Debris disks don`t need planets to form rings

Last Updated: Saturday, July 13, 2013, 21:09

A new study has found that a debris disk does not need planets to produce narrow rings on its own.

Herschel Space Observatory discovers 6 Sun-like stars with dust belts

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2013, 12:22

An international team of scientists, has observed six stars similar to the Sun with extraordinary dust belts.

NGT prohibits dumping of rubble in ridge area

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 21:12

National Green Tribunal today prohibited dumping of debris in reserved forest area of the ridge here and directed the DDA and the Public Works Department (PWD) to remove the rubble thrown there.

Hubble finds dead stars `polluted` with Earth-like planetary debris

Last Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013, 18:44

The NASA/ ESA Hubble Space Telescope has found signs of Earth-like planets in the atmospheres of a pair of burnt-out stars in a nearby star cluster.

First Japan tsunami debris confirmed in California

Last Updated: Saturday, April 27, 2013, 12:17

A Japanese fishing boat washed across the Pacific following the 2011 tsunami has been confirmed as the first piece of debris to reach the coast of California, officials said Friday.

Kasturba Gandhi hospital wing collapses in Bhopal; 2 dead, 14 hurt

Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013, 18:25

At least two people were confirmed dead by late Friday evening as a portion of women’s ward at Kasturba Gandhi hospital collapsed here. The collapse injured 14 people, including patients.

Space debris problem now urgent: Scientists

Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013, 09:38

Governments must start working urgently to remove orbital debris, which could become a catastrophic problem for satellites a few decades from now, a space science conference heard on Thursday.

Plans to clean up space debris underway

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 18:10

As space experts are meeting to try to solve the growing problem of space junk, British scientists have invented a harpoon that could punch a hole in space debris and send it crashing safely back down to Earth.

`Catastrophic` space debris collisions expected to rise

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 14:07

Some satellite orbits will become extremely hazardous over the next 200 years if space debris is not actively tackled, a new study has warned.

Japan donates $5 mn for tsunami debris cleanup

Last Updated: Friday, November 30, 2012, 16:08

Japan is providing USD 5 million to the US to help with collection and disposal of marine debris from its March 2011 tsunami disaster.

Arctic deep-sea litter doubles in last decade

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 24, 2012, 20:41

Scientists have found the amount of debris lying on the ocean floor in the Arctic has doubled over the past decade.

Plan to switch Space Station’s orbit dropped

Last Updated: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 10:00

Russia`s Mission Control Center announced that it dropped an earlier plan to move the International Space Station into a different orbit to avoid possible collision with space debris.