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]Why NASA rocket launch in Australia is historic| Video
A report by the news agency AFP said that in the first of the three planned launches from the Arnhem Space Centre, the rocket, carrying technology likened to a "mini Hubble" telescope, lifted off -- blasted about 350 kilometres (218 miles) into the night sky.
Published on Jun 27, 2022 09:41 AM IST
Written by Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
Explorers find WWII Navy destroyer, deepest wreck discovered
- The USS Samuel B. Roberts, popularly known as the “Sammy B," was identified on Wednesday broken into two pieces on a slope at a depth of 6,985 meters (22,916 feet).
Published on Jun 26, 2022 04:18 PM IST
AP |
Nasa: Give us back our moon dust and cockroaches
Nasa has asked Boston-based RR Auction to halt the sale of moon dust collected during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that had subsequently been fed to cockroaches during an experiment.
Published on Jun 24, 2022 06:01 PM IST
AP |
New class of stellar system called 'blue blobs' found: Research
The new stellar systems contain only young, blue stars, which are distributed in an irregular pattern and seem to exist in surprising isolation from any potential parent galaxy.
Published on Jun 21, 2022 08:03 PM IST
ANI |
South Korea's second space rocket launch successfully puts satellites in orbit
The rocket also successfully placed a 1.3-ton dummy satellite and four small cube satellites developed by universities for research, into orbit.
Published on Jun 21, 2022 07:44 PM IST
Reuters |
Discovery in MP throws light on the reproductive biology of sauropod dinosaurs
Until this new finding from India, no egg-in-egg abnormal fossil egg was found in dinosaurs and for that matter in other reptiles like turtles, lizards, and crocodiles.
Published on Jun 18, 2022 01:45 PM IST
ANI |
Scientists discover 'super Jupiter' orbiting white dwarf
The discovery forms part of a treasure trove of data made available in Gaia's Data Release 3, which provides the most detailed survey of our galactic neighbourhood to date.
Published on Jun 17, 2022 04:27 PM IST
ANI |
Ancient DNA solves mystery over origin of medieval Black Death
Black death: The cemeteries, excavated in the 19th century, included headstones attributing deaths to "pestilence" in the Syriac language.
Published on Jun 16, 2022 03:02 PM IST
Reuters |
Over 14% of world has had this disease, says study
- Central Europe had the highest rate of infection with 20 percent, while men over the age of 50 living in rural areas were most at risk, the study in the journal BMJ Global Health found.
Published on Jun 14, 2022 06:13 AM IST
AFP |
Rare dinosaur 'egg-in-egg' found by DU researchers in Madhya Pradesh
The abnormal titanosaurid dinosaur egg was discovered in MP’s Dhar district, and could provide important insights into whether dinosaurs had a reproductive biology similar to that of turtles and lizards, or crocodiles and birds, researchers said.
Published on Jun 13, 2022 07:58 PM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
China releases world's 'most detailed' map of Moon
The map includes 12,341 impact craters, 81 impact basins, 17 rock types and 14 types of structures, providing abundant information about geology of the moon and its evolution.
Published on Jun 08, 2022 08:47 PM IST
PTI | , Beijing
Colombia shares images of 300-year-old treasure-laden wreck of Spanish ship
The San Jose galleon was owned by the Spanish crown when it was sunk by the British navy near Cartagena in 1708. Only a handful of its 600-strong crew survived. It was heading back from the New World to the court of King Philip V of Spain.
Published on Jun 08, 2022 06:36 PM IST
AFP |
Woman receives 3-D printed ear implant made from her own cells
- The new ear was transplanted earlier in March and is shaped precisely like the patient’s other ear. “The new year will continue to regenerate cartilage tissue, giving it the look and feel of a natural ear,” the officials were quoted as saying.
Published on Jun 02, 2022 05:38 PM IST
Vietnam develops new vaccine for African swine fever: official
- "We are confident to produce pig swine fever vaccine for domestic prevention and will also aim at export," the official said.
Published on Jun 02, 2022 02:21 PM IST
AFP |
IIT Delhi study reveals mechanisms driving SARS-CoV-2 evolution in humans
- The researchers found that the rate of CpG depletion from SARS-CoV-2 genomes rapidly decreases after the first few months of evolution in humans.
