NASA launches TESS spacecraft to look for planets beyond our galaxy
After the launch of NASA’s planet-hunting spacecraft, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) on Wednesday, on top of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral....
U.S. officials warn of North Atlantic right whales’ extinction
Scientists in the United States warned last week about the impending extinction of the North Atlantic right whale. The animal population is decreasing at...
Scientists challenge Einstein’s conclusion on speed of light
A team of physicists hailing from the Imperial College in London and the Perimeter Institute in Canada recently proposed an experiment to test the...
Pence chooses to go to the moon again
At the first meeting of the reinstated National Space Council (NSC) on Thursday, Vice-President Mike Pence said the United States will send astronauts to...
Hubble spots light-eating exoplanet WASP-12b
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope observed the exoplanet WASP-12b on Thursday to calculate how much light it reflects back into space. The Hot Jupiter is...
Mega Earthquake in Aleutian Islands will trigger devastating Tsunami in Hawai
A research report published by scientists from Hawai on May 15, 2016 predicts the chances of a mega earthquake at the Aleutian Islands within...
Tiangong 1 finally reenters Earth safely
The Chinese space station Tiangong 1 has finally landed on Earth, and its arrival took place around 8 PM ET on April Fool’s Day...
China clones monkeys for the first time ever
Chinese scientists from the Chinese Academy of Science's Institute of Neuroscience created two macaques named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, using Somatic Cell Nuclear...
Google Celebrates Stephen Hawking’s Posthumous 80th Birthday with Captivating Doodle
Foremost astronomer and physicist would have celebrated his 80th birthday on January 8, 2022, if he was alive – but Google celebrated the occasion...
Bizarre Fossil hints about Ocean’s first vegetarian reptile?
In 2014, scientists unearthed the bizarre fossil of a crocodile-sized sea-dwelling reptile which is believed to be lived on Earth more than 250 million...