Science &amp; Technology

HONG KONG: NASA has listed a number of experts who will speak at their “major science finding” tomorrow, giving a...

Scientist harnessed the CRISPR-Cas9 system for mammalian genome editing

MEXICO: A team including the scientist who first harnessed the CRISPR-Cas9 system for mammalian genome editing has now identified a...

New stars born in Messier 17

LONDON: Blossoming like a giant cosmic rose, Messier 17 is a stellar factory where new stars are born. The nebula,...

Hubble Space Telescope takes a new image of Veil Nebula

CANADA: The Hubble Space Telescope took a new image of the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant from a star that...

Most of people in UK, US believe aliens exist in the Universe

LONDON: More than one in two people in the UK, Germany and the US believe there is intelligent life out...

NASA may discover water on Mars

HONG KONG: There is growing speculation that NASA may be about to announce it has discovered liquid water on Mars...

India’s turbo-charged ‘mini Hubble Telescope’ ready for lift off

MUMBAI: It will be used to study black holes and analyse how stars and galaxies are actually born and how...

Astronomers spot mid-size black hole about 5,000 times the mass of sun

LONDON: In a first, a team including an Indian-origin astronomer has found evidence for a new intermediate-mass black hole about...

Australian astronomers discovered disks of gas, dust around 2 relatively close red dwarf stars

PERTH: Australian astronomers have discovered disks of gas and dust around two relatively close red dwarf stars that could reveal...

World’s 1st scale model of solar system created in Nevada desert

bySana Anwar

LONDON: We know that the solar system is big but most of us are unaware about how big it is....

Supermoon will begin to dim slightly on September 27

bySana Anwar

WASHINGTON: Don’t fret if work, plans or bad weather prevented you from seeing the supermoon earlier this year. It’s returning...

ISS astronauts get a glimpse of ‘the Martian’

HONG KONG: Astronauts currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS) were able to have a special sneak peek of the...

Study shows 8 trillion microbeads pollute U.S. waters daily

HONG KONG: CNN Not to alarm you, but your daily morning regimen might be harming the planet's oceans, lakes and...

Scientists claim that air pollution kills 3.3m people a year worldwide

PERTH: In much of Eurasia, including parts of northern China and Japan, air pollution from agricultural activity is the leading...

NASA will fly over Pluto

WASHINGTON: A new video from NASA is the closest most of us will get to flying over Pluto.The short clip,...

Scientists discovered fossils of 1st creature to stand on all fours

HONG KONG: Scientists believe this is the first creature to stand on four legs. The Bunostegos akokanensis lived more than...

100-metre high pyramid discovered on Mars

WASHINGTON: The new "100-metre high" pyramid is the latest in a string of discoveries which Ufologists claim to have found...

Researchers proposing new way to clear fog, spot stars hiding in galactic centre

CANADA: The centre of our Milky Way galaxy is a mysterious place. Not only is it thousands of light-years away,...

Astronomers discovered large discs of dust around two nearby red dwarf stars

LONDON: Astronomers have discovered large discs of dust around two nearby red dwarf stars that could point to the birth...

Stunning new images of Pluto reveal landscape of majestic mountains