Published on May 29, 2022 04:40 PM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
Hate traffic jams? Use mathematics to solve problem, says Israel firm
- ITC, or Intelligent Traffic Control, was one of the artificial intelligence players at Tel Aviv's recent EcoMotion showcase where high-tech and AI firms hope to make transport more efficient and cleaner.
Published on May 29, 2022 04:02 PM IST
AFP |
ZSI scientists discover new macaque species in Arunachal Pradesh
The new species, named 'Sela Macaque' (Macaca selai), was found in western and central parts of the state, ZSI director Dhriti Banerjee said.
Published on May 28, 2022 04:58 PM IST
PTI |
Antiviral drugs may reduce monkeypox symptoms, shorten contagious phase: Study
The cases analysed in the study, published on Tuesday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, represent the first instances of in-hospital transmission and household transmission outside of Africa.
Published on May 25, 2022 05:49 AM IST
PTI |
Over 500 animal species believed lost, not seen in more than 50 years: Study
Researchers reviewed information on 32,802 species from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN Red List) and identified 562 lost species. Their findings appear in the journal Animal Conservation.
Published on May 21, 2022 05:55 PM IST
ANI |
All about Boeing's 3rd shot at high-stakes Starliner space demo flight| Videos
This was the third launch attempt by the US multinational after the first two failed for a program which has bedeviled the company, giving an edge to Elon Musk’s SpaceX as the only American option for ferrying astronauts.
Published on May 20, 2022 07:11 AM IST
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Swati Bhasin, New Delhi
Increase in UFOs over past 20 years: Top US official | Watch US Navy footage
"Since the early 2000s we have seen an increasing number of unauthorized and/or unidentified aircraft or objects in military controlled training areas and training ranges and other designated airspace," Scott Bray, deputy director of Naval intelligence, told a House security panel.
Updated on May 18, 2022 10:09 AM IST
AFP |
After 60 years, US House panel to conduct hearing on UFOs
Last year, the US report on the UFOs to characterise the potential threat posed by them showed that the administration was able to explain only one of the 144 cases of unidentified flying objects which were reported by the military planes.
Published on May 15, 2022 06:00 PM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Aryan Prakash
ISRO successfully tests human-rated HS200 solid rocket booster
The booster engine is part of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle MkIII (GSLV Mk III) rocket that would carry Indian astronauts to space.
Published on May 13, 2022 05:41 PM IST
Written by Kanishka Singharia | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Scientists grow plant in lunar soil, raise hopes of growing plants on Moon
- The ground-breaking experiment, detailed in the journal Communications Biology on Thursday, has given researchers hope that it may be possible to one day grow plants directly on the Moon.
Published on May 13, 2022 10:38 AM IST
AFP |
Water existed on Mars for longer than previously thought: Chinese findings
Mars is believed to have been wet until about 3 billion years ago, when the planet's second geological age, known as the Hesperian Epoch, ended. In the current Amazonian period, there is no surface water.
Published on May 13, 2022 04:46 AM IST
Reuters |
Milky Way’s black hole comes to light: How astronomers captured first image
- The pictures take significance as observing a black hole is, by definition, impossible, since no light can escape it.
Updated on May 12, 2022 11:29 PM IST
Astronomers capture 1st image of Milky Way's huge black hole
Astronomers believe nearly all galaxies, including our own, have these giant black holes at their center, where light and matter cannot escape, making it extremely hard to get images of them.
Published on May 12, 2022 07:17 PM IST
AP |
What is Mars XR? NASA calls on innovators to boost research on Red Planet
Mars XR calls on developers to work on scenarios that will be used to test procedures and plan for conditions while on Mars.
Published on May 12, 2022 09:51 AM IST
NASA shares stunning images of neighbouring galaxy using new space telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope beamed back the latest test pictures of a neighbouring satellite galaxy, and the results are stunning when compared with images taken by NASA's previous infrared observatory, the Spitzer Space Telescope.
Published on May 10, 2022 08:06 PM IST
PTI | , Cape Canaveral
