Thursday, 13 June 2013

NASA's Chandra finds 26 new black holes

NASA

NASA's Chandra finds 26 new black holes

Washington: Astronomers have discovered 26 new black holes in the Andromeda Galaxy, one of the nearest galaxies to the Milky Way, using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Using more than 150 Chandra observations, spread over 13 years, ...
India

India's first navigation satellite set for July 1 launch

Indian Space Research Organisation has now scheduled the launch of the country's first navigation satellite for July one after rectifying an anomaly. ET SPECIAL: To download ET mobile app, call 1800-200-5810. BANGALORE: Indian Space Research ...
Newly spotted human eye layer named after Indian scientist

Newly spotted human eye layer named after Indian scientist

London: In a major breakthrough, scientists have spotted a new layer in the human eyes. The layer has been named as Dua's layer after academic Professor Harminder Dua of Nottingham University who is credited to stop the new layer in the human cornea.
China

China's Shenzhou 10 Ship Docks With Space Lab

China's latest manned space capsule docked with an orbiting space station Thursday, and the three astronauts climbed aboard what will be their home for the next week, state media reported. Automated controls guided the Shenzhou-10's docking with the ...
Male guppies can reproduce for ten months even after death

Male guppies can reproduce for ten months even after death

Male guppies can reproduce for ten months even after death Washington: A team of evolutionary biologists in Trinidad has found that male guppies continue to reproduce for at least ten months after they die, living on as stored sperm in females, who have ...
Modern humans reached India 60000 years ago

Modern humans reached India 60000 years ago

Washington, June 12 (ANI): A new research by a University of Huddersfield professor has refuted a recent theory, that there is archaeological evidence for the presence of modern humans in southern Asia before the super-eruption of the Mount Toba volcano ...
Marks on Martian Dunes May Be Tracks of Dry-Ice Sleds

Marks on Martian Dunes May Be Tracks of Dry-Ice Sleds

Several types of downhill flow features have been observed on Mars. This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is an example of a type called "linear gullies." Image credit: ...
UK Honeybee Colony Losses in Winter Were Highest on Record

UK Honeybee Colony Losses in Winter Were Highest on Record

The U.K. lost a third of its honeybee colonies during the winter of 2012-13, the highest rate since an annual survey began, after adverse weather last year prevented bees from leaving hives to seek pollen. The average loss rate jumped to 33.8 of every 100 ...
Plastic may shield astronauts from dangerous cosmic radiation

Plastic may shield astronauts from dangerous cosmic radiation

The finding could help reduce health risks to humans on future missions into deep space, say space scientists from the UNH and SwRI. ET SPECIAL: To download ET mobile app, call 1800-200-5810. WASHINGTON: Lighter materials like plastic can ...