Science

LONDON: Scientists from Oxford University's Zoology Department are studying how a spider typically found in UK garden centres spins its...

Mars rover Curiosity gets software upgrade, back online again

WASHINGTON: Mars rover Curiosity is back online again after a short break to get a software upgrade and has lost...

Kepler astronomers discover 11.2 billion years old ancient star with five Earth-size planets

LONDON: Astronomers poring over four years of data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft have discovered a star that’s 11.2 billion years...

Jet Propulsion Laboratory designing copter drone for NASA’s Mars Rover

PARIS: Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineers are working on creating a helicopter drone that could be added to NASA's next generation...

Emergency meeting held by scientists to save endangered rhinos

HONG KONG: Conservationists and scientists have held talks in Kenya this week to come up with a last ditch plan...

Earliest Dinosaurs & Snakes lived together in Middle Jurassic era

HONG KONG: During the period of the Middle Jurassic the ancient snakes used to feed on dead dinosaurs and usually...

Astronomers observe black hole choking on a Star

MEXICO: In 2009, a very bright flash of light was caught by the ROTSE IIIb telescope, sparking confusion as to...

184 wolves culling last hope for South Selkirk mountain caribou herd

WASHINGTON: Local environmental groups are at odds over the province’s recent decision to cull nearly 200 wolves in the region,...

Ancient snake fossils date back around 167 million years

NEW YORK: A research team led by Michael Caldwell, a paleontologist from the University of Alberta, announced that the four...

3 new things we know about space

NEW YORK: We're in what you could call the golden age of discovery when it comes to space. It seems...

5-teams awarded $5.25m to land a private spacecraft on moon

EALING: The Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Lunar Xprize contest led to 5 teams being awarded a combined $5.25 million on Monay for...

Space probe launches to study mystery of Northern lights

LONDON: Utah State University along with NASA has successfully started a probe into the mystery of northern lights. The Aurora...

Five Earth-sized planets discovered revolving around a Sun-like star

MEXICO: Scientists led by the University of Birmigham asteroseismologists newly discovered a new solar system that has five Earth-sized planets...

Two Zebra sharks born via artificial insemination at Long Beach Aquarium

FRANCE: Two 10-month old Zebra sharks debuted at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach and are also the...

Cutting carbon emissions to limit global temperatures to 2°C rise can be achieved

LONDON: A new online tool shows, cutting carbon emissions to limit global temperatures to a 2°C rise can be achieved...

Why native Polynesian culture famous for giant stone statues disappeared so abruptly

LONDON: Easter Island secrecy has been solved, with researchers saying they know the reason that the native Polynesian culture famous...

SpaceX unveils launch of Falcon Heavy, world’s most powerful rocket

LONDON: It will be a few more months before SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center in...

Astronomer working on large rings of particles, sun-like star some 3 quadrillion miles away

HONG KONG: A University of Rochester astronomer is part of a group of scientists who have been doing some detective...

Oldest known star with 5 Earth-size planets discovered by astronomers

bySana Anwar

MEXICO: The newly discovered solar system which consists of the oldest star with Earth-size planets ever found proved that such...

Asteroid that buzzed by earth has its own moon at 745,000 miles