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, […]
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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 […]
Remains of a Ground Sloth Found about 16 feet Below Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles
Fossils of a ground sloth and a bison have been found in Los Angeles. Workers digging a tunnel for a new railway line found these remains on May 16, which include a sloth’s hip bone and a fragment of a bison’s radius bone. The remains were hidden in a sandy clay layer, about 16 feet […]
NASA Ready to Launch ‘One-of-a-kind’ NICER Mission to Study Neutron Stars
American space agency NASA is getting ready to launch the world’s first mission dedicated to study rapidly spinning neutron stars. Called the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), the mission will be launched through SpaceX CRS-11, a cargo resupply mission, using Falcon-9 rocket. SpaceX CRS-11 was earlier scheduled to be launched on June 1, but […]
Ancient Lake on Mars could have Harbored a Variety of Microbial life around 3.5 Billion Years Ago
An ancient Martian lake could have harbored a variety of microbial life around 3.5 billion years ago, a new study has suggested. Scientists analyzed rocks from the Gale crater to reach their conclusion. Gale crater is a 96 mile wide depression that was once a vast lake. This site, according to scientists, is just perfect […]
Chimpanzees Employ Cumulative Practice and Pass Knowledge along Next Generation: Study
Humans were previously believed to be the only species to engage in cumulative practice, chimpanzees also engage in “cumulative practice” and pass knowledge from one generation to next, a new study carried out by primatologists at the University of St. Andrews has discovered. Cumulative practice refers to the process that allows subsequent generations to build […]
Lightning Delays First Launch of SpaceX’s Pre-Flown Dragon Space Capsule
The first launch of SpaceX’s pre-flown Dragon cargo capsule has been delayed due to lightening. The lightning strike occurred just 25 minutes before the slated launch time on June 1. The launch is now expected to take place on Saturday (June 3). The Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-11) was scheduled to launch atop a […]
Researchers Recover Ancient DNA from Egyptian Mummies
A team of researchers has succeeded in recovering ancient DNA from Egyptian mummies dating from 1400 BCE to 400 CE. This international team of researchers is led by researchers at the University of Tübingen and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany. According to the team, they have been […]
Blood Samples of Sea Turtles on Great Barrier Reef Found to have Pesticides and Medications
Researchers taking part in a project led by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have found pesticides, medications, and a variety of other industrial chemicals in blood samples of sea turtles in Great Barrier Reef. In this study, researchers collected blood samples of turtles from different locations including Cleveland Bay in Townsville, Upstart Bay at […]
French Astronaut Thomas Pesquet to Return to Earth after 196-day Trip
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet is returning to Earth on Friday. Pesquet will return after completing a long 196-day trip on International Space Station (ISS). Thomas Pesquet, 39, is a French aerospace engineer and pilot, who was born in Rouen, France. He holds a black belt in judo. He was selected by European Space Agency (ESA) […]
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Helps Scientists find Evidence of Frost on Earth’s Moon
NASA scientists have found evidence of frost on Earth’s moon. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, helped scientists find this evidence by identifying bright areas in craters near south pole of the moon. According to scientists, these areas are so cold that could be having frost present on the surface. In their research, scientists analyzed […]
LIGO: Third Detection of Gravitational Waves
On Thursday, The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) announced that it has detected gravitational waves for third time. These waves were created with merging of two black holes about three billion light years away, and were detected by LIGO in the US on January 4, 2017. The latest detection of gravitational waves has been named […]
World’s Biggest Aeroplane Stratolaunch Unveiled by Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has unveiled the world’s largest aeroplane Stratolaunch that is bigger than a football pitch and has a wingspan of 385-foot. The plane left its hangar in the California desert for the first time on Wednesday. “We’re excited to announce that Stratolaunch aircraft has reached a major milestone in its journey toward […]