Science/Technology

Washington: The Pilbara in northwestern Australia has some of the Earth's oldest rocks, over 3.6 billion years old, according to NASA.The iron-rich rocks were formed before the presence of atmospheric oxygen and even beginning of life.It was...

Washington: NASA announced veteran space scientist Laurie Leshin has been appointed to be the new director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory."Laurie Leshin, president of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), has been appointed director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)...

Jiuquan: China launched a Long March-4C rocket to place a new satellite in space on Wednesday.The rocket blasted off at 7:44 am (Beijing Time) at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and soon sent L-SAR 01A...

Taiyuan (China): China launched a new satellite from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in Shanxi province on Monday.The satellite, Shiyan-13, launched by a Long March-2D rocket, entered the planned orbit successfully.The launch marked the 406th mission for the Long...

New Delhi: A group of Indian and international scientists have spotted a peculiar binary star that shows heartbeat but no pulsations contrary to the norm of binary stars of sporting both heartbeats as well as pulsations. This star is...

Chandigarh: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has earned Rs 5,600 crores through launch missions over three years, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday as he opened the Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in Space Science and Technology...

Hyderabad: Earth will reach the closest point to Sun on Tuesday, Planetary Society of India (PSI) said on Monday.PSI Director N Raghunandan Kumar in a release said that Earth revolves around the Sun in an elliptical orbit. Due...

Kolkata: Scientists have long been intrigued by the presence of much higher fraction of elements heavier than iron than is expected in carbon-rich stars.  A new research by Indian astronomers has now traced its origin to the low mass companions...

Washington: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope was launched from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, on Saturday, to probe structures and origins of the universe.Launched onboard Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket at 07:20 am Eastern Standard Time (1220...

Beijing: China launched a Long March-7A rocket to place two satellites in space on Thursday.The rocket blasted off at 6:12 pm (Beijing Time) at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern province of Hainan and sent Shiyan-12 01...