Hidden void discovered in Khufu’s Great Pyramid of Giza
An international team of scientists has discovered an unknown, large void on the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, also known as Khufu’s Pyramid....
NASA honors Apollo 1 crew fallen 50 years ago
Hundreds of people gathered along with Kennedy Space Center workers to pay tribute to NASA’s Apollo 1 crew and other astronauts fallen in the...
KIC 8462852: The alien hypothesis should be the last resort
Unusual brightness changes of the star KIC 8462852 continues to baffle astronomers and scientists alike. They have proposed several hypotheses to explain the mysterious...
UN report backs India to dominate working-age population
On 29th April, 2016, the United Nations Development Programme released their Human Resource Development Programme. The report highlighted the fact that India will be...
Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko has components of life, detects Rosetta
An important constituent of living beings which includes ingredients of DNA like protein glycine and phosphorous has been detected in the Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
This give...
Ancient DNA samples push back modern human origins
Researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden led by Carina Schlebusch authored an article published this Thursday in the journal Science, which reveals that modern...
Report: geoengineering to cool down the Earth might end up harming...
Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is a large-scale strategy developed within the field of geoengineering to remove great amounts of carbon dioxide...
Putin boosts new space race hinting at Mars missions in 2019
President Vladimir Putin has announced Russia’s plans on both manned and unmanned missions to Mars, the Moon, and deeper outer space. Most of these...
NASA’s MAVEN satellite avoids collision with Martian moon
On Tuesday, the team responsible for NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft announced they had to perform an emergency maneuver to steer clear of Phobos, one of...
Take great photos of the Full Wolf Moon 2017
The first full moon of 2017 is upon us with January’s Wolf Moon, visible in night skies since Wednesday and reaching its most visible...