In 2005, scientists thawed 32,000-year-old organisms frozen since the Ice Age, and they started swimming almost immediately, challenging everything we knew about life's limitsNASA scientists made a groundbreaking discovery deep inside Alaskan permafrost. They defrosted 32,000-year-old bacteria frozen since the an...
27 Jul, 2026, 08.01 PM IST
Earth Once Had Purple Oceans, Scientists SayEarly Earth might have shimmered in shades of purple, not green, according to the Purple Earth Hypothesis. Researchers propose that before ...
22 Feb, 2026, 04.57 PM IST
Blood Falls Antarctica mystery solved: Scientists have finally discovered the reason behind the red water fallsA startling red waterfall, Blood Falls, flows in Antarctica's McMurdo Dry Valleys. Scientists have uncovered its secret. The crimson color ...
11 Feb, 2026, 03.34 PM IST
NASA employees reportedly booed at the mention of Elon Musk during all-hands meeting; signs of a strained relationship with SpaceX?NASA staff reportedly booed at SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in a recent all-hands meeting. The tension followed an email from Musk's crew that requ...
05 Mar, 2025, 10.47 PM IST
Did NASA’s experiment accidentally kill life on Mars?Life on Mars: An astrobiologist suggests that NASA's Viking missions in the 1970s may have inadvertently eliminated potential Martian life....
18 Nov, 2024, 04.12 PM IST
Study reveals living cells outnumber stars in the universe; exploring how much life is on earthThe findings raise questions about extraterrestrial life, particularly on icy moons, and how their biospheres might evolve with changing co...
17 Dec, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
NASA scientist explores possibility of alien life in our solar systemRenowned NASA scientist Dr. Michelle Thaller has proposed a theory suggesting the possibility of alien life in our solar system, particular...
26 Aug, 2023, 11.54 AM IST
Is life possible on Mars? Here’s what a recent study saysMany may question whether there’s life possible on the Red planet or not and if there is, why haven’t people moved out yet? Here’s what NAS...
15 Jul, 2023, 03.33 PM IST
Indian-origin author Sunjeev Sahota's 'China Room' enters the Booker Prize longlist for fictionA six-book shortlist will be announced on Sept 14, and the winner will be crowned on Nov 3 .
27 Jul, 2021, 11.34 AM IST
Now a big bang bacteria theoryAs some life forms can survive outer space, we all may have descended from ETs.
29 Aug, 2020, 09.42 AM IST
- Freon found around infant star deals blow to search for aliens
New York, Oct 3 (IANS) In a big blow to finding signs of life on other planets, astronomers have detected faint molecular fingerprint of me...
03 Oct, 2017, 01.52 PM IST
- Astronomers detect strange 'radio signals' coming from dwarf star
London, July 17 (IANS) To the delight of those trying to find life beyond our solar system, a team of astronomers has claimed to have picke...
17 Jul, 2017, 06.37 PM IST
NASA starts year-long mission to simulate life on MarsSix NASA recruits have shut themselves inside a dome in Hawaii to begin a year-long isolation programme that will simulate life on Mars.
30 Aug, 2015, 01.37 PM IST
Methane in Mars meteorites hints at life on red planetIn a clue to possibility of life below the surface of Mars, a team of researchers has discovered traces of methane in Martian meteorites.
17 Jun, 2015, 01.08 PM IST
Driest place on earth found in Atacama Desert, ChileResearchers have discovered the driest location on Earth in the Atacama Desert in Chile – and they were surprised to find some bacteria liv...
19 May, 2015, 07.16 PM IST
NASA Europa mission to search for alien lifeNASA is planning a mission to Jupiter's moon Europa to search for signs of alien life on the icy, ocean-harbouring world.
22 Feb, 2015, 06.04 PM IST
More places in the sunThe majority of astrobiologists are not fooling themselves any longer. They realise — even if they don’t go public — that it’s only a matte...
01 Apr, 2011, 07.53 AM IST