The European Space Agency’s CryoSat is currently tracking the changes in the thickness and the height of the iceberg. A Delaware-sized iceberg is about to break off from one of Antarctica’s major ice shelves known as Larsen C. The European Space Agency (ESA) has been keeping a watch on this iceberg through its orbital eyes, […]
Author: Y. K. Sharma
Frogs Thrived on Earth after Dinosaur Got Extinct 66 Million Years Ago
A new study carried out by scientists from Chinese and American researchers suggests that frogs were able increase their populations after dinosaurs got extinct from the planet about 66 million years ago when an asteroid slammed into Earth. “Frogs have been around for well over 200 million years, but this study shows it wasn’t until […]
SpaceX Dragon Cargo Spacecraft Returns to Earth
After spending 28 days in space, the SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft has returned to Earth. According to SpaceX, the craft splashed down at about 8:14 a.m. EDT (1214 GMT) on July 3 in the Pacific Ocean. It took the Dragon craft about 5.5 hours to reach the Earth. It brought with it over 1814 kilograms […]
Launch of China’s Powerful Long March-5 Y2 Rocket has Failed
On Sunday, Chinese state media Xinhua News revealed that the launch of China’s powerful Long March-5 Y2 rocket has failed. This rocket was designed to take heavy communication satellites into orbit. About 40 minutes after the lift-off, Xinhua news said that the launch was a failure, without giving any further details. “Abnormity was detected during […]
Alien Hunters Claim to have Spotted Alien Thigh Bone on Mars
UFO hunters have posted a video on YouTube, claiming to have found evidence of life existing on the Red Planet. The video posted by UFO hunter group Martian Archaeology shows a series of pictures captured by NASA’s Curiosity Rover suggesting presence of fossilized bones, dead wood, lichen and fungus scattered on the surface of Mars. […]
Really? Research Suggests Water Actually Exists in Two Different Liquid Forms
A new study carried out by scientists from Stockholm University in Sweden suggests that water actually exists in two different forms having major differences in terms of structure and density. In the new research, scientists used X-rays to study H2O molecule in unprecedented detail, and reached the conclusion that water is “not a complicated liquid, […]
Cassini Sends Stunning Pictures of Saturnian Dawn
NASA’s Cassini probe has sent some breath-taking pictures of Saturnian dawn. The images were captured on March 31, 2017 by Cassini spacecraft wide-angle camera, while the spacecraft was about one million kilometres away from Saturn. The new images are in green light, and show Saturn’s sunlit atmosphere with icy rings. “This view looks toward the […]
Mystery of ‘Bright Nights’ or ‘Nocturnal Sun’ Solved by York University Researchers
Scientists from York University in Canada have solved the millennium-old mystery of ‘bright nights’ or ‘nocturnal sun’. The phenomenon of ‘bright nights’ refers to occasional occurrence of an unexplained glow in the night skies which allowed people to see far-away objects like mountains, make out pebbles on the ground, and even read newspapers. Professor Gordon […]
DFO Canada Looking into Deaths of Six North Atlantic Right Whales in Gulf of St. Lawrence in June
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) officials are concerned about the death of six north Atlantic right whales in Gulf of St. Lawrence since June 7. The dead whales were recently spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. DFO says this situation is very concerning as the cause of death of these animals […]
Amazing! This drone can plant 1 billion trees in a year
An Australian researcher has designed a drone that can help fight the problem of deforestation by planting about one billion trees in a single year. This drone, created by Susan Graham, will first scan a region to identify ideal places for growing trees, and then launch the seeds into the soil. Deforestation has become a […]
NASA’s CHESS Rocket will Study the Space between Stars
On June 27, 2017, NASA will launch its CHESS (Colorado High-resolution Echelle Stellar Spectrograph) mission that aims to study vast interstellar clouds to understand more about the earliest stages of star formation. CHESS rocket will fly on a Black Brant IX suborbital sounding rocket. According to NASA, deep in space between distant stars, space is […]
NASA Launches KalamSat – World’s Smallest Satellite Made by an Indian Teen
On June 21, 2017, American Space Agency NASA launched the world’s smallest and lightest satellite, dubbed KalamSat, which was built by an Indian teen Rifath Sharook. The launch of the satellite was accomplished from Wallops Island. The total flight time of the rocket was 240 minutes post launch. The satellite was separated 125 minutes after […]
Aquatic Life in Mediterranean Sea Could Go Extinct in Coming Decades due to Warming Waters and Acidification
