A new study carried out by researchers from Oxford University and the London Institute of Zoology suggests that puffin pairs that follow similar migration patterns tend to birth more chicks than those who follow disparate flight plans. Puffins migrate to far-away wintering grounds during the non-breeding season, and very little information is available about their […]
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A $9 Million Project Aims to Protect Great Barrier Reef from Coral Bleaching by Pumping Cold Water on It
The Reef and Rainforest Research Centre in Australia and the tourism industry have proposed a $9 million project to save coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef by pumping cold water onto a handful of critical reef sites. The plan has been submitted to the federal government in the country. According to the proponents of […]
Earth-like Planet GJ 1132b has an Atmosphere around It
Astronomers have detected an atmosphere around GJ 1132b, a low-mass super-Earth, whose radius and mass are close to Earth’s radius and mass (1.4 Earth radii, 1.6 Earth masses). This study was carried out by a team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) the Keele University. The observations were coordinated by Luigi […]
Australian Scientists Attempt to Save the Great Barrier Reef by Decoding Scent of Crown-of-thorns Starfish’s Secretion
Australian scientists have got success in sequencing the DNA of invasive, reef-eating crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS), suggesting that is possible to remove these marine creatures from a specific spot in the ocean by luring them by the lust. COTS is one of the major factors in destruction of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. These starfish eat corals […]
Carcass of a 25-feet-long Whale Found Washed Up at Puri Sea Beach in Odisha
Carcass of a whale was found washed up behind Panthanivas on Puri sea beach in Odisha this morning. Forest department officials has now recovered the carcass and sent it for autopsy. The exact reason behind the death will be known only after the autopsy. Forest department sources said this whale was about 25 feet […]
Is Dark energy a Myth? ‘Yes’ – Suggests a New Study
A new study carried out by researchers from the Eötvös Loránd University has questioned the existence of dark energy, stating that dark energy might be a myth. This study suggests that 68 percent of the universe probably does not exist, and that some more realistic factors may be driving the expansion of the universe. The […]
This Chennai Boy has Got Second Position in Grade 12 Category of NASA’s Ames Space Settlement Contest, 2017 (Moon Prize)
An 18-year-old boy from Chennai has got second position in the grade 12 category of the NASA Ames Space Settlement Contest, 2017. Sai Kiran P got second position for proposing an elevator from the earth to the moon to make a human settlement possible on the latter. NASA Ames Research Center, the National Space […]
French Astronaut Thomas Pesquet Posts Stunning Pictures of Aurora Lights from ISS
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet has posted in his twitter account some breathtaking pictures of aurora lights captured from the International Space Station (ISS). These pictures of the aurora lights were captured during a night-time pass of the Earth. The images show the specks of light at night and the stunning aurora lights radiating a rare green […]
NASA Releases New Breathtaking Images of Jupiter Captured by Juno on March 27
NASA has released some new, stunning images of Jupiter that were captured by Juno during its latest flyby of the planet. This is Juno’s fifth flyby of the gaseous giant, during which the spacecraft travelled at a speed of about 129,000 miles per hour (208,000 kilometers per hour) relative to Jupiter, and about 4,400 km […]
NASA Chandra X-Ray Observatory Detects a Mysterious Cosmic Explosion
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has detected a mysterious cosmic explosion in space, and according to scientists, this flash of X-rays most likely resulted from a “completely new type of cataclysmic event.” The X-ray source was located in the Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) region in space. This source, prior to October 2014, was not detected in […]
This Video Shows an Industrious Badger Burying a Cow Calf by Itself
Can a badger bury an entire cow calf by itself? ‘No’ – you would probably say, but the fact is that a single badger can accomplish this difficult task by itself. A badger has been caught in a camera set up in the Great Basin Desert in Utah to study the behavior of the animal. […]
Search is On for Tasmanian Tigers (Thylacines) in North Queensland, Australia
A search has been launched for Tasmanian tiger in North Queensland, Australia, after reports of sightings of the animal by many people in the region. According to Prof Bill Laurance from James Cook University, he has talked to two people who claim that they have seen an animal, potentially Tasmanian Tiger, in Cape York Peninsula. […]
Russia Develops Unstoppable Hypersonic Zircon Cruise Missile
Russia has developed a hypersonic anti-ship missile, dubbed Zircon, which is able to achieve a maximum speed of 7400 km/hr. Russian defense ministry released a picture of the missile for the first time. The news of this hypersonic missile has sent shock-waves around the world. According to Russian scientists, Zircon missile can attack a target […]
Donald Trump Signs Executive Order Rolling Back Obama’s Climate Change Policies
US President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that rolls back the policies of former US President Barak Obama on climate change. Obama had started an international campaign on climate change to limit global warming and had banned several industries. Signing the new orders, Trump said that the regulations against usage of […]
Incredible! A 12-foot-long King Kobra was Given Water from a Bottle to Save Its Life (Video)
King cobras are among the most dreadful creatures in the reptile kingdom and most of us fear them so much that hardly anyone would prefer going near them. However, a video has appeared on internet, which shows people offering water from a bottle to a king kobra to save its life. This incident occurred at […]
Analemma Skyscraper: Cloud Architecture Office Unveils Plans for a Tower that would Hang Suspended from an Asteroid
