New Horizons finds blue skies and water ice on Pluto
California, Oct 9 (IBNS): The first color images of Pluto’s atmospheric hazes, returned by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft last week, reveal that the hazes are blue.
"Media reports alleging ISRO/DOS encroach lake beds of Bangalore incorrect"
New Delhi, Oct 8 (IBNS): Indian Space Research Organisation has clarified that several media reports alleging ISRO/DOS as one of the encroachers of lake beds and reserve forest land in Bangalore are incorrect.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Tomas Lindahl , Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar
London, Oct 7 (IBNS) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday announced to award Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2015 to Tomas Lindahl , Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar.
CSE releases exhaustive study of the US Climate Action Plan, flays America
New Delhi, Oct 7 (IBNS): In a severe indictment of the American Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has said the US is not doing anything extra for climate change; most of the changes are happening naturally and automatically because of economic reasons and market forces.
Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Takaaki Kajita, Arthur B. McDonald
London, Oct 6 (IBNS) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Tuesday awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2015 to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald.
International Space Station partners release major update to docking standard
California, Oct 6 (IBNS) The International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) has approved a major update to the station docking system standard.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 awarded to three scientists
London. Oct 5 (IBNS): The Nobel Prize 2015 in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi ÅŒmura and Youyou Tu for their contributions in the sector.
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS): Greenpeace India has termed the Indian government’s climate targets (INDC) of 40% electricity from non-fossil fuel sources, and 33-35% emissions intensity reduction by 2030 as ‘steps in the right direction’, but questioned the economic and social justification for a coal expansion of the scale envisioned. Greenpeace also supports India’s need for finance and technology assistance from developed countries.
India's INDC is fair, and its renewable energy and forestry targets are ambitious, says CSE
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS): Ahead of the UN Conference of Parties on Climate Change scheduled in December 2015 in Paris, India has submitted today, its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS) The Government has said that India's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) is balanced and comprehensive.
India promises to huge emissions intensity reduction by 2030
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IBNS) Ahead of the climate summit in Paris in December, India on Friday committed to reduce the emission intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 percent by 2030 from 2005 level.
NASA Selects Investigations for Future Key Planetary Mission
Washington, Oct 1 (IBNS) NASA on Thursday selected five science investigations for refinement during the next year as a first step in choosing one or two missions for flight opportunities as early as 2020. The submitted proposals would study Venus, near-Earth objects and a variety of asteroids.
Australia launches satellite to tackle slow internet speed
Sydney, Oct 1 (IBNS) The Australian Government on Thursday launched a new satellite, Sky Muster, from South America to provide high speed internet service to its rural citizens.
NASA confirms evidence that liquid water flows on today’s Mars
California, Sept 29 (IBNS) New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.
PSLV successfully launches India's Multi Wavelength Space Observatory ASTROSAT
Bangalore, Sept 28 (IBNS) In its thirty first flight (PSLV-C30) India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle on Monday successfully launched ASTROSAT, the country's Multi Wavelength Space Observatory along with six foreign customer satellites into a 644.6 X 651.5 km orbit inclined at an angle of 6 deg to the equator.