Science

MEXICO: This week it was revealed that astronomers are about to start the most intensive ever search for alien life....

Changes in summer temperatures have greater impacts on ice

LONDON: The volume of Arctic sea ice increased by around a third after an unusually cool summer in 2013. Researchers...

NASA’s New Horizons probe discover tombaugh region

LONDON: Newly-discovered frozen peaks on Pluto are taller than Ben Nevis while images of Nix reveal an unusual red spot...

NASA may found the closest thing to an Earth-like planet

MEXICO: NASA may have just found the closest thing to an Earth-like planet in the Universe. The US space agency...

Why Earth, not Venus become liveable?

LONDON: Information about the improbable evolutionary path that enabled Earth and not Venus to sustain life has been found, shows...

100m year old fish fossils found in Australia

SYDNEY: The discovery of fish fossils estimated to be 100 million years old has excited Australian paleontologists who said on...

University of Essex plans to develop world’s largest space pool

CANADA: Grab your swim trunks and flip flops and get ready to dive into the world’s largest space pool. Of...

Humans may be able to live on moon in next century, NASA

FRANCE: A robotic return to the moon could happen as soon as 2017, if NASA were to adopt the plan...

Cosmic rays do not pose any hazards at the Earth’s surface

NEW YORK: Contradicting previous findings, new research has found that cosmic rays do not pose any hazards at the Earth's...

UC Berkeley receives $100 million for search of extraterrestrial life

WASHINGTON: Millions in new funding will support the scanning of the stars for signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life after a...

Rising sea levels could decimate sea turtle nesting

LONDON: Eggs submerged under seawater are less likely to hatch, study at world’s largest green turtle nesting site on the...

Researchers use CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope to find evidence of alien life

CANADA: Matthew Bailes isn’t convinced aliens exist but he’s going to give it his best shot to find out. Professor...

Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite captured view of the sunlit side of Earth

MEXICO: It has been reported that a NASA camera on the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite has captured view of...

Sea-level rise rapidly, research

LONDON: Former NASA scientist James Hansen and now an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Earth Institute has termed his latest...

Scientists warn about the major threat to human health

PARIS: The unprecedented degradation of the earth's natural resources, coupled with climate change, could reverse major gains in human health...

ALMA telescope conclude the creation of galaxies

CANADA: Astronomers from Europe have witnessed gas clouds that can form stars from the early universe. These clouds represent building...

NASA’s New Horizons show 2nd range of mountains in Pluto’s heart-shaped

NEW YORK: Newly released images taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft show a second range of mountains in Pluto’s heart-shaped,...

NASA may finds new Earth in cornor of Milky Way

HONG KONG: Astrophysicists at Nasa are expected to announce they have found new Earth-like worlds The science world is abuzz...

Green sea turtles might not hatch at all if sea levels continue to rise

NEW YORK: Newly hatched sea turtles are famous for racing into the ocean: flopping from their nests, down the sand...

Rosetta will start to look south