Cassini finds global Ocean in Saturn's Moon Enceladus
Sep 16, 2015, at 10:22 pm
California, Sept 16 (IBNS) A global ocean lies beneath the icy crust of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus, according to new research using data from NASA's Cassini mission.
GSAT-6 put in its orbital slot: ISRO
Sep 07, 2015, at 01:42 am
Bangalore, Sept 6 (IBNS): The Indian Space Research Organisation on Sunday said military communication satellite GSAT-6 has been positioned in its orbital slot.
Soyuz heads to Space Station with new crew
Sep 03, 2015, at 03:24 am
California, Sept 2 (IBNS) Three crew members representing Russia, Denmark and Kazakhstan have launched to the International Space Station to provide a new ride home for the station’s one-year crew and continue important research that advances NASA's journey to Mars.
ATLAS and CMS experiments shed light on Higgs properties
Sep 01, 2015, at 07:28 pm
Geneva/Saint Petersburg, Sept 1 (IBNS): Three years after the announcement of the discovery of a new particle, the so-called Higgs boson, the ATLAS and CMS Collaborations presented for the first time combined measurements of many of its properties, at the third annual Large Hadron Collider Physics Conference (LHCP 2015).
First orbit raising operation of GSAT-6 held successfully: ISRO
Aug 30, 2015, at 12:30 am
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS) Days after the launch of GSAT-6, the ISRO on Saturday said India's latest communication satellite has performed its first orbit raising operation.
GSLV successfully launches India's latest Communication Satellite GSAT-6
Aug 28, 2015, at 01:50 am
Sriharikota, Aug 27 (IBNS) In its ninth flight (GSLV-D6) conducted on Thursday, India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, equipped with the indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS), successfully launched GSAT-6, the country's latest communication satellite, into a Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO).
India launches GSLV carrying GSAT6 satellite from Sriharikota
Aug 27, 2015, at 10:46 pm
Sriharikota, Aug 27 (IBNS): India on Thursday launched communication satellite GSAT-6 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Union Minister Harsh Vardhan visits Centre for Nano Sciences
Aug 23, 2015, at 06:32 pm
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IBNS): Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan visited the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences in Bangalore on Saturday.
NASA to test emergency locator transmitters by crashing airplane
Aug 22, 2015, at 04:49 pm
California, Aug 22 (IBNS) Using a Cessna 172 dropped from a height of 100 feet, NASA's Search and Rescue Mission Office will simulate a severe but survivable plane accident Wednesday, Aug. 26 to test emergency locator transmitters (ELTs). NASA Television will air live coverage of the test, which is scheduled to happen between 1 and 2 p.m. EDT.
Long working hours may increase the risk of a stroke
Aug 22, 2015, at 01:36 am
London, Aug 21 (IBNS) Working long may help one earn a few extra dollars, but it will come at a great cost, affecting our health.
India's nuclear programme has social relevance: Jitendra Singh
Aug 22, 2015, at 12:52 am
New Delhi, Aug 21 (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 said that India’s nuclear programme has a huge social relevance and is specifically meant for peaceful purposes.
NASA begins to build Satellite Mission to improve Hurricane forecasting
Aug 20, 2015, at 09:29 pm
California, Aug 20 (IBNS): Ten years after Hurricane Katrina formed in the Atlantic, construction of NASA’s next-generation hurricane-observing satellite mission now is underway in Texas.
NASA's next mission: Send 'your' name to Mars
Aug 19, 2015, at 11:09 pm
California, Aug 19 (IBNS) NASA on Wednesday said Mars enthusiasts around the world could participate in its journey to Mars by adding their names to a silicon microchip headed to the Red Planet aboard NASA's InSight Mars lander, scheduled to launch next year.
The ALICE experiment at CERN makes precise comparison of light nuclei and antinuclei
Aug 18, 2015, at 02:31 am
Geneva, Aug 17 (IBNS) The ALICE experiment at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN has made a precise measurement of the difference between ratios of the mass and electric charge of light nuclei and antinuclei.
BASE experiment at CERN compares protons and antiprotons with high precision
Aug 13, 2015, at 04:48 am
Geneva, Aug 12 (IBNS) In a paper published on Wednesday in Nature, the Baryon Antibaryon Symmetry Experiment (BASE) at CERN's Antiproton Decelerator (AD), reports the most precise comparison of the charge-to-mass ratio of the proton to that of its antimatter equivalent, the antiproton.
