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.

`Sleeping` sun could cause devastating new `mini` ice age in Europe

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 14:28

Scientists have warned that the recent lack of activity in sun could lead to a new mini ice age, just like 17th century`s Maunder Minimum, in European countries.

Rosetta craft`s comet landing to reveal secrets of solar system`s origin and evolution

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 14:43

Rosetta craft, which was woken up from its slumber recently, aims to deal with the origin and evolution of the solar system.

`Very few asteroids in solar system may be worthy of getting mined`

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 12:22

A new study has suggested that that few asteroids are going to be worth mining.

Scientists develop laser that could help find smaller planets

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 21:46

Scottish scientists are developing a new kind of laser that could help astronomers to find small Earth-like planets outside our solar system.

New technique to measure mass of exoplanets

Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 20:16

MIT scientists have developed a new technique to measure the mass of exoplanets, which can help determine if any of these far-off worlds are habitable.

Water vapour found venting from Jupiter`s moon Europa

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 11:17

The Hubble Space Telescope has detected the first strong evidence of water plumes erupting from the icy surface of one of Jupiter`s moons Europa.

End of universe `closer than previously thought`

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 10:36

Physicists have long predicted that the universe may one day collapse, and that everything in it will be compressed to a small hard ball, but now researchers have confirmed these predictions, claiming that the risk of a collapse is even greater than previously thought.

Astronomers discover exoplanet that shouldn`t be there

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 13:58

A team of astronomers were left mystified after they discovered a giant planet orbiting its star at 650 times the average Earth-Sun distance.

Alien life could be found within 10 years: Astrobiologists

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 15:49

Signs of life beyond Earth could be found within 10 years, astrobiologists told House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on Wednesday.

Ocean below Jupiter`s moon Europa may have heat, energy to sustain life

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 11:20

Researchers have shown that the subsurface ocean on Jupiter`s moon Europa may have deep currents and circulation patterns with heat and energy transfers capable of sustaining biological life.