NASA's Juno Mission exits safe mode, performs trim maneuver
Oct 27, 2016, at 03:04 pm
Washington, Oct 27 (IBNS): NASA’s Juno spacecraft at Jupiter has left safe mode and has successfully completed a minor burn of its thruster engines in preparation for its next close flyby of Jupiter.
Study: Planet orbiting nearest star could be habitable
Oct 26, 2016, at 03:22 pm
Washington, Oct 26 (IBNS): A rocky extrasolar planet with a mass similar to Earth’s was recently detected around Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our sun.
Changing colors in Saturn's north
Oct 22, 2016, at 02:06 pm
Washington, Oct 22 (IBNS): These two natural color images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft show the changing appearance of Saturn's north polar region between 2012 and 2016.
Uranus may have two undiscovered moons
Oct 22, 2016, at 01:51 pm
Washington, Oct 22 (IBNS): NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus 30 years ago, but researchers are still making discoveries from the data it gathered then.
Kolkata to host National Robot Championship
Oct 22, 2016, at 02:05 am
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IBNS) World Robot Olympiad India (WRO India) is the biggest Robotics competition in India for students between the age group of 9 to 25 years. National Championship for Robotics is going to be held in Kolkata on Sunday at the Netaji Indoor Stadium from 11 AM to 5 PM.
Cassini sees dramatic seasonal changes on Titan
Oct 21, 2016, at 02:11 pm
Washington, Oct 21 (IBNS): (As southern winter solstice approaches in the Saturn system, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has been revealing dramatic seasonal changes in the atmospheric temperature and composition of Saturn's largest moon, Titan.
NASA, Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum host discussion on solar hazards in exploration
Oct 20, 2016, at 02:57 pm
Washington, Oct 20 (IBNS): Understanding the hazards of space weather on crewed and robotic missions is vital to informing plans for NASA’s Journey to Mars and other missions into our solar system, and beyond.
New Horizons: Possible clouds on Pluto, next target is Reddish
Oct 19, 2016, at 09:44 pm
Washington, Oct 19 (IBNS): Hubble Space Telescope data suggests that 2014 MU69, a small Kuiper Belt object (KBO) about a billion miles (1.6 billion kilometers) beyond Pluto, is as red, if not redder, than Pluto. This is the first hint at the surface properties of the far flung object that New Horizons will survey on Jan 1, 2019.
Historical records may underestimate sea level rise
Oct 19, 2016, at 09:39 pm
Washington, Oct 19 (IBNS): A new NASA and university study using NASA satellite data finds that tide gauges -- the longest and highest-quality records of historical ocean water levels -- may have underestimated the amount of global average sea level rise that occurred during the 20th century.
Cloudy nights, sunny days on distant hot Jupiters
Oct 19, 2016, at 09:25 pm
Washington, Oct 19 (IBNS): The weather forecast for faraway, blistering planets called "hot Jupiters" might go something like this: Cloudy nights and sunny days, with a high of 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit (about 1,300 degrees Celsius, or 1,600 Kelvin).
Earth's Moon hit by surprising number of Meteoroids: NASA
Oct 14, 2016, at 03:19 pm
Washington, Oct 14 (IBNS): The moon experiences a heavier bombardment by small meteoroids than models had predicted, according to new observations from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft.
Atlantic storm system delays NASA resupply launch to Space Station
Oct 13, 2016, at 03:58 pm
Washington, Oct 13 (IBNS): NASA and its partner Orbital ATK have postponed the launch of the company’s next commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station to no earlier than Sunday, Oct. 16, as the agency prepares for Tropical Storm Nicole at its tracking site in Bermuda.
New molecular mechanism revealed for genetic mutations in aggressive cancer cells
Oct 13, 2016, at 02:11 am
Birmingham, Oct 12 (IBNS): Scientists at the University of Birmingham have described a previously-unknown molecular mechanism that could lead to the genetic mutations seen in certain types of aggressive cancer cells, involving a cell’s own transcription machinery.
AP to host 104th Indian Science Congress
Oct 09, 2016, at 05:28 am
Tirupati, Oct 8 (IBNS): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday said Tirupati city will host the 104th Indian Science Congress next year.
