Science

LONDON: A comet shaped like a duck has already made history for being the first to be landed on by...

US space agency plans to send boomerang-shaped aircraft to Red planet

LONDON: The US space agency is planning to send a boomerang-shaped aircraft to Mars first to check if the conditions...

Long-term life support on Mars could be possible

CANADA: When the first two human colonists land on Mars, they could step into their ready-made living quarters, remove their...

Why some roses smell sweeter than others?

PARIS: A new pathway in the petals has been discovered which produces a fragrance that could be re-introduced into rose...

SpaceX rocket explodes minutes after takeoff

MEXICO: For 148 seconds, it seemed that SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket was on its way to fulfilling its mission: to...

Russian rocket launched unmanned cargo ship

LONDON: A Russian rocket has successfully launched an unmanned cargo ship to the International Space Station, whose crew is anxiously...

New dinosaur discovered in south China

HONG KONG: A new dinosaur discovered in south China suggests oviraptorosaurs, a range of feathered creatures, were more widely spread...

NASA monitors a newly awakened black hole eruption

LONDON: NASA is monitoring a newly awakened black hole after it released a blast of high-energy light. The explosion was...

This is how the universe will end?

NEW YORK: The Big Bang is how it all began, and the Big Rip is how it will all end.The...

How spiders use silk as sails in water

NEW YORK: Spiders are able to travel across water like ships, using their legs as sails and silk as an...

Aliens may actually exist and resemble humans

LONDON: Aliens may actually exist and resemble humans, possessing limbs and a head, and could even have the capacity to...

July month will be host two full moons, experts

LONDON: Good news for sky-gazers as a celestial event is to take place in July. The month will be hosting...

Scientists discover 48m years old fossil of a ‘Jesus lizard’

WASHINGTON: Scientists have discovered a 48-million-year-old fossil of a 'Jesus lizard', known for its ability to walk on water, in...

Mysterious spots on Pluto

LONDON: As the New Horizons spacecraft approaches Pluto, the dwarf planet become ever more fascinating — and now it's tantalizing...

Astronomers discovered white star which overabundance of infrared radiation

CANADA: Ponce de León never discovered the Fountain of Youth, but scientists may have discovered the key to eternal exoplanetary...

Sahara desert contained the world’s largest lake named Mega Chad, scientists

MALI: The Sahara, known to be the world's largest desert, used to be home to the largest freshwater lake in...

Oceans lose oxygen and become more acidic because of CO2

CANADA: Scientists have warned that marine life will be irreversibly changed unless CO2 emissions are drastically cut. Writing in Science,...

Rosetta spacecraft has massive sinkholes in its surface

HONG KONG: This is being observed by NASA’s officials through a complex inspection of Comet 67P that founded some massive...

Galaxies in early universe are hundred or thousand times larger than bright galaxies

NEW YORK: The number of distant galaxies could be 10 to 100 times fewer than earlier thought, astronomers estimate. Over...

Polar bear face life threat due to excessive emission of greenhouse- gas