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Earth is spinning faster. Here’s what scientists are saying
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Meenakshi Ray
UPDATED ON JAN 08, 2021 09:22 PM IST
The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) in Paris announced in July last year that no “leap second” would be added to the world’s official timekeeping in December 2020.
Art on a chopping board: An Insta series celebrates unsung heroes of the kitchen
Hindustan Times | By Paramita Ghosh
UPDATED ON JAN 02, 2021 08:28 PM IST
Devi Menon casts pointed gourds in the tale of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, turns methi leaves into a divine canopy. Take a look at her whimsical series of art works.
Astronomers confirm mystery object temporarily orbiting Earth is 54-year-old rocket, not asteroid
Cape Canaveral, Florida | By Associated Press | Posted By: Trisha Sengupta
PUBLISHED ON DEC 05, 2020 12:19 AM IST
The object was classified as an asteroid after its discovery in September. But NASA’s top asteroid expert, Paul Chodas, quickly suspected it was the Centaur upper rocket stage from Surveyor 2, a failed 1966 moon-landing mission.
China’s space ambitions: Robot on Mars, a human on the moon
By Associated Press | Posted by Arpan Rai
PUBLISHED ON DEC 02, 2020 03:01 PM IST
The Chang’e 5, the first effort to bring lunar rocks to Earth since the 1970s, collected samples on Wednesday, the Chinese space agency announced. The probe landed Tuesday on the Sea of Storms on the moon’s near side.
For first time in nearly 800 years, Jupiter and Saturn will look like ‘double planet’
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Trisha Sengupta
UPDATED ON NOV 28, 2020 07:08 PM IST
According to Rice University astronomer Patrick Hartigan, two of the largest planets of our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, will appear close and will look like a ‘double planet’.
Astronaut shares his first video of Earth taken from space. Watch viral video
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Trisha Sengupta
UPDATED ON NOV 26, 2020 10:38 AM IST
Victor Glover is presently on SpaceX Crew Dragon and a resident of the International Space Station.
China to launch moon probe, seeking first lunar rock retrieval since 1970s
Beijing | By Reuters| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
PUBLISHED ON NOV 22, 2020 11:58 AM IST
The Chang’e-5 probe, named after the ancient Chinese goddess of the moon, will seek to collect material that can help scientists understand more about the moon’s origins and formation.
Explorers livestream footage from Earth’s deepest underwater valley
By Agence France-Presse | Posted by Shivani Kumar
UPDATED ON NOV 22, 2020 06:34 AM IST
The “Fendouzhe”, or “Striver”, descended more than 10,000 metres (about 33,000 feet) into the submarine trench in the western Pacific Ocean with three researchers on board, state broadcaster CCTV said.
NASA tweets that Moon is Earth’s ‘protective BFF’. Here’s why
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Trisha Sengupta
UPDATED ON OCT 17, 2020 11:48 AM IST
The blog explained that about 4 and half billion years ago, the surface of the Earth was a “menacing hot mess”.
Massive stars are factories for ingredients to life
Maryland (US) | By Asian News International| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
PUBLISHED ON OCT 10, 2020 02:27 PM IST
A similar process likely happened during the formation of the Sun and the inner rocky planets of our solar system, including Earth. The results are published in the Astrophysical Journal.
Over 70 hot springs identified in Uttarakhand and HP for power generation
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | By Suparna Roy | Edited by Abhinav Sahay
UPDATED ON SEP 27, 2020 04:51 PM IST
Several of these hot springs have the potential of producing electricity at a reduced production cost, say experts.
Venus, named for the goddess of love, is no cuddly place
Reuters | By Reuters | Posted by: Alfea Jamal
UPDATED ON SEP 15, 2020 04:22 PM IST
Scientists have spotted evidence of potential life on the planet Venus, though they emphasized that more work needs to be done to confirm whether or not life - possibly aerial microbes - exists or whether there is an alternative non-biological explanation for their findings.
China says Mars probe stable; no word on reusable spacecraft
Beijing | By Associated Press | Posted by Arpan Rai
PUBLISHED ON SEP 12, 2020 02:21 PM IST
The administration said that Tianwen-1 was in stable condition, having completed its first mid-course orbital correction early last month.
Pocketful of stars: NASA’s space telescope gives a taste of dreaminess in latest picture
Hindustan Times, Delhi | By Zarafshan Shiraz
UPDATED ON SEP 12, 2020 12:02 PM IST
NASA’s latest picture from Hubble Space Telescope promises a feeling of refreshing tranquility and that is all the escapism we need this weekend
Build-up of greenhouse gases hits new record despite lockdowns: UN report
London | By Reuters | Posted by Arpan Rai
UPDATED ON SEP 09, 2020 06:10 PM IST
The sharp, but short, dip in emissions earlier this year represented only a blip in the build-up of climate-warming carbon dioxide.
Origin of life: Scientists study if meteorites helped create life on Earth and beyond
Ontario [Canada] | By Asian News International | Posted by Saumya Sharma
UPDATED ON SEP 03, 2020 04:24 PM IST
By exploring Mars with rovers like Perseverance and ExoMars, scientists believe planetary scientists might eventually figure out the origin of life.