A new study carried out by a team of French researchers from the Villefranche-sur-Mer oceanography laboratory suggests that rising water temperatures and acidification is a big threat to acquatic life in the Mediterranean Sea. The team recorded Mediterranean surface water temperatures on a weekly basis. Researchers used their boats from the southern French town of […]
World’s Smallest Satellite ‘KalamSat’ Launched by NASA
NASA has launched the world’s smallest and lightest satellite, dubbed KalamSat, which was built by an Indian teen Rifath Sharook. The launch of the satellite was accomplished on 21 June 2017 from Wallops Island. The total flight time of the rocket was 240 minutes post launch. The satellite was separated 125 minutes after lift-off and […]
Millions of Glowing Pyrosomes Invade Canada and West Coast of the US
Millions of glowing, tube-shaped sea creatures known as pyrosomes have invaded the coast of the Pacific Northwest of the US and Canada. Due to their exploding populations on the west coast of US, to Alaska and British Columbia in Canada, these strange-looking creatures are quickly becoming a problem for fishermen as they clog their hooks […]
British Experts Create an Online Database of Ancient Hill Forts in the UK and Ireland
For the first time, researchers from the University of Oxford, University of Edinburgh, and University College Cork have prepared an online database of all ancient hill fort sites in the UK and Ireland. This database of about 4,147 hill fort sites provides detailed information of the hill forts, including their locations, to users. Hill forts […]
British Researchers Pump CO2 Gas in a Forest to See How Trees Cope with Rising Levels of the Green House Gas
The Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE) experiment at the University of Birmingham’s Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR) has finally started. In this experiment that will run for about a decade, researchers have pumped a fenced-off section of a mature woodland full of carbon dioxide (CO2) to see how trees in this forest absorb CO2 […]
A “magical” root that people are ordering online may actually be dried hemipenis of monitor lizards
Many people place online orders for a rare Indian “magical” root, called Hatha Jodi, to bring good luck in their lives. The specialty of this root is that it looks like two praying hands. However, a nonprofit group World Animal Protection and scientists at Manchester Metropolitan University in England have cautioned that people may actually […]
Faces We are Familiar with Look Happier than those that are Unfamiliar to Us
Humans perceive familiar faces as looking happier than those faces that are unfamiliar to them, suggest findings of a new study carried out at the Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego. Some earlier studies have suggested that a human mind processes familiar faces in a manner distinct from unfamiliar faces and that familiarity […]
This Marine Creature, called Peanut Worm, Looks like Human Organ
Researchers in Australia have discovered a new species of deep sea worm that resembles like a human penis, and lives in an abyss off of Australia’s eastern coast. This weird creature was found by scientists from Museums Victoria during their recent expedition to the sea floor. According to scientists, this worm, when threatened, retracts its […]
Rare Beluga Whale Rescued from Nepisiguit River Returned to St. Lawrence Estuary
An endangered beluga whale that was rescued on June 15 from Nepisiguit River in Bathurst, N.B., was returned to St. Larence Estuary to let it reunion with a pod in its natural habitat. The rescue was completed by the officials from federal Fisheries Department Canada, marine mammal groups and scientists and involved the endangered mammal […]
Rare Two-headed Porpoise Found by Fishermen off the Coast of the Netherlands
A two-headed porpoise has been discovered off the coast of the Netherlands. The discovery was made by a group of fishermen last month when they were going through their daily fishing routine. These fishermen noticed a baby porpoise stuck in one of the nets. The fishermen took photographs of the rare creature, and then threw […]
Harbour Porpoise Daisy Dies at Vancouver Aquarium
Vancouver Aquarium has lost yet another high-profile marine animal. Daisy, a harbour porpoise, died at Vancouver Aquarium on Thursday. Daisy was rescued by Vancouver Aquarium in 2008, and she was just a month old at that time. According to the aquarium staff, Daisy was receiving round the clock care after caretakers noticed a change in […]
Jupiter is the Oldest Resident of Earth’s Solar System, Study Suggests
Jupiter, the gaseous giant and the largest planet in our solar system, could also be the oldest resident of Earth’s solar system, a new study carried out by an international team of scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) suggests. Using evidence from meteorites, this study indicates that Jupiter was the first to take […]
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