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Scientists recreate crust of Jupiter`s moon Europa

Last Updated: Saturday, March 15, 2014, 14:21

Scientists suspect that inside Europa, one of the icy moons of Jupiter, reservoirs of liquid water exists, the essential element for life on Earth.

Fuel cells could reveal how life arose on Earth

Last Updated: Friday, March 14, 2014, 12:37

Researchers have found a unique way to study the origins of life: fuel cells.

Even you can map moon, say researchers

Last Updated: Friday, March 14, 2014, 12:33

A team of scientists working with the CosmoQuest virtual research facility (CosmoQuest.org) have shown that it is possible for everyday people to map the Moon with the same quality as a group of experienced professionals.

Asteroid to black out bright naked-eye star late Wednesday night

Last Updated: Friday, March 14, 2014, 10:25

A faint asteroid, Erigone, will dramatically black out a bright naked-eye star, Regulus, very late next Wednesday night for more than 20 million people in the New York metropolitan area and parts of Long Island, New Jersey, Connecticut, upstate New York, and Ontario.

Gear up for the spectacular `Live From Space` event on TV

Last Updated: Thursday, March 13, 2014, 20:05

Space-enthusiasts have many more reasons to smile as they can now gear up for a spectacular two-hour special `Live from Space` programme, a television treat, which will be broadcast live from the International Space Station.

Some galaxies in early universe grew up quickly

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 16:15

A team of researchers has discovered the most distant examples of galaxies that were already mature and massive.

NASA`s Mars Orbiter still functional after suffering computer glitch

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 16:14

NASA`s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) made an unscheduled computer swap on March 9, forcing the mission into a temporary "safe mode."

Components of Venus` acidic cloud cover identified

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 12:46

A team of researchers used rainbow-like light phenomenon observed on Venus cloud tops to identify the components of the planet`s acidic cloud cover.

Milky Way`s location among `Council of Giants` mapped

Last Updated: Wednesday, March 12, 2014, 10:43

Researchers have found that the Milky Way and Andromeda are encircled by twelve large galaxies arranged in a ring about 24-light-years across.

How planet-forming dust and gases in Orion Nebula are blasted off

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 21:50

Astronomers have revealed how planets in the Orion Nebula are blasted before they even form.