New CERN facility can help medical research into cancer

Dec 13, 2017, at 12:51 am

Geneva, Dec 12 (IBNS): The new CERN-MEDICIS facility on Tuesday produced radioisotopes for medical research for the first time.

NASA's Juno probes the depths of Jupiter's great red spot

Dec 12, 2017, at 09:56 pm

Washington, Dec 12 (IBNS): Data collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft during its first pass over Jupiter's Great Red Spot in July 2017 indicate that this iconic feature penetrates well below the clouds.

Majority of humanity say we are not alone in the universe: says study

Dec 10, 2017, at 01:17 am

New York, Dec 9 (IBNS): Since the early days of humanity people are fascinated by the mysteries of the universe and the possibility of life on other planets.

NASA asks skywatchers to gear up to experience best meteor shower next week

Dec 09, 2017, at 10:01 pm

Washington, Dec 9 (IBNS): Maybe you've already seen a bright meteor streak across the December sky? The annual Geminid meteor shower has arrived. It's a good time to bundle up, go outside and let the universe blow your mind!  

NASA explores Artificial Intelligence for space communications

Dec 09, 2017, at 09:50 pm

Washington, De 9 (IBNS): NASA spacecraft typically rely on human-controlled radio systems to communicate with Earth.

Insights on fast cockroaches can help teach robots to walk, says study

Dec 09, 2017, at 12:55 am

New York, Dec 8 (IBNS):First-time evidence that fast insects can change their gait like a mammal’s transition from trot to gallop

Most distant Black Hole discovered

Dec 08, 2017, at 10:49 pm

Washington, Dec 8 (IBNS): Scientists have uncovered a rare relic from the early universe: the farthest known supermassive black hole.

NASA-funded simulations show how massive collisions delivered metal to early Earth

Dec 06, 2017, at 01:53 pm

Washington, Dec 6 (IBNS): Planetary collisions are at the core of our solar system’s formation. Scientists have long believed that after the Moon’s formation, the early Earth experienced a long period of bombardment that diminished about 3.8 billion years ago.

Akash Missile successfully tested: Govt

Dec 06, 2017, at 01:29 am

New Delhi, Dec 5 (IBNS): The Surface to Air Missile AKASH with indigenous radio frequency seeker against target Banshee, has been successfully launched from the Launch Complex-III at ITR Chandipur today at 1338 hrs, officials said.

Study finds reading information aloud to yourself improves memory

Dec 02, 2017, at 09:50 pm

Ontario, Dec 2 (IBNS): You are more likely to remember something if you read it out loud, a study from the University of Waterloo has found.

WASP-18b has smothering stratosphere without water

Nov 30, 2017, at 03:44 pm

Washington, Nov 30 (IBNS): A NASA-led team has found evidence that the oversized planet WASP-18b is wrapped in a smothering stratosphere loaded with carbon monoxide and devoid of water.

Four decades and counting: New NASA instrument continues measuring Solar energy input to Earth

Nov 30, 2017, at 01:39 am

Washington, Nov 29 (IBNS): We live on a solar-powered planet. As we wake up in the morning, the Sun peeks over the horizon to shed light on us, blanket us with warmth and provide cues to start our day. At the same time, our Sun’s energy drives our planet’s ocean currents, seasons, weather and climate. Without the Sun, life on Earth would not exist.

NASA builds its next Mars Rover Mission

Nov 30, 2017, at 01:34 am

Washington, Nov 29 (IBNS): In just a few years, NASA's next Mars rover mission will be flying to the Red Planet.

Decline in atmospheric carbon dioxide key to ancient climate transition

Nov 29, 2017, at 01:24 am

London, Nov 28 (IBNS): A decline in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels led to a fundamental shift in the behaviour of the Earth’s climate system around one million years ago, according to new research led by the University of Southampton.

Earthworms can reproduce in Mars soil simulant, finds study

Nov 28, 2017, at 09:18 pm

New York, Nov 28 (IBNS): Two young worms are the first offspring in a Mars soil experiment at Wageningen University & Research. Biologist Wieger Wamelink found them in a Mars soil simulant that he obtained from NASA. At the start he only added adult worms.

All missions on board for NASA Heliophysics research

Nov 28, 2017, at 09:09 pm

Washington, Nov 28 (IBNS): Scientists have been studying the near-Earth environment for the better part of a century, but many mysteries — like where the energetic particles that pervade the area originate and become energized — still remain.

