Science
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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…
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Spiders use webs as external eardrums for auditory sensing
Washington: Orb-weaving spiders use their webs as external eardrums to outsource auditory sensing, according to a study led by Binghamton University researchers. The study titled ‘Outsourced hearing in an orb-weaving spider that…
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Nature-based carbon removal can lower global peak warming levels: Study
Burnaby: A new study has found that temporary nature-based carbon removal can lower global peak warming levels but only if complemented by ambitious fossil fuel emission reductions. The findings of the study…
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NASA documents hint at discussion to rename Webb telescope: Report
Washington: Internal email documents of NASA indicate that the US space agency officials have dismissed concerns raised by the LGBTQ community over the name of the James Webb Space Telescope. The flagship…
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Study: In coming years forest loss might become major problem
Reading: Forest loss, which is caused by climate change, could become a bigger problem than anticipated in the coming years, suggests a new study led by the University of Reading. The study…
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SpaceX, Northrop Grumman win 6 NASA resupply missions to ISS
Washington: NASA said it has ordered six additional resupply missions from SpaceX under its Commercial Resupply Services-2 (CRS-2) contract and also placed an order for six more missions with aerospace prime Northrop…
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ESA-NASA’s solar probe snaps closest-ever photo of Sun
Paris: European Space Agency’s (ESA) and NASA Solar Orbiter has snapped images of the Sun in unprecedented detail. The images were taken on March 7, when the spacecraft was crossing directly between…
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NASA to develop second Moon lander, alongside SpaceX’s Starship
Washington: As NASA makes strides to return humans to the lunar surface under Artemis, the space agency has announced plans to create a second Moon lander other than SpaceX’s Starship, creating additional…
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SpaceX’s Starship orbital flight will ‘hopefully’ launch in May: Musk
San Francisco: SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket will “hopefully” take its first orbital flight in May, company founder and CEO Elon Musk has said. SpaceX is developing Starship to take people and cargo…
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NASA’s Perseverance to traverse speedily to Martian delta using AI
Washington: NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is trying to cover more distance in a single month than any rover before, using artificial intelligence. The six-wheeled scientist is on a 5-kilometre journey, that began…
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NASA spacecraft snaps images of Jupiter’s moons Io, Europa
Washington: NASA’s Juno spacecraft beamed back stunning new images of Jupiter’s moons Io and Europa. The Juno mission captured Jupiter’s southern hemisphere, with two of its many moons to the right of…
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Astronomers find no signs of Planet Nine
New York: A team of astronomers who scammed about 87 percent of the southern sky have found no trace of Planet Nine in our solar system yet. Pluto, discovered in January 1930,…
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Moon’s orbit proposed as gravitational wave detector: Research
Barcelona: A new research has proposed using the variations in distance between the Earth and the Moon, which can be measured with a precision of less than a centimetre, as a new…
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Ancient ice reveals scores of gigantic volcanic eruptions: Study
Copenhagen: New research led by the University of Copenhagen, Antarctica and Greenland has revealed gigantic volcanic eruptions during the last ice age. Sixty-nine of these were larger than any eruption in modern…
