At this years South by Southwest Festival, I had the pleasure of asking a panel of experts some big questions about travel to Mars. The journey will push limits of the human body and may take us to t… [+13902 chars]
From the muscle fibers that move us to the enzymes that replicate our DNA, proteins are the molecular machinery that makes life possible.Protein function heavily depends on their three-dimensional st… [+6342 chars]
The discovery was made in Hubble’s well-known GOODS North Field, which shows that sometimes great discoveries can be hidden in well-studied parts of the sky. Thanks to data collected by the Hubble S… [+2096 chars]
A kindergartener in 2005 would have learned very different facts about the number of planets in the solar system than a kindergartener in 2006. Of course, Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in … [+5749 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope has reached its operational temperature, which is just a little more than what matter can possibly reach. Webb's MIRI instrument has attained minus 266 degrees Celsius … [+2322 chars]
NEW DELHI: The Sun has unleashed an intense solar flare, sparking radio blackouts in several parts of Asia and Australia. According to the US Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), the solar flare … [+2407 chars]
A kindergartener in 2005 would have learned very different facts about the number of planets in the solar system than a kindergartener in 2006. Of course, Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in … [+5749 chars]
Using various space and ground-based observatories, astronomers have inspected flaring activity observed on a blazar known as S5 1803+78. Results of this multi-wavelength study, published April 10 on… [+3222 chars]
As stargazers across different parts of the world were mesmerised at the sight of the full moon over the weekend, business tycoon Anand Mahindra prompted netizens to share photographs of Earths satel… [+2810 chars]
These announcements come on the heels of the cancellation of the ExoMars mission, which was set to launch this year as well. The Luna-25 mission was scheduled to photograph the lunar topography with… [+3195 chars]