Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Brilliant multicolor images from the powerful new Herschel telescope reveal the ...

Brilliant multicolor images from the powerful new Herschel telescope reveal the ...

Brilliant multicolor images from the powerful new Herschel telescope reveal the ...

The newly-discovered protostars are in the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, an area of space where astronomers have previously looked for the birth of stars. However, the sensitive infrared camera aboard the European Space Agency's relatively new ...
Giant radio galaxy discovered

Giant radio galaxy discovered

Astronomers have discovered a previously unknown gigantic radio galaxy, using initial images from a new, ongoing all-sky radio survey. The galaxy was found using the powerful International LOFAR Telescope (ILT), built and designed by the Netherlands ...
ISRO designing geo imaging satellite

ISRO designing geo imaging satellite

The Gisat will carry a GEO imager with multi-spectral (visible, near infra-red and thermal), multi-resolution (50 m to 1.5 km) imaging instruments. Gisat will be placed in geostationary orbit of 36,000 km. The remote sensing satellites launched by ISRO revisit the ...
Flight to extinction

Flight to extinction

Universally familiar in appearance, the widespread and once abundant House Sparrow is now finding itself on the road to extinction. On the least concern list, the birds' number is dwindling consistently. On World Sparrow Day, we take time to know more ...
Asteroid headed toward Earth?

Asteroid headed toward Earth? 'Pray,' NASA advises

In the wake of last month's meteor strike in Russia and a close asteroid flyby on the same day, members of Congress asked NASA, White House and Air Force officials what they're doing to combat the threat of near-Earth asteroids during a hearing Tuesday ...
Curiosity rover searching Mars surface for signs of habitability

Curiosity rover searching Mars surface for signs of habitability

Curiosity rover searching Mars surface for signs of habitability Washington: The laser-shooting ChemCam instrument aboard the Curiosity rover currently searching the surface of Mars for signs of habitability has shown what appears to be a common feature ...
Human Cooperation May have Originated from Team Player Chimps

Human Cooperation May have Originated from Team Player Chimps

According to a study, chimpanzees are good team players and indicate that human cooperation may have originated from them. The study was conducted by researchers on 12 chimpanzees. According to a pair of European researchers working at the ...

'Fastest-Ever' Star Orbits Black Hole At 2 Million MPH (VIDEO)

Astronomers have found an astonishing star and black hole in deep space which orbit each other every 2 hours. Known as a black hole X-ray binary system, the pair share a common centre of gravity and rotate around it with remarkable speed. The star in the ...
Volcano erupts in eastern Indonesia

Volcano erupts in eastern Indonesia

Mount. Lokon in Tomohon of North Sulawesi in eastern parts of Indonesia erupted on Wednesday, spewing ash by up to 2,000 meters high and other volcanic materials, a volcanologist said. The eruption took place at 07:57 am local time Wednesday ( 2257 ...
Male lions use dense vegetation for ambush-style hunting

Male lions use dense vegetation for ambush-style hunting

Washington, Mar 19 (ANI): Male lions have long been believed to be dependent on females when it comes to hunting, but new evidence suggests that they are, in fact, very successful hunters in their own right. A new report from a team including Carnegie's ...