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ISLAMABAD: U.S. space agency NASA said that its next Mars landing mission in 2016 will include two CubeSats, the first...

Polar bears in Arctic start eating dolphins due to global warming

LONDON: Scientists blame global warming for weird behaviour Polar bears in the Arctic have been seen eating dolphins for the...

ESA images suggest suitable landing place of philae lander

NEW YORK: Scientists have been searching for Philae lander ever since the robotic probe lost power after landing on Comet...

Wi Fi signal helps to count people in crowd

NEW YORK: A Wi-Fi signal can be used to count the number of people in a given space, leading to...

We can save ourselves from Earth killing asteroids

LONDON: Earlier this spring, as violence and chaos drove thousands of refugees onto rickety boats off Libya, with some drowning...

All chimpanzees are now considered to be endangered species

MEXICO: All chimpanzees are now protected under the Endangered Species Act.Under the new ruling, chimps will be protected from capture...

Philae comet robot lab makes contact again: Agency

PARIS: Europe's robot lab Philae has made followup contact with Earth more than a day after sending home its first...

Phoebe ring 7, 000 times larger than Saturn, study

EUROPE: A recent study on Saturn and its rings reveals that one of its rings called phobe ring is larger...

‘Lost in Space’ galaxy is 18m light years away in northern constellation of Draco dragon

MEXICO: Most galaxies are clumped together in groups or clusters, with a neighbouring galaxy never far away. But NGC 6503's...

HST image shows ‘Lost in Space’ galaxy in striking detail

LONDON: Most galaxies are clumped together in groups or clusters, with a neighbouring galaxy never far away. But NGC 6503's...

Terry Virts’ photos aren’t the only ones taken by an ISS astronaut

MEXICO: It’s hard to capture amazing photos the kind that inspire awe and wonder, freeze. in a split second, a...

Impact glass on Mars may preserve signs of life from distant past

HONG KONG: In the search for past alien life on Mars, the discovery of impact glass on the surface of...

Scientists captured death of white blood cell for 1st time

MEXICO: Scientists have captured the moment a white blood cell dies - and the results are spectacular. In a world...

IEA says failure of greenhouse gas cuts result in temperature rise of 2.6 degrees Celsius

LONDON: Countries' current pledges for greenhouse gas cuts will fail to achieve a peak in energy-related emissions by 2030 and...

Scientists leave isolation dome after eight months simulating life on Mars

PERTH: The crew stepped outside the dome 8,000ft up the slopes of Mauna Loa, Hawaii, to feel fresh air on...

NASA will deploy CubeSats in next Mars mission

LONDON: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to launch a stationary lander to Mars in 2016, and...

NASA starts $2b mission to explore evidence supporting life on Jupiter’s moon

WASHINGTON: The quest to explore Earth-like planets continues unabated. The recent candidate is Europa, one of the largest moons of...

Earth will be obliterated by a massive asteroid in September

LONDON: And this year mankind could be totally obliterated by a giant asteroid. It’ll probably rain too. Conspiracy theorists are...

Climate change impacts on marine environment

FRANCE: The thing about climate change is that we usually only see one side of it: the changing weather pattern...

Scientists finds new early warning system for destructive solar storms