Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Third shortest partial lunar eclipse to be visible on Thursday night

Third shortest partial lunar eclipse to be visible on Thursday night

Third shortest partial lunar eclipse to be visible on Thursday night

The first of the three lunar eclipses of the year will occur on Thursday, giving astro enthusiasts all over the country an opportunity to witness the celestial event. A tiny sliver of the Moon will be covered by the Earth's umbral shadow at maximum of the partial ...
Experts stress on need to treat animals with sensitivity

Experts stress on need to treat animals with sensitivity

Animals make sacrifices for the well being of mankind and it is important to express our gratitude to them, according to experts. Animals provide biological information and the knowledge gained from experimentation in animals has unlocked many secrets and ...
Hubble captures possible

Hubble captures possible 'comet of the century'

Hubble Space Telescope has captured the clearest view yet of Comet ISON, which experts believe could become one of the brightest comets. NEW YORK: NASA's iconic Hubble Space Telescope has captured the clearest view yet of Comet ISON, which ...
Mars Rover draws penis on Red planet

Mars Rover draws penis on Red planet

Mars Rover draws penis on Red planet Melbourne: Like any bored schoolboy, the Mars Rover is now passing the hours by drawing crude pictures of the male anatomy. Mars Rover draws penis on Red planet ...
Comet

Comet's water still hanging around on Jupiter

Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's multiple fragments left dark scars in Jupiter's upper atmosphere when it collided with the planet in 1994 (shown in this photo from July 1994). Now it turns out the planet has hung onto water that the comet provided. Credit: Hubble ...
66 ancient skeletons found in Indonesian cave

66 ancient skeletons found in Indonesian cave

By Stephanie Pappas LiveScience. Talk about your archaeological jackpots: Researchers in Indonesia have reportedly discovered the 3,000-year-old remains of 66 people in a cave in Sumatra. "Sixty-six is very strange," Truman Simanjuntak of Jakarta's ...
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Researchers: 'Flipperbot' could help turtle conservation

One new robot can mimic baby sea turtles so closely, researchers hope that studying it could teach us more about the living shell-backed creatures and how to protect them. Dubbed the “Flipperbot,” it pulls its body across solid surfaces by way of a pair of ...
Europe Gets Serious About Space Junk Menace

Europe Gets Serious About Space Junk Menace

Hundreds of scientists, engineers and space-law experts are gathering this week to discuss the growing problem of space debris, and will propose ways to curb the accumulation of new junk in orbit. The 6th European Conference on Space Debris is being ...
Watch Three Years

Watch Three Years' Worth of Action on the Sun

NASA sent its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) into space in early 2010 to do what your kindergarten teacher warned you not to—stare directly into the sun. Three years into its mission, the SDO has served up some amazing solar science and even treated ...