Finding earth-Like planets, using waves

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 17:52

What if you are told that a wave can find earth-like planets, identify unknown substances for the medical fraternity and boost the capacity of existing telecom networks?

Solar activity `not key culprit behind climate change`

Last Updated: Monday, December 23, 2013, 11:27

Researchers have said that climate change has not been strongly influenced by variations in heat from the sun.

How`s the weather on Mars today?

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 11:54

The Mars One colonization project is planning to broadcast live video from Red Planet`s surface to Earth via a privately built communications satellite and lander to launch as part of an unmanned mission to Mars in 2018.

Van Allen probes resolve mystery in Earth`s upper atmosphere

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 13:53

Researchers have claimed to have resolved decades of scientific controversy over the origin of the extremely energetic particles known as ultra-relativistic electrons in the Earth`s near-space environment.

Winter Solstice: The shortest day of 2013 is December 21

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 21:15

Usually, the winter solstice occurs on December 21.

Decades-old mystery in Earth`s upper atmosphere solved

Last Updated: Thursday, December 19, 2013, 13:33

Researchers have claimed to have resolved decades of scientific controversy over the origin of the extremely energetic particles known as ultra-relativistic electrons in the Earth`s near-space environment.

Life from Earth hitched ride to moons of Jupiter, Saturn?

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 18:19

Life from Earth may have been carried to moons of Jupiter and Saturn on rocks that blasted off our planet, scientists say.

Earth far from being fried by gamma ray burst, say researchers

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 09:50

Researchers have revealed that the chances of Earth being fried by a largest gamma ray burst are exceedingly rare.

Sumatra cave showing `stunning` tsunami record found

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 14:44

Scientists have made an amazing discovery in the form a cave on the Indonesian island of Sumatra that holds a "beautiful and stunning" record of Indian Ocean tsunamis spanning over thousands of years.