Science
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Private Ax-1 astronaut to make liquid telescope mirror in space
Washington: An astronaut, part of the recent private mission to the International Space Station (ISS) American space habitat company Axiom Space, is set to test the making of a liquid telescope mirror…
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Astronomers find rapid, unexpected changes in Neptune’s temperatures
London: Neptune, a very cold planet with average temperature reaching around minus 220 degrees Celsius, has seen rapid and unexpected temperature variations in the last two decades, scientists have found. Using ground-based…
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NASA again delays final Artemis 1 moon mission test to April 12
Washington: NASA has yet again delayed the final wet dress rehearsal of its Artemis 1 moon mission test to April 12, the US space agency officials said. Wet dress rehearsal is an…
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India has 217 space objects orbiting earth; working towards reducing space debris: Report
New Delhi: India has 103 active or defunct spacecraft and 114 objects categorised as ‘space debris’ in orbit and it has embarked on a research to reduce such fragments from outer space.…
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Study finds how plants protect themselves from pathogens in rain
Tokyo: A recent study has found that when plants are exposed to rain, hair-like structures on the leaf surface called trichomes recognise this rain as a risk factor for causing disease and…
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Researchers find vegetarian birds are more sociable than insect eaters
London: A new study has found that weaver birds that eat seeds flock together and nest in colonies more commonly than those species that eat insects. For the first time, the study…
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Ozone may be heating the planet more than we realize: Study
London: Ozone may be weakening one of the Earth’s most important cooling mechanisms, making it a more significant greenhouse gas than previously thought, recent research has found. The research by an international…
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‘Tree of Life’ could help slow climate change: Study
Woodhouse: According to a new study, changing the way fruit is gathered from a ‘tree of life’ could have hugely positive environmental and financial impacts. Researchers have shown for the first time…
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Researchers discover fishes can calculate
Berlin: A recent study by the University of Bonn has shown that cichlids and stingrays can perform simple addition and subtraction in the number range of one to five. The findings of…
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NASA satellites detect 1st ever decline in human CO2 emissions
Washington: A team of scientists at NASA has for the first time ever spotted regional fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) across the globe due to emissions from human activities during the…
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Methane may be first detectable indication of life beyond Earth: Study
Santa Cruz: According to a new study, atmospheric methane may be the first sign of life beyond Earth. It was detected by astronomers. The study was published in the journal, ‘Proceedings of…
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‘Flash droughts’ to set in more rapidly worldwide: Study
New York, April 3 (IAN) After flash floods, it may be the turn of flash droughts – drying out soil in a matter of days to weeks – that are likely to…
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Sound gets slower on Mars as ‘deep silence prevails’, reveals NASA rover
New York: While a ‘deep silence prevails’ on the Red Planet, NASA rover Perseverance has captured several interesting noises during its explorations and a first analysis of acoustics based on recordings has…
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After 22 years, scientists have fully sequenced human genome
New York: A large international team led by the US National Institutes of Health has completed the DNA sequence of all protein-coding genes in the human genome, about two decades after starting…
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NASA launches wet dress rehearsal for Artemis I moon rocket
Washington: After making a public debut on its way to the launch pad, NASA has started a two-day wet dress rehearsal for its Artemis 1 mega moon rocket, the US space agency…