TEDxCERN 2016: Ripples of curiosity arriving at CERN this November
Oct 07, 2016, at 03:10 am
Geneva, Oct 6 (IBNS): The 4th TEDxCERN event will explore curiosity and the innovations it sparks.
GSAT-18 Satellite launch: PM Modi congratulates ISRO
Oct 06, 2016, at 04:01 pm
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated ISRO following their successful launch of the GSAT-18 satellite.
India's GSAT-18 Communication Satellite launched successfully
Oct 06, 2016, at 02:32 pm
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IBNS): India’s communication satellite GSAT-18 was launched successfully by the European Ariane 5 VA-231 launch Vehicle in the early morning hours of today (October 06, 2016). The 3404 kg GSAT-18 carries 48 communication transponders in C-band, upper extended C-band and Ku-band for providing various services to the country.
Three scientists awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry
Oct 05, 2016, at 10:11 pm
London, Oct 5 (IBNS): The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists on Wednesday. officials said.
British trio win Nobel prize in Physics
Oct 04, 2016, at 09:27 pm
London, Oct 4 (IBNS): Britain's David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2016 for their work on condensed matter physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday.
Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi
Oct 03, 2016, at 09:15 pm
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet on Monday decided to award the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy.
Scientists visualise quantum behaviour of hot electrons for first time
Sep 28, 2016, at 09:07 pm
London, Sept 28 (IBNS): Scientists have, for the first time, identified a method of visualising the quantum behaviour of electrons on a surface.
NASA's hubble spots possible water plumes erupting on Jupiter's Moon Europa
Sep 27, 2016, at 03:04 pm
Washington Sept 27 (IBNS): Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa.
Jitendra Singh to inaugurate Seminar on Bamboo Development tomorrow
Sep 27, 2016, at 01:45 am
New Delhi, Sept 26 (IBNS): Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh will inaugurate a two-day seminar on Bamboo Development here on Tuesday.
8 satellites launch: Narendra Modi congratulates ISRO
Sep 26, 2016, at 03:37 pm
New Delhi, Sept 26 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated ISRO on successful launch of PSLV-C35/SCATSAT-1 and 7 co-passenger satellites.
ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with SCATSAT-1, 7 others launched
Sep 26, 2016, at 02:57 pm
Sriharikota, Sept 26 (IBNS): India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, in its thirty-seventh flight (PSLV-C35), launched the 371 kg SCATSAT-1 for ocean and weather related studies and seven co-passenger satellites into polar Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO) on Monday.
India to host 1st BRICS Young Scientists Conclave
Sep 25, 2016, at 03:56 pm
New Delhi, Sept 25 (IBNS): The Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, under the BRICS framework, is hosting a five day event where a group of about 50 young scientists/ researchers from BRICS countries are meeting in Bengaluru from Sept 26-30.
Successful SCOAP3 Global Open Access initiative continues for three more years: CERN
Sep 21, 2016, at 03:14 am
Geneva, Sept 20 (IBNS): After three years of successful operation and growth, CERN on Tuesday announced the continuation of the global SCOAP3 Open Access initiative for at least three more years.
NASA's IceBridge observes effects of summer melt on Greenland Ice Sheet
Sep 17, 2016, at 04:27 am
California, Sept 16 (IBNS): NASA's IceBridge, an airborne survey of polar ice, flew over the Helheim/Kangerdlugssuaq region of Greenland on Sept. 11, 2016.
Laughter-based exercise program for older adults has health benefits, Georgia state researchers find
Sep 17, 2016, at 04:14 am
Atlanta, Sept 16 (IBNS): Incorporating laughter into a physical activity program that is focused on strength, balance and flexibility could improve older adults’ mental health, aerobic endurance and confidence in their ability to exercise, according to a study led by Georgia State University.
A tight squeeze for electrons – quantum effects observed in 'one-dimensional' wires
Sep 16, 2016, at 10:14 pm
London, Sept 16 (IBNS): Researchers have observed quantum effects in electrons by squeezing them into ne-dimensional ‘quantum wires’ and observing the interactions between them.