NASA to test advanced space wireless network and device for returning small spacecraft to Earth

Nov 25, 2017, at 11:20 pm

Washington,Nov 25 (IBNS): NASA launched the Technology Educational Satellite, or TechEdSat-6, to the International Space Station on Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on Nov. 12.

NASA links port-city sea levels to regional ice melt

Nov 22, 2017, at 09:51 pm

Washington, Nov 22 (IBNS): A new NASA tool links changes in sea level in 293 global port cities to specific regions of melting land ice, such as southern Greenland and the Antarctic Peninsula.

Cassini image mosaic: A farewell to Saturn

Nov 22, 2017, at 09:50 pm

Washington, Nov 22 (IBNS): In a fitting farewell to the planet that had been its home for over 13 years, the Cassini spacecraft took one last, lingering look at Saturn and its splendid rings during the final leg of its journey and snapped a series of images that has been assembled into a new mosaic.

Solar system’s first Interstellar visitor dazzles scientists

Nov 22, 2017, at 09:48 pm

Washington, Nov 22 (IBNS): Now, new data reveal the interstellar interloper to be a rocky, cigar-shaped object with a somewhat reddish hue.

BrahMos missile tested successfully, first in world

Nov 22, 2017, at 09:00 pm

New Delhi, Nov 22 (IBNS): BrahMos missle, which was fired from IAF's Sukhoi 30-MKI, has been tested successfully, media reports said.

Mars might be drier than previously thought, finds study

Nov 22, 2017, at 12:13 am

London, Nov 21 (IBNS): Dark features previously proposed as evidence for significant liquid water flowing on Mars have now been identified as granular flows, where sand and dust move rather than liquid water, according to a new study.

The changing colors of our living planet

Nov 19, 2017, at 12:33 am

Washington, Nov 18 (IBNS): NASA satellites can see our living Earth breathe.

NASA's Mars 2020 Mission performs first supersonic parachute test

Nov 16, 2017, at 07:40 pm

Washington, Nov 16 (IBNS): Landing on Mars is difficult and not always successful. Well-designed advance testing helps. An ambitious NASA Mars rover mission set to launch in 2020 will rely on a special parachute to slow the spacecraft down as it enters the Martian atmosphere at over 12,000 mph (5.4 kilometers per second). Preparations for this mission have provided, for the first time, dramatic video of the parachute opening at supersonic speed.

Canada based RoboGarden announces strategic partnership with Ed-tech startup Eupheus Learning

Nov 15, 2017, at 02:03 am

New Delhi, Nov 14 (IBNS): To make learning to code easier for students in India, ed-tech Company Eupheus Learning has entered in an exclusive strategic partnership with RoboGarden Inc., an international, award-winning, product development and consulting firm that operates in a wide range of technical sectors in Alberta, Canada.

Scientists discover new mechanisms that bacteria use to protect themselves from antibiotics

Nov 14, 2017, at 04:38 am

Birmingham, Nov 13 (IBNS): Researchers at the University of Birmingham have identified new mechanisms used by bacteria to resist infection-fighting antibiotics.

New study sheds light on how earliest forms of life evolved on Earth

Nov 13, 2017, at 12:47 am

Sydney, Nov 12 (IBNS): A new study led by ANU has shed light on how the earliest forms of life evolved on Earth about four billion years ago.

NASA reveals hot news from the Antarctic underground

Nov 08, 2017, at 09:47 pm

Washington, Nov 8 (IBNS): A new NASA study adds evidence that a geothermal heat source called a mantle plume lies deep below Antarctica's Marie Byrd Land, explaining some of the melting that creates lakes and rivers under the ice sheet.

‘Monster’ planet discovery challenges formation theory

Nov 05, 2017, at 01:42 am

London, Nov 4 (IBNS): A giant planet – the existence of which was previously thought extremely unlikely – has been discovered by an international collaboration of astronomers, with the University of Warwick taking a leading role.

Return of the Comet: 96P spotted by ESA, NASA Satellites

Nov 05, 2017, at 01:29 am

Washington, Nov 4 (IBNS): The ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA mission SOHO — short for Solar and Heliospheric Observatory — got a visit from an old friend this week when comet 96P entered its field of view on Oct. 25, 2017.