Oxymoronic Black Hole provides clues to growth
Aug 12, 2015, at 05:44 am
California, Aug 11 (IBNS) Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and the 6.5-meter Clay Telescope in Chile have identified the smallest supermassive black hole ever detected in the center of a galaxy.
New breath test shows biomarker for early-stage liver disease diagnosis
Aug 12, 2015, at 02:06 am
London, Aug 11 (IBNS) A natural compound called limonene, which is found in oranges and lemons, could be indicative in early-stage diagnosis of liver disease, according to research published in the journal EBioMedicine by researchers in the Molecular Physics Group at the University of Birmingham, UK.
New study shows how complex bonobo communication is similar to that of human infants
Aug 05, 2015, at 03:29 am
London, Aug 4 (IBNS) Researchers at the University of Birmingham have found that wild bonobos, our closest living relatives in the primate world, communicate in a similar manner to human infants, using a high-pitched call type, or 'peep', that requires context to be understood.
Latest results from LHC experiments are presented in Vienna
Jul 28, 2015, at 04:39 am
Geneva/Vienna, July 27 (IBNS): The world particle-physics community has convened in Vienna for the 2015 European Physical Society Conference on High Energy Physics (EPS-HEP2015), where the latest results in the field are being presented and discussed.
Met office issues warning for heavy to very heavy rainfall in various parts of India
Jul 26, 2015, at 11:12 pm
New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS) The Indian Meteorological Department on Sunday issued warnings of 'Heavy to Very Heavy' rainfall in various parts of India for over next two days.
NASA's Kepler Mission discovers bigger, older cousin to Earth
Jul 24, 2015, at 03:42 pm
California, July 24 (IBNS) NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed the first near-Earth-size planet in the “habitable zone†around a sun-like star. This discovery and the introduction of 11 other new small habitable zone candidate planets mark another milestone in the journey to finding another "Earth."
Jul 23, 2015, at 02:13 am
New Delhi, July 22 (IBNS): The Government on Wednesday said that through Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), the commercial arm of Department of Space, is generating income through launching of satellites of foreign countries on-board ISRO’s launch vehicle.
Second mountain range found in Pluto
Jul 22, 2015, at 06:13 pm
Washington, Jul 22 (IBNS) The New Horizons probe has tumbled on a second mountain range in Pluto.
ISRO scientists test India's most powerful Cryogenic Engine
Jul 21, 2015, at 03:16 am
New Delhi, July 20 (IBNS): India's first indigenously designed and developed High Thrust cryogenic rocket engine generating a nominal thrust of 19 tonnes has been successfully endurance hot tested for a duration of 800 seconds at ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mah
From mountains to moons: Multiple discoveries from NASA's new horizons Pluto mission
Jul 16, 2015, at 02:11 pm
California, July 16 (IBNS) Icy mountains on Pluto and a new, crisp view of its largest moon, Charon, are among the several discoveries announced Wednesday by NASA's New Horizons team, just one day after the spacecraft’s first ever Pluto flyby.
Stephen Hawking congratulates New Horizons team
Jul 15, 2015, at 07:17 pm
California, Jul 15 (IBNS) Professor Stephen Hawking, regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, congratulates the NASA New Horizons team for its Pluto mission, a report on the NASA website said.
NASA's New Horizons 'Phones Home' Safe after Pluto Flyby
Jul 15, 2015, at 03:18 pm
California, July 15 (IBNS) : The call everyone was waiting for is in. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft phoned home just before 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday to tell the mission team and the world it had accomplished the historic first-ever flyby of Pluto.
CERN's LHCb experiment reports observation of exotic pentaquark particles
Jul 14, 2015, at 11:21 pm
Geneva, July 14 (IBNS): The LHCb experiment at CERN's Large Hadron Collider on Tuesday reported the discovery of a class of particles known as pentaquarks.
PSLV successfully launches five satellites from UK
Jul 11, 2015, at 06:20 am
Sriharikota, July 10 (IBNS) In its thirtieth flight, conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota today night (July 10, 2015), ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C28 successfully launched three identical DMC3 commercial Earth Observation Satellites, along with two smaller satellites from United Kingdom, into a polar Sun Synchronous Orbit which was very close to the intended orbit of 647 km height.
PSLV C28 successfully launches five UK Satellites: ISRO
Jul 11, 2015, at 05:55 am
Chennai, July 10 (IBNS): Creating history and touching a new milestone, Indian scientist on Friday launched five British satellites into orbit from Sriharikota.