Alien life may have evolved just after Big Bang

Last Updated: Sunday, February 2, 2014, 14:06

Exoplanets may have been teeming with alien microbial life just 15 million years after the Big Bang, according to a Harvard scientist.

Space agencies gearing up against future asteroid strikes

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 15:27

With a mandate from the UN, space agencies from all over the world are about to establish a high-level group to help coordinate global response should a threatening asteroid ever be found heading towards Earth.

Large amounts of water stored deep in the Earth

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 21:29

Vast amounts of water could be lying buried deep beneath the Earth`s mantle, a new research suggests.

Scottish Mars exploration plan given 4 mn pound funding

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 11:29

A space programme led by a Scottish research group has received about 4 million pounds in funding to develop a drill to explore the surface of Mars.

Tallest woman on earth finds new lease of life at AIIMS

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 00:51

For the 25-year-old Siddiqa Parveen, her height, which has earned her the distinction of being the tallest woman on earth, was cause more for pain than joy.

Ageing ISS a space lab of `unlimited` opportunity

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 13:59

It may be 350 kilometers (215 miles) above Earth and a place that only a privileged few will ever visit, but the ISS is crucial to advances in science, health and technology, experts say.

Interplanetary dust jump-started life on Earth?

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 19:40

Dust coming from comets and asteroids may have delivered water and organics to the Earth - jump starting life on our planet, US researchers say.

Space dust capable of carrying water and organic compounds to planets like Earth

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 11:52

Researchers have discovered that interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) can deliver water and organics to the Earth and other terrestrial planets.

Five NASA Earth science missions set to be launched in 2014

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 13:39

For the first time in the last ten years, five NASA Earth science missions are set to be launched into space in the same year, opening new and improved remote eyes to monitor changing Earth.

Google reveals `most photographed cities` on Earth

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 13:49

Google has reportedly released its list of the most photographed locations on Earth using data from geolocated images uploaded by individual users.

Comet-chasing Rosetta spacecraft wakes up from slumber, signals Earth

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 06:50

The mission is different from NASA`s Deep Impact, a spacecraft that fired a projectile into a comet in 2005 so scientists could study the resulting plume of matter.