New York design firm Clouds Architecture Office has unveiled its plan to construct a tower that would hang suspended from an asteroid. When completed, this tower would be the tallest building ever created on Earth. “This system is referred to as the Universal Orbital Support System (UOSS). By placing a large asteroid into orbit over […]
Australian Researchers Launch Search for Tasmanian Tigers (Thylacines) in North Queensland
Australian researchers have launched a search for Tasmanian tiger—a species that is believed to have gone extinct about 80 years ago—after “plausible” possible sightings of the animal in north Queensland. Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine as it is scientifically known, was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times and was native to continental Australia, New […]
Trump Signs NASA Transition Authorization Act to Send Manned Mission to Mars
American President Donald Trump has signed the NASA Transition Authorization Act that sets a goal for NASA to send manned missions to Mars by 2033. The legislation authorizes $19.5 billion budget for NASA for the fiscal year 2018, and asks NASA to chalk out a plan to send a “crewed mission to Mars in the […]
NASA Working on Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) Technology to Provide High-Speed Internet in Space
NASA has said that it is working on Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) technology that, according to the American space agency, could become the high-speed ‘internet’ of the sky. The LCRD technology would enable much higher data rates for connections between Earth and spacecraft, for example, scientific data downlink and astronaut communications. “LCRD is the […]
NASA Says Next-generation Atomic Clock will be Sent to Space Later This Year
NASA has revealed its plan to send a next-generation atomic clock into space later this year. The Deep Space Atomic Clock has been developed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory with an aim to assist in safe navigation of spacecraft during future deep space missions. According to NASA, the new atomic clock is the most advanced […]
Rosetta Spacecraft Recorded Landslide Occurring at Aswan Cliff on Comet 67P/ Churyumov–Gerasimenko
For the first time, astronomers have provided details of a landslide that occurred on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko and was captured by Rosetta spacecraft. The images captured by the spacecraft, before and after landslide, revealed how a 100 meter-long Aswan cliff on the comet collapsed dramatically, creating a 70 m x 1 m fracture at the […]
Really? Team Indus Wants to Brew Beer on the Moon
Team Indus, an aerospace startup based in Bengaluru, India, is planning to brew beer on moon to see whether yeast can survive in space and, if yes, then for how much time. This information was revealed by Mr. Jitendra Singh, the minister of state in the Prime Minister’s Office, in Loksabha. He was responding to […]
Wow! 1.6-billion-year Old Algae Fossil Found in India Could be the World’s Oldest Plant-like Life
A new study carried out by a team of scientists at the Swedish Museum of Natural History suggests that a pair of 1.6-billion-year-old fossils discovered in India could be the oldest plant-like life discovered on Earth. This fossil contained red algae, according to scientists. The oldest known red algae, until now, was about 1.2 […]
UNSW Researchers Discover Fish Species Evolving to Survive on Land on South Pacific Island of Rarotonga
A new study carried out by a team of researchers from Australia suggests that four species of blennies fish on the South Pacific island of Rarotonga have developed the ability to survive out of water to escape predators in the ocean. This study was carried out by researchers from the University of South Wales (UNSW) […]
Amazing! Spiders Consume about 400 – 800 Million Tons of Insects Each Year
These figures may appear astonishing, but they are true, as claimed by a new study, which reveals that about 27 million tons of spiders eat up nearly 440 – 880 million tons of bugs, insects, springtails, and other invertebrates on an annual basis. Spiders are arthropods found in almost every part of the world, […]
U.S. Air Force Awards SpaceX Contract for GPS III Satellite Launch
The United States Air Force has announced that it has awarded a $96.5 million contract to Elon Musk’s SpaceX for launching GPS III satellite. SpaceX beat the rival United Launch Alliance—a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co.—to win the contract. This is the second contract awarded by the Air Force to SpaceX […]
India’s Lost Lunar Spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 is Still Orbiting the Moon, Says NASA
NASA has announced that it has found the India’s lost lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 that is still orbiting the moon. Chandrayaan-1 was launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on October 22, 2008 from the Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota, about 100 km from Chennai. The spacecraft was launched using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) […]
NASA is About to Conduct Orion Capsule Parachute Assembly System Drop Test Today
NASA is going to carry out a test of the Orion human space capsule’s parachute system today at the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. Orion Capsule Parachute Assembly System (CPAS) drop test will take place at 7:30 a.m. local time (9:30 a.m. EST/1430 GMT) and will involve dropping a model of Orion from […]
Tiny Frog Discovered in the Peruvian Andes Named after David Attenborough
In the past decades, a large number of living and extinct wildlife species, including reptiles, mammals, invertebrates and plants have been named after Sir David Attenborough— the world famous British broadcaster, naturalist and host of the BBC Natural History’s Life series. However, for the first time, a new species of fleshbelly frog discovered in the […]
China Planning to Launch Lunar Space Probe by the End of the Year
China has said that it is working to launch a lunar space probe, Chang’e-5, before the end of the year. The mission aims to bring back samples from the moon. The state media of China is being described as China’s reply to U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambitions to revitalize U.S. space exploration. According to government […]