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Cooking fats in the atmosphere may affect climate

Tthe formation of these highly ordered structures is likely to affect how clouds form.

26 Nov 2017 1:48 PM IST

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Mystic Mantra: A good planet, a good life

Spirituality essentially means an all-inclusive experience.

6 Sept 2017 12:46 AM IST

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Not enough fruits, vegetables to feed the planet: Study

Consumers would need to eat less meat, and the agri-food sector would have to produce more plant proteins for things to...

29 Oct 2018 1:31 PM IST

A round frozen world just 186 miles (300 kilometres) across, the Goblin was spotted by astronomers in 2015 around Halloween, thus its spooky name. (Photo: AP)

Scrawny dwarf planet, named Goblin, found well beyond Pluto

A scrawny dwarf planet nicknamed the Goblin has been discovered well beyond Pluto.

3 Oct 2018 9:22 AM IST

Vegan diets, which are rich in plant-based organic foods, may be better for the the planet than one high in animal products, a study

Vegan diets maybe good for environment: study

Environmental effects of production systems are not uniform and can be impacted by climate.

11 Feb 2018 4:36 PM IST

The ExoMars Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System, CaSSIS, captured this view of the rim of Korolev crater (73.3ÂºN/165.9ÂºE) on 15 April 2018. Scientists combined three pictures taken by the Trace Gas Orbiters camera instrument, CaSSIS, from an altitude of 400 kilometers (249 miles). (Photo: AP)

European Space Agency releases 1st image from Mars orbiter

The European Space Agency has released its first image taken by a probe orbiting Mars, showing the ice-covered edge of a...

27 April 2018 5:03 PM IST

Planet Nine does exist, and may be 10 times the mass of the Earth and 20 times away from the Sun than Neptune, NASA scientists say

Humans did not come from Earth, claims scientist

According to experts, life spreads like an interstellar infection and clusters of planets in the galaxy have alien...

23 April 2018 12:39 PM IST

On its website, NASA explains that it does use the materials for wind experiments launched on sounding rockets to the upper atmosphere.

NASA may soon identify 2,400 alien planets

NASA has identified 2,400 alien planets orbiting faraway stars in different solar systems.

19 April 2018 8:04 AM IST

Astronomers have found a nearby star munching on a planet or mini-planets. (Photo: AP)

Astronomers discover nearby star that could be chomping a planet

A NASA space telescope noticed that the star suddenly started looking a bit strange last year.

20 July 2018 2:33 PM IST

In June, it reached its lowest orbit yet, skimming the surface from just 22 miles (35 kilometres) up. (Photo: NASA)

NASA spacecraft sending back close-ups of dwarf planet Ceres

The spacecraft has been circling Ceres since 2015.

4 July 2018 11:02 AM IST

With the help of an equipment named coronagraph, the scientists managed to get a clear picture.

New baby planet shot 370 light years away from Earth

The planet is actually being born around a star which, as per the cosmological timescale, is young with 5.4 million...

3 July 2018 5:03 PM IST

Small stars can readily form rocky planets but do not gather enough material together to form Jupiter-sized planets. (Photo: Facebook/UniversityOfWarwick)

Formation of planets' revealed by new space discovery

Researchers have discovered a planet approximately 45 million years old, orbiting one of its brightest young stars.

27 July 2019 11:33 AM IST