Friday, 19 April 2013

'Most Earth-like' planets found by Nasa Kepler telescope

'Most Earth-like' planets found by Nasa Kepler telescope

Astronomers say they've discovered the two most Earth-like planets ever - which could support life. The planets, named Kepler-62f and Kepler-62e, have been detected by Nasa's Kepler space telescope. The new worlds are slightly bigger than Earth and are, ...
India

India's maiden Mars mission on time: ISRO

Bangalore: Amid fears of a comet (C/2013 AI) heading into the Red Planet in 2014, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has said that its Rs 450-crore Mars Orbiter Mission, scheduled to be launched in November this year will take place as per the ...
A giant mother galaxy found from the Universe

A giant mother galaxy found from the Universe's infancy

A super-massive galaxy 12.8 billion light years from Earth has been discovered giving birth to the equivalent of an astonishing 3000 Suns every year. It contains stars with a total mass nearly 40 billion times the mass of our Sun, and is shrouded in a dust cloud ...
Dinosaur

Dinosaur 'fills fossil record gap'

Dinosaur fossils unearthed in Madagascar are of a new species that roamed the Earth about 90 million years ago, say US researchers. The remains date back to a time when India and Madagascar were one landmass cut off from the rest of the world.
Footage reveals how insects use their bodies to hover

Footage reveals how insects use their bodies to hover

Super slow-motion footage of a moth in flight has revealed how the insects use their bodies to hover. The moth moves its body by pivoting its abdomen up and down to fine-tune the effect of the forces that keep the insect airborne. The researchers are studying ...
Mars colony project 2023: Astronaut recruitment to begin in July

Mars colony project 2023: Astronaut recruitment to begin in July

Mars colony project 2023 seems to be on track as astronauts' recruitment set to begin in July. Mars One, a non- profit organization that had once made headlines by announcing in 2010 that they have plans to found the first off planet colony on Mars by 2023.
Egg Study Points Evolution of Dinosaurs to Birds With Brooding

Egg Study Points Evolution of Dinosaurs to Birds With Brooding

Researchers at the University of Calgary and Montana State University have discovered that a North American dinosaur called Troodon incubated its eggs similarly to brooding birds. The egg study may point to an evolutionary link between the two and likely ...