NASA's K2 finds newborn exoplanet around young star
Washington, June 20 (IBNS) Astronomers have discovered the youngest fully formed exoplanet ever detected. The discovery was made using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope and its extended K2 mission, as well as the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Exoplanets are planets that orbit stars beyond our sun.
Tata Power launches new campaign to save Mahseer fish
Mumbai/Kolkata, Jun 201 (IBNS: Tata Power, an integrated power company, has been working towards conservation and saving of Mahseer through its 'Act for Mahseer' movement.
Indonesia: Floods, landslides kill 24
Jakarta, June 19 (IBNS) Heavy rainfall, which triggered floods and landslides in Central Java area of Indonesia has left at least 24 people dead, media reports said.
Poachers killed second rhino in past 7 days in Kaziranga
Guwahati, June 19 (IBNS): Poachers continued its killing spree in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP) as another one horned rhinoceros was killed at the world heritage site on Saturday night and fled with its horn, officials said on Sunday.
Hubble sweeps scattered stars in Sagittarius
California, June 18 (IBNS) This colorful and star-studded view of the Milky Way galaxy was captured when the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope pointed its cameras towards the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer). Blue stars can be seen scattered across the frame, set against a distant backdrop of red-hued cosmic companions. This blue litter most likely formed at the same time from the same collapsing molecular cloud.
Gravitational waves observed from another cosmic collision of a pair of black holes
London, June 16 (IBNS) On 26 December 2015 at 03:38:53 GMT, the twin LIGO instruments observed a binary black hole coalescence, named GW151226.
Rover opportunity wrapping up study of Martian Valley
California, June 16 (IBNS) "Marathon Valley," slicing through a large crater's rim on Mars, has provided fruitful research targets for NASA's Opportunity rover since July 2015, but the rover may soon move on.
Cabinet approves India’s Membership of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program
New Delhi, June 15 (IBNS) The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for Indian membership of the International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) consortium by signing an MoU with the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for geosciences.
NASA spots single Methane leak from Space
California, June 15 (IBNS) For the first time, an instrument onboard an orbiting spacecraft has measured the methane emissions from a single, specific leaking facility on Earth’s surface. The observation -- by the Hyperion spectrometer on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) -- is an important breakthrough in our ability to eventually measure and monitor emissions of this potent greenhouse gas from space.
Gluttonous star may hold clues to planet formation
California, June 15 (IBNS): In 1936, the young star FU Orionis began gobbling material from its surrounding disk of gas and dust with a sudden voraciousness.
Govt approves measures for conservation of lakes in Bengaluru
New Delhi, Jun 14 (IBNS): The Government has approved a series of measures for the abatement of pollution and for the conservation and preservation of lakes in Bengaluru.
Bhopal gas survivor organisations ask PM for harsher punishment against Dow Chemical
Bhopal, June 14 (IBNS) Leaders of five organisations of survivors of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal Tuesday announced the successful completion of the petition to the US Whitehouse in the matter of the criminal case on the disaster.
NASA Mars Rover descends Plateau, turns toward Mountain
Washington, June 14 (IBNS) NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has analyzed its 12th drilled sample of Mars. This sample came from mudstone bedrock, which the rover resumed climbing in late May after six months studying other features.
New planet is largest discovered that orbits two Suns
Washington, June 14 (IBNS) If you cast your eyes toward the constellation Cygnus, you’ll be looking in the direction of the largest planet yet discovered around a double-star system. It’s too faint to see with the naked eye, but a team led by astronomers from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and San Diego State University (SDSU) in California, used NASA's Kepler Space Telescope to identify the new planet, Kepler-1647b.
CERN announces winners of its 2016 beamline for schools competition
Geneva, June13 (IBNS): CERN on Monday announced the winners of its 2016 Beamline for Schools competition.