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NEW DELHI: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has released an image of Mars' Arabia Terra region in full coloured resolution....

Scientists discovered 1st oceanic microplate in Indian Ocean

WASHINGTON: An international team of scientists has discovered the first oceanic microplate in the Indian Ocean -- identifying when the...

Ancient imperial edicts revealed in north China

BEIJING: Two imperial edicts written on silk scrolls during the Ming Dynasty more than 500 years ago have been discovered...

Researchers discovered five new wasp species in India

BANGALORE: A team of Indian researchers has discovered a unique group of five new wasp species from different parts of the...

NASA astronauts ended almost 8 hours spacewalk on ISS

CANADA: NASA astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren on the International Space Station (ISS) ended their seven-hur and 48 minute...

European spacecraft dropped tiny robot lab on the surface of comet

NEW YORK: A year ago on Thursday, the world held its collective breath as a European spacecraft dropped a tiny...

Ice gravity, Earth structure variations could affect melting of Antarctic Ice, research

CANADA: Researchers from New York University, McGill University and Pennsylvania State University found that the projected melting of Antarctic ice...

Mars tearing its two moons

LONDON: Mars is slowly tearing apart one of its two moons, and the circling body, dubbed Phobos, could eventually completely...

NASA takes close-up video of sun shows solar materials erupting out of surface

MEXICO: In a new video released by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the sun can be seen erupting...

Evidence of two possible volcanoes on the dwarf planet’s surface

BRENT: Images returned from the New Horizons spacecraft that sped past Pluto earlier this year have shown evidence of two...

Persian Gulf could be too hot for humans by the end of this century

EUROPE: A new study carried out by two American researchers suggests that the temperatures in the middle East Counties -...

Differences between moon and Earth

CANADA: Scientists in the United States have proposed a new theoretical model that could explain the origin of some of...

Two huge mountains on Pluto could be ice volcanoes

FRANCE: The informally named feature Wright Mons, located south of Sputnik Planum on Pluto, is an unusual feature that’s about...

No signs of alien life around star KIC 8462852

LONDON: There exists no radio signal that could indicate signs of extraterrestrial chatter around the star KIC 8462852, said researchers...

Thousands of undelivered 17th century letters found in leather trunk from Netherlands

MALI: Thousands of undelivered 17th century letters have been found in a leather trunk in the Netherlands, ranging from an...

Giant radio galaxies are extremely rare

LONDON: Scientists have argued that the presence of a super massive black hole at the center of the galaxy must...

NASA’s SDO shows an active region on sun

WASHINGTON: This close-up video by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) shows an active region on the sun which erupted with...

HTC 728G dual-SIM at Rs. 17,990 launched

MUMBAI: Taiwanese handset-maker HTC launched a new smartphone with 2TB storage - HTC 728G dual-SIM - priced at Rs. 17,990....

6m years old elephant skull revealed in China

BEIJING: A skull of an elephant species dating back to around six million years has been discovered in southwest China’s...

Astronauts spent almost 8 hours outside ISS to repair its cooling system