Science

PARIS: NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is on track to sweep past Pluto next week despite hitting a "speed bump" that...

ISS across the Moon, Australian photographer capture the moment

LONDON: An Australian photographer has clicked a breathtaking image of the International Space Station (ISS) as it was passing over...

White whale spotted in New Zealand is in fact Migaloo

CANADA: It appears the Pacific's famous white whale has a touch of wanderlust. A sighting in the Cook Strait over...

Spiders can travel large distances across water like ships

bySana Anwar

MEXICO: Spiders can travel large distances across water like ships, using their legs as sails and their silk as an...

New radio telescope will be able to detect galaxies

LONDON: A wisp of cosmic radio waves, emitted before our solar system was born, shows that a new radio telescope...

Comet carrying Europe’s robot probe Philae through outer space

PARIS: Astronomers have come up with a novel explanation for a strange appearance of the comet carrying Europe’s robot probe...

Bright spots as a pyramid-like peak jutting out of the frigid world’s surface: NASA

LONDON: The closer we get to Ceres, the more perplexing the dwarf planet grows. NASA's Dawn spacecraft has found several...

Coral reefs are essential for ocean health

MEXICO: Coral reefs are essential to ocean health, but dangerous coral bleaching is occurring more often and more widely due...

Almost 12,314 birds of various species found

HONG KONG: As many as 12,314 birds of various species were found during the day-long summer bird count exercise at...

Astronomers find evidence of hidden supermassive black holes in the Universe

EUROPE: Astronomers have found evidence for a large population of hidden supermassive black holes in the Universe. Using NASA's Nuclear...

Now computer compete human brain

MEXICO: It's easy to draw parallels between computers and the human brain: they both use electrical signals, store large amounts...

Polar bears are on the brink of extinction because of climate change, research

WASHINGTON: A report published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has revealed that polar bears are on the brink...

Roadmap helps to understand the phenomena of space weather affect our daily activities on Earth

MEXICO: The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) and the International Living With a Star (ILWS) organization have released a global...

Millions of hidden black holes exist in our Universe

LONDON: Black holes are, by definition, impossible to see by conventional methods and are often further obscured by thick blankets...

Philae’s comet may host alien ‘life’, astronomers

WASHINGTON: Astronomers proposed a novel explanation on Monday for the strange appearance of the comet carrying Europe's robot probe Philae...

Discovery of a ring of rocks circling a very young star

WASHINGTON: A team of astronomers led from St Andrews and Manchester universities announced the discovery of a ring of rocks...

New Horizons spacecraft to be back in service today

MEXICO: NASA said it expects the New Horizons spacecraft to be back in service on Tuesday after a computer crash...

Pakistan’s 5000 glaciers are retreating faster than the worlds

KARACHI: Pakistan’s 5000 glaciers are retreating faster than any other part of the world, according to Pakistan Economic Survey 2014-15....

Spiders are able to migrate across vast distances

MEXICO: Spiders can travel large distances across water like ships, using their legs as sails and their silk as an...

Astronomers discover 5 hidden supermassive black holes