Science

Studies and speculations have gone hand in hand as we continue to look for planets that can support life. Several light-years away from Earth,...

Lasers have stolen much of the spotlight in recent times, thanks to their depiction in high-octane films. But there’s more to laser lights than...

For a few frenzied weeks, beekeepers from around the United States truck billions of honeybees to California to rent them to almond growers who...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX achieved yet another milestone on February 21. It has successfully landed a Falcon 9 rocket back on Earth for the 100th...

Hubble Space Telescope, a joint project by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), has been witnessing mysterious events in the Universe for over...

The first phase of the James Webb Space Telescope’s months-long process of aligning the observatory’s 18-segmented primary mirror is nearing completion. The initial stage...

We know how flames behave on Earth, thanks to our use of fire for thousands of years. But how it would behave in microgravity...

Researchers have discovered a partially complete skull of new dinosaur species in Argentina that they say could be a close relative of an armless...

NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance is celebrating the completion of its one-year stay on the Red Planet by learning to run on its rocky surface. The roughly 1,025-kg...

The race for space exploration is unfolding at an unprecedented speed. Private companies have forayed into this sector with commercial ventures, and the US...

The Universe is full of processes that are as exciting and thrilling as they are enigmatic. Astronomers have long tried to unravel these mysterious...

A new report by US government agencies has warned that coastal flooding is bound to increase significantly over the next 30 years because of...

NASA has temporarily closed the camera of one of its space-based telescopes following a power issue. The closure of the camera eye of the...

A US patient with leukaemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem...

NASA’s Juno mission has yet again stunned us with breath-taking images of Jupiter and its moon, Ganymede. Scientists are awed by an image of...

Astronomy experts say they originally misread the secrets of the night sky last month: it turns out that a rocket expected to crash into...

The rapid adoption of Artificial Intelligence has major implications for our privacy. A new study by two researchers shows that it is becoming increasingly difficult...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a stunning photograph of the surface of Mars, demonstrating how winds sculpt the landscape. The Hooke Crater...

ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C52 blasted off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 5:59am on February 14. After the end of...