An Italian supervolcano, located across the Bay of Naples from Vesuvius, has started stirring again, according to a team of scientists, and could hit about 500,000 people if an eruption occurs. Campi Flegrei, meaning burning fields in Italian, is a large volcanic area, with a 13-km-wide caldera which lies mostly underwater. The caldera features 24 […]
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A Rainbow-headed Snake among 163 New Species Discovered in Greater Mekong
One hundred sixty three new species, including a dragon-like lizard, a tiny frog and a rainbow-headed snake, were discovered in the Greater Mekong region in 2015. Conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) gave details of these new species, which are announced each year after going through a lengthy identification process. WWF revealed that new species […]
NASA’s Solar-powered Juno Spacecraft Captures Pics of Jupiter’s ‘Pearl’
Using its onboard camera JunoCam imager, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured the pictures of the seventh of Jupiter‘s eight massive counter-clockwise rotating storms. The images were taken on December 11 when the spacecraft was performing its third close flyby of the planet, while being about 24,600 km from the planet. Jupiter‘s eight storms are simply […]
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Getting Ready to Start Search for Earth’s “Trojan” Asteroids from Feb 9
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is all set to start its search for hard-to-find Earth “Trojan” asteroids from Feb 9. Trojan asteroids orbit the sun and are constant companions of a specific planet. These asteroids remain near a stable point 60 degrees in front of or behind the companion planet, and never collide with it as they […]
NASA Saturn Probe Cassini Sends First Images from Its New Orbit
NASA’s Saturn probe Cassini has started sending images from its new orbit, after entering its newest mission phase – Ring-Grazing Orbits – on November 30. Cassini captured pictures of Saturn’s atmosphere while flying high above the northern hemisphere of ringed planet. There will be 20 new orbits for Cassini in the new phase, with each […]
NASA Awards $127 Million Contract to Space Systems to Build Robotic Spacecraft for Satellite Servicing
NASA wants to build a robotic spacecraft to repair and refuel satellites in orbit, and has awarded a $127 million contract to a private company in this regard. The company receiving the contract is California-based satellite company Space Systems/Loral that will assist NASA in creating the robotic spacecraft equipped with all tools and technologies required […]
ISRO Getting Ready to Launch Remote Sensing Satellite RESOURCESAT-2A on Dec 7
Indian Space Research Organisation is ready to launch remote sensing satellite RESOURCESAT-2A from Sriharikota on December 7. The satellite will be launched using 44.4 meter tall The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-36 (PSLV C36). The remote sensing satellite RESOURCESAT-2A is 1,235 kg in weight and will be put into an 827 km polar Sun Synchronous orbit […]
Thirteenth Edition of Three-day World Robot Olympiad to Begin in Delhi on November 25
India is all set to host its first World Robot Olympiad – a three-day international event that will be held at the India Expo Mart, Greater Noida, starting November 25. The event is being organized for the first time in India and about 2,000 students (from 54 counties) will participate in the event. The […]
Tesco Says it is Banning Microbeads from All Products
Tesco has announced that all of its own brand cosmetic and household products will be microbeads-free by the end of 2016. Tesco’s group quality director Tim Smith said that the company is contacting the brands it sells and asking them about their plans to remove microbeads in their products. Mr Smith was speaking at an […]
Beagle 2 Mars Lander was Close to Succeed, but Failed to Unfurl All its Solar Panels
Beagle 2 Mars mission was close to succeed, but it failed to unfurl all its solar panels, according to a latest study carried out by a team of scientists from the University of Leicester and De Montfort University. For over a decade, it was believed that the Beagle 2 – launched in early 2003 […]
Scientists Provide Further Details of ‘Mud Dragon’ Tongtianlong Limosus Dinosaur Unearthed in China
A team of scientists have given further details about the fossil of a Tongtianlong limosus dinosaur, a species that roamed on earth about 15 million years before dinosaurs became extinct. “They just look weird,” said Dr Stephen L Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and one of the authors of the […]
NASA Releases 4K Video of International Space Station
NASA has released an 18-minute Ultra HD 4K video tour of the International Space Station (ISS), showing the ISS in its full high-definition glory and also revealing what life onboard ISS is like. The Space Station Fisheye Fly-Through 4K (Ultra HD) video has been captured and produced by Harmonic company for NASA TV UHD, which […]