Earth may have had water content ever since it formed: Study
London | By Press Trust of India | Posted by Saumya Sharma
UPDATED ON SEP 01, 2020 02:07 PM IST
Scientists noted that enstatite chondrites are entirely composed of material from the inner solar system -- essentially the same stuff that made up the Earth originally.
Scientists calculate Earth’s Ice Age temperatures, and how low did it go
Washington | By Reuters | Posted by Saumya Sharma
UPDATED ON AUG 27, 2020 01:02 PM IST
The average global temperature during the period known as the Last Glacial Maximum from roughly 23,000 to 19,000 years ago was about 46 degrees Fahrenheit (7.8 degrees Celsius), some 13 degrees Fahrenheit (7 Celsius) colder than 2019, the researchers said on Wednesday.
Astronomers led by Iucaa team detect UV light from galaxy 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth
Hindustan Times, Pune | By Dheeraj Bengrut, Pune
UPDATED ON AUG 25, 2020 06:12 PM IST
The discovery was made by a team, led by Dr Kanak Saha, associate professor at Iucaa and the paper has been published on Monday by Nature Astronomy.
Earth’s mass extinction could have been caused by exploding stars
Washington D.C. [USA] | By Asian News International | Posted by Saumya Sharma
UPDATED ON AUG 20, 2020 08:48 PM IST
Fossil evidence indicates a 300,000-year decline in biodiversity leading up to the Devonian-Carboniferous mass extinction, suggesting the possibility of multiple catastrophes, maybe even multiple supernova explosions.
NASA spots tiny asteroid buzzing by Earth, it’s the closest flyby on record
Washington D.C. | By Asian News International | Posted by: Srimoyee Chowdhury
PUBLISHED ON AUG 19, 2020 10:56 AM IST
“Our calculations show that this asteroid got turned by 45 degrees or so as it swung by our planet,” said Paul Chodas, director of the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
Small asteroid becomes closest ever seen passing Earth: NASA
Washington | By Agence France-Presse
PUBLISHED ON AUG 19, 2020 07:25 AM IST
The asteroid, which was about 10 to 20 feet (three to six meters) long, passed above the southern Indian Ocean on Sunday at 0408 GMT.
‘Like an animal’: NASA astronauts describe noisy, jolting descent
Houston | By Agence France-Presse| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi
UPDATED ON AUG 05, 2020 03:14 PM IST
The two NASA astronauts brought back to Earth on Sunday said they felt they were inside the belly of a beast as it careened into the atmosphere at 17,500 mph.
Astronaut shares picture of Earth from space, calls it ‘beautiful blue marble’. It’s mesmerising
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Trisha Sengupta
UPDATED ON JUL 31, 2020 12:11 PM IST
With a simple yet captivating caption,Colonel Doug Hurley shared the image of the Earth taken from the space on Twitter.
NASA launches new Mars rover Perseverance to seek signs of past life
Reuters | By Reuters
UPDATED ON JUL 30, 2020 05:43 PM IST
Perseverance is due to land at the base of an 820-foot-deep (250 meters) crater called Jezero, a former lake from 3.5 billion years ago that scientists suspect could bear evidence of potential past microbial life on Mars.
Biomimicry Lab’s discovery could change building construction technology
UPDATED ON JUL 28, 2020 11:17 AM IST
The research findings have now been passed on to Sacred Heartian parent Mr. Ajay Pillai who is an eminent researcher and alumnus of UDCT to continue further advanced research and enable possible commercial production of these findings.
Earth-Mars proximity fuels exploratory zeal
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JUL 22, 2020 06:01 PM IST
The UAE sent the Arab world’s first probe to Mars on July 20. Over the next two weeks, China & US also aim to send a craft/rover to Mars that is closest to the Earth in 2 years.
Look out, Mars!:3 spacecraft headed to the Red Planet this month
Cape Canaveral (Florida) | By Associated Press | Posted by Anubha Rohatgi
UPDATED ON JUL 14, 2020 12:22 AM IST
he three nearly simultaneous launches - that of the UAE, China and the US - are no coincidence: The timing is dictated by the opening of a one-month window in which Mars and Earth are in ideal alignment on the same side of the sun, which minimizes travel time and fuel use. Such a window opens only once every 26 months.
Moonwalker Dr Buzz Aldrin shares throwback picture of Earth taken from space in 1969. It’s enthralling
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Trisha Sengupta
PUBLISHED ON JUL 10, 2020 11:02 AM IST
“This view of home never gets old,” Dr Buzz Aldrin tweeted and shared the image.
Exposed core of Jupiter-like planet, 39-times bigger than Earth, spotted near distant star
Washington | By Reuters | Posted by Anubha Rohatgi
UPDATED ON JUL 03, 2020 12:24 AM IST
The planet, called TOI-849b, orbits a star a bit smaller and cooler than the sun, located 730 light years from Earth. A light year is the distance light travels in a year, 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion km).