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Ancient stardust frozen in Antarctic ice just revealed where Earth has been in the universeScientists found ancient stardust in Antarctic ice. This dust comes from exploded stars. It shows Earth has traveled through space clouds. ...
Gold remains solid at temperatures hotter than the Sun's surface, defying decades of physics theory and shattering established melting limitsResearchers achieved a breakthrough by superheating gold. They raised its temperature to 19,000 kelvins without melting it. This challenges...
Three massive asteroids hidden in Venus’ shadow could hit Earth with force a million times greater than Hiroshima bombScientists have identified three massive asteroids, hidden near Venus, that pose a significant impact threat to Earth. These city-killers, ...
IIT Guwahati-ISRO study yields new insight on X-ray polarization in pulsarsResearchers from IIT Guwahati and ISRO have discovered surprisingly low polarization in X-rays emitted by the Galactic Ultraluminous Pulsar...
Meet Dr. Hashima Hasan, the Lucknow genius behind NASA's epic James Webb Space telescope!Embark on the cosmic odyssey of Dr. Hashima Hasan, a visionary Indian scientist integral to NASA's groundbreaking James Webb Space Telescop...
Home to Sun observatory, Udaipur behind 1 of 7 Aditya L-1 payloadsScientists from Udaipur, a popular travel and wedding destination, have contributed to the solar mission Aditya L-1 by developing one of it...
Bengaluru: Discovery of a new star challenges existing ideas of star formationScientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bengaluru have discovered a rare carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) star that suggests...
Mumbai-based scientist Ravindra Kumar is creating stars' temperatures on his tabletopRavindra Kumar assembled the equipment, at a cost of around Rs 15 cr, to study matter at extreme conditions.
- Diwali gift from scientists: Cosmic clues to gold's origin
Kolkata/New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Celebrating Dhanteras? Have you ever wondered where did the gold in your jewellery come from? A cosmic coo...
- Citizen scientists discover brown dwarf 100 light years away
New York, June 4 (IANS) Scientists have discovered a brown dwarf -- sometimes called "failed stars" -- a little more than 100 light years a...
- 'Iceball' planet about the same mass as Earth discovered
Washington, April 27 (IANS) Scientists have discovered an "extremely cold" new planet about the same mass as Earth, and the same distance f...
Record breaking brown dwarf identifiedThe dwarf is estimated to have formed about 10 bn years ago, measurements also suggest it has a mass equivalent to 90 times that of Jupiter.
- Purest, most massive brown dwarf identified
London, March 25 (IANS) A record breaking brown dwarf -- a star too small for nuclear fusion -- with the purest composition and the highest...
- 'Vampire' star caught in the act by Indian space observatory
Scientists say the smaller star, also called a "blue straggler", feeds off its companion star by sucking out its mass and energy, causing i...
- Astronomers spot giant 'cannonballs' shooting from star
Washington, Oct 7 (IANS) Using NASA's Hubble space telescope data, scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have detected superhot blobs...
How some of the most ambitious global science projects are opening new vistas for Indian scientistsThe detection of gravitational waves, an experiment involving diverse technologies, will provide the scientific community in India with a u...
India, US sign MoU for setting up LIGO observatory in IndiaIndia and the US today signed an MoU for establishing Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in India that will play si...
Intolerance: Scientists urge President Pranab Mukherjee to initiate suitable action"We, the scientists, are concerned about the recent developments with reference to intolerance, polarisation and spread of communal hatred ...
Safe and clean energy: How seawater can power the worldDebate about America’s energy supply is heating up: Gas prices are rising, ethanol is under attack and nuclear power continues to struggle ...
- SRO to launch foreign satellite as primary payload first time
India for the first time will launch a foreign satellite -- an Italian one -- as a primary payload on a home-grown rocket, as space scienti...