...
09 Jan, 2019, 11.39 AM IST
Giant exoplanet with glowing water atmosphere discoveredThe atmosphere WASP-121b - a gas giant exoplanet commonly referred to as a "hot Jupiter" - was observed using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
03 Aug, 2017, 02.27 PM IST
- Hot exoplanet with glowing water atmosphere found
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) In a first, scientists have detected glowing water molecules in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar syste...
03 Aug, 2017, 11.12 AM IST
Pollution turning country's rainfall acidic, says studyAcid rain is a result of rain water in the atmosphere mixing with polluting gases such as oxides of sulphur and nitrogen emitted from autom...
04 Mar, 2017, 10.46 AM IST
- Mars crust contributed to makeup of its atmosphere
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) Chemistry in the surface material on Mars contributed dynamically to the make-up of its atmosphere over time, a s...
30 Sep, 2016, 01.06 PM IST
- Early Earth was covered with oceanic crust surface
Ottawa, Sep 20 (IANS) Early Earth was largely covered with an oceanic crust-like surface unlike the continental crust that researchers had ...
20 Sep, 2016, 03.25 PM IST
- Charon's red spot caused by Pluto's atmosphere
Washington, Sep 15 (IANS) Examining images obtained by NASA's New Horizons probe, scientists have found that the reddish spot at the North ...
15 Sep, 2016, 10.47 AM IST
World's first 'porous' liquid can filter carbon emissionsThe 'porous' liquid can potentially be used to capture harmful carbon emissions to prevent them from entering the Earth's atmosphere.
16 Nov, 2015, 12.33 PM IST
Montreal Protocol helped slow down ozone depletionThe researchers suggest that the hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic would have grown in size by an additional 40 per cent by 2013.
27 May, 2015, 05.05 PM IST
Saturn's moon Titan glowing at dusk and dawn: NASANASA have found large patches of trace gases shining brightly near the north and south poles of Saturn's moon Titan during the moon's dusk ...
24 Oct, 2014, 06.10 PM IST
Scientists find how 'atmosphere's detergent' is formedThe chemical output of plants, animals and human industry rise into the air and pair off in sequences of chemical reactions.
29 Sep, 2014, 05.09 PM IST