Researchers of ScanPyramids Project Believe They have Discovered Two Secret Chambers in the Great Pyramid of Giza
Members of the Operation ScanPyramids project team are stunned after having discovered two hidden chambers in the Great Pyramid of Giza. These “cavities” or “voids” have been discovered in the new scans of Egypt’s largest pyramid, and according to researchers, these chambers were previously never found in the Great Pyramid of Giza. However, the Egyptian […]
Spectacular Orionid Meteor Shower to Peak This Week
Get ready for the very famous annual Orionid meteor shower that is expected to peak later this week and early next week. With the onset of autumn, the Orionid meteor shower is technically visible from October 2 to November 7 will attain its primary peak on the Thursday night and Friday early morning. Meteor showers […]
Chinese Astronauts Reach Tiangong 2 Space Station to Stay for Next 30 Days
Two Chinese astronauts have successfully arrived at Tiangong 2 space station and now will stay there for next 30 days, according to China’s official news agency Xinhua. The crew arrived at the space station through Shenzhou (Divine Vessel) 11 manned spacecraft which docked with the space lab on October 19. The Shenzhou 11 blasted of […]
Hubble Data Analysis Reveals 2,000 Billion Galaxies in the Universe
A fresh analysis of data from Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories carried out by a team of astronomers from the UK has revealed that there are 2,000 billion galaxies in the Universe. The new count of galaxies is almost ten times more than the previous count. In astronomy, a fundamental question most frequently asked […]
NASA’s Simulated ‘Martian Gardens’ to Help Scientists Find Best Vegetables to Grow on Mars
NASA’s simulated “Martian gardens” developed at Kennedy Space Centre and the Florida Tech Buzz Aldrin Space Institute are helping scientists to find out the best vegetable to grow during future manned mission to Red Planet. The Martian soil is completely differently from Earth’s soil, which means growing crops/vegetables on Mars is much different and difficult […]
NASA’s CORAL Mission will Study the Great Barrier Reef in Australia
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has announced to begin COral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) mission to investigate the health of the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. This mission has been designed to provide a better understanding of the ecologically sensitive coral reefs worldwide. The Great Barrier Reef lies in the Coral Sea off Queensland, and is […]
A Pair of Red Panda Twins Born in Somerset
A rare set of red panda twin has born in a safari park near Frome in Longleat, Somerset. This is only the second instance of a female red panda giving birth to cubs at this safari park. Keepers at the park are very delighted to see the new guests. Dad Ajenda had arrived at Longleat […]
Astronomers Find a New Galaxy Dragonfly 44 Made up of 99.99% Dark Matter
A team of astronomers from US and Canada has discovered a ghost galaxy, dubbed Dragonfly 44, which they claim is made up of almost 99.99% dark matter. The galaxy is located about 330 light years away from Earth, in the Coma Cluster, and is about the same size as the Milky Way. The galaxy lacks […]
NASA Releases Panorama Picture of the Mars Surface Captured by Mars Curiosity Rover
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released the striking 360-degree panorama picture of the Mars surface captured by Mars Curiosity rover. According to NASA, these images are “reminiscent of the US Southwest shape part of the horizon” and were captured on the fourth anniversary of Rover’s landing on Mars. Precisely speaking, the […]
NASA Releases More than a Thousand New Pictures of Martian Surface
NASA has just published more than one thousand high-resolution pictures of the surface of the Red Planet. These images have been captured by the HiRise camera installed in Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). The HiRise camera has been taking the pictures of the Martian surface since 2005, and NASA has released many of these pictures in […]
ESA Says It has Finally Shut Off Communication Link with Comet 67P Lander Philae
On Wednesday, the European Space Agency (ESA) revealed that it has shut off the communication link with Philae, the comet lander, which had landed on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Nov. 12, 2014. The ESS (Electrical Support System) Processor Unit on Rosetta, which was used to establish communication link between Philae and Rosetta was […]
Droughts and Other Extreme Weather Events are Increasing Risk of Armed Conflict, Study Suggests
Climate-related disasters, including droughts and hurricanes, are increasing the risk of armed conflicts, suggests a new study carried out by a team of German researchers. The study found that about one in four violent clashes in ethnically divided countries in past years have coincided with extreme weather events. “Armed conflicts are among the biggest threats […]
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