Dinosaurs dynasty came to end 66 million years ago but reason behind apex predator's extinction on earth may be due to asteroid force more than one billion times the strength of the atomic blasts at Hiroshima, NagasakiSixty-six million years later, the story of the dinosaurs remains one of nature's most dramatic reminders that life on Earth can change sud...
29 Jul, 2026, 09.05 PM IST
NASA's AI-powered Mission PRAXIS aims to touch Saturn's rings for the first time: Here's how it could solve a decades-old mysteryNASA is exploring a new mission concept called PRAXIS. This robotic explorer aims to directly sample particles from Saturn's rings. Artific...
28 Jul, 2026, 05.52 PM IST
A tiny particle that landed in Antarctica led scientists to a hidden galaxy 11 billion light-years awayA ghost particle from Antarctica has led scientists to a hidden galaxy 11 billion light-years away, pointing to a new kind of cosmic neutri...
27 Jun, 2026, 10.05 PM IST
Researchers finally found evidence from a region in Space where nothing is supposed to escapeA historic black hole discovery is changing how scientists explore the universe. Researchers have detected possible fingerprints of a black...
26 Jun, 2026, 12.13 AM IST
For the first time, researchers reached a region near a Black Hole once beyond studyA powerful black hole collision has opened a new chapter in space science. Scientists used the loudest gravitational wave signal ever detec...
25 Jun, 2026, 11.19 PM IST
Comet crash or ice volcano? Scientists are stumped by a secret world past Pluto, and it may be wearing a secret atmosphere2002 XV93 atmosphere mystery stuns space scientists as a distant Kuiper Belt object reveals unexpected signs of activity. The 470-kilometer...
16 Jun, 2026, 07.00 PM IST
Snake dance in space? NASA astronaut captures mesmerising view across Earth from SpaceX spacecraftSnake dance in space: Astronaut Jessica Meir shared a stunning timelapse of the Southern Lights, or aurora australis, captured from a Space...
11 Jun, 2026, 01.00 PM IST
Aurora borealis tonight: Timing, locations to witness northern lights. Check full list of states where residents can catch glimpse on SundayAurora borealis tonight: Northern lights will be visible on Sunday night from a number of states across the U.S.
26 Apr, 2026, 08.59 PM IST
What are auroras, and why do they come in different shapes and colours? Nasa experts explainNowadays, we understand auroras are caused by charged particles from Earth's magnetosphere and the solar wind colliding with other particle...
29 Mar, 2023, 06.16 PM IST
World's largest particle smasher takes 2-year break: CERNIn particular, physicists are analysing the way it decays or transforms into other particles, to check the Standard Model's predictions.
10 Dec, 2018, 04.20 PM IST
Large Hadron Collider restarts for 2017 run: CERNOver the past month, after the completion of the maintenance work that began in December last year, each of the machines in the accelerator...
02 May, 2017, 05.22 PM IST
World's most powerful atom smasher is heading out to the edge of physicsThis time around the LHC is kicking atoms and taking names as it hunts for answers to some of the most pressing questions in physics.
16 May, 2016, 11.13 AM IST
Universe's primordial soup recreated at CERNA few billionths of a second after the Big Bang, the universe was made up of a kind of extremely hot and dense primordial soup of the most ...
15 Feb, 2016, 03.31 PM IST
Scientists produce Big Bang's `littlest liquid'Scientists at CERN have produced tiny droplets of a state of matter thought to have existed right at the birth of the universe.
07 Sep, 2015, 10.14 AM IST
LHC produces state of matter existing at birth of universeScientists at CERN have produced tiny droplets of a state of matter thought to have existed right at the birth of the universe.
06 Sep, 2015, 04.38 PM IST
Proposed in 1960s, theoretical cousin of the Higgs Boson foundThe particle, which was first proposed in the 1960s, finally appeared at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN near Geneva, in 2012.
07 Sep, 2014, 03.59 PM IST
- 200 Indian scientists line up for Big Bang effort
When the 27-km long Large Hadron Collider goes live today, it will kick off one of the largest man-made experiments in history. Will the Bi...
10 Sep, 2008, 08.00 AM IST