The full moon in April, called the "Pink Moon," will light up the sky for the whole weekend, making it one of the year's most popular celestial spectacles. Here are five tips one can keep in mind to … [+2656 chars]
A new study led by researchers at University College London (UCL) suggests that a variety of microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago. The researchers analysed a fist-sized ro… [+2074 chars]
Sydney: An Australian team of astronomers have found a slimmer type of red giant star for the first time. These stars have undergone dramatic weight loss, possibly due to the presence of a greedy ne… [+2626 chars]
Indian-origin astronaut Raja Chari will return to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) later his month. The 44-year-old is the commander of the NASA SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the ISS. The… [+4242 chars]
Volcanologist Dr Jean-Paul Toutain will head the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifiques new Oceania office in Melbourne. Europes largest scientific research organisation has established a pre… [+1474 chars]
New Delhi: Scientists have found that diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago much earlier than previously thought. Prior to this discovery, the oldest fossils ever … [+6689 chars]
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shared a picture of a half-a-kilometre-long crater, which lies on the zero degree longitude on the Red Planet, on its Instagram handle earlier… [+1677 chars]
When the month of April began, our evening sky was completely devoid of any bright planets; that was pretty much the story for the first half of this month. But that will change as we now crossover i… [+8007 chars]
G. extinctus lives in the understory of the cloud forest and was believed extinct since the 1980s. Riley Fortier In the few remaining patches of cloud forest in western Ecuador, a team of botanists… [+6531 chars]
You would see a time before our solar system even existed if you could travel back 4.6 billion years. But space wouldnt be emptyinstead of our sun and planets, youd find a cloud of gas and dust. This… [+3409 chars]
An Israeli astronomer and his research partner identified the first interstellar meteor known to have hit the Earth, the US military has confirmed. The space rock crashed into our atmosphere off the… [+6463 chars]
Astronomers have traditionally sought out remote and secluded locations from which to conduct precise observations of the universe. Add one more far-flung destination to the mix: the moon. However, … [+4447 chars]
