Life and Universe

Planet Saturn, known as 'Lord of the Rings', will be visible at its brightest in the sky today as it positions itself directly opposite the Sun. Due to its positioning, the planet will also be the closest it can get to Earth in the year 2013

A galaxy turning gas into stars with almost 100 percent efficiency, a rare phase of galaxy evolution that is the most extreme yet observed, has been discovered.

It's time for star gazers to get their telescopes out to see the partial lunar eclipse close to midnight on April 25. Vanita Srivastava reports.

An equation designed by two Spanish scientists can provide a highly accurate estimate of an individual`s speed based on stride length.

New test results have provided further evidence that the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide and Earth's surface temperature are inextricably linked.

A company from the Netherlands is planning to send four astronauts on a trip to Mars to set up a human colony in 2023.

Chimpanzees use a mixture of passionate gestures, vocalisations and even sign language to get their points across with each other and with humans, a new study has found.

Like many of his colleagues, Indian origin deep space navigator Shyam Bhaskaran devotes a great deal of time to crafting, and contemplating, computer-generated 3D models of asteroids.

In order to improve a simulation designed to study the evolution of the solar system through time, numerical mathematical methods have been developed at the Computing Faculty of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).

Cosmic rain! Astronomers have discovered that the rings of Saturn produce their own rain that falls onto the planet, having a major impact on its atmosphere.