NASA Developing Swarm of Smartphone-Sized Swimming Robots to Explore Oceans on Distant Planets
NASA is working to develop a swarm of cell-phone-sized swimming robots in a bid to bolster its exploration and dig...
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Studies Intense Dust Storms on the Red Planet
US space agency NASA's Perseverance rover has been exploring Mars and digging for signs of life since it landed on...
Ancient Microbes May Help in Search for Life on Other Planets, Claims New Study
In what could be a major breakthrough in the study of life on other planets, scientists have reconstructed the condition...
Meet the ‘Zombie Star’, Residing in Spiral Galaxy NGC 1309, That Survived Supernova Blast
Astronomers have observed in a relatively nearby galaxy a star that not only survived what ordinarily should have been certain...
Indian Education Should Follow Tech-Driven Approach, Initiatives Like Digital University: Dharmendra Pradhan
A technology-driven approach and initiatives such as digital university in line with the new National Education Policy (NEP) will be...
Climate Tech Firm to Launch DAC Plant in Iceland to Capture CO2 From Air
Construction is due to begin on Wednesday on what could become the world's biggest plant to capture carbon dioxide from...
Non-Earth Like Planets Could Host Life for Billions of Years, Study Suggests
In the quest to find habitable exoplanets that can host life like Earth, liquid water has played a key role...
NASA Launches Mini Satellite Capstone to Outer Space in Bid to Return Humans to the Moon
NASA blasted a nanosatellite barely bigger than a microwave oven into outer space Tuesday, part of a landmark mission to...
NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance Rovers Must Dig Deeper for Signs of Ancient Life on Mars, Say Researchers
Researchers have discovered that NASA's Curiosity and Perseverance rovers will have to dig a bit deeper on Mars in order...
Dyslexic People, Skilled at Exploring, Helped in Evolution That Led to Human Survival: Study
While dyslexia is characterised by learning difficulties, researchers from the University of Cambridge have concluded that people with the disorder...
Growth in Space Tourism Can Take Toll on Climate, Finds Study
Rocket launches are taking a larger toll on the climate like no other, a study, published in the journal Earth's...
Clay-Bearing Sediments on Mars Indicate Life May Have Thrived on the Red Planet Billion Years Ago
Astronomers and scientists have been striving to find signs of life on Mars through sophisticated missions and extensive research. Now,...
IISc Researchers Use GPUs to Discover Human Brain Activity in Recent Study
A new Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)-based machine learning algorithm developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) can...
Two Space Startups Authorised by IN-SPACe, Marks Beginning of Private Space Sector Launches in India
The Indian Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has started authorising Indian private firms, marking the beginning of private space...
Google’s Powerful AI Spotlights a Human Cognitive Glitch: Mistaking Fluent Speech for Fluent Thought
When you read a sentence like this one, your past experience tells you that it's written by a thinking, feeling...
NASA Launches ‘Mini Hubble’ Telescope From Australian Outback
In the first of three planned launches from the Arnhem Space Centre, the rocket, carrying technology likened to a "mini...
ESA’s MARSIS Gets Software Upgrade 19 Years After Its Launch, Mars Exploration Said to Get More Efficient
The Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding (MARSIS) instrument on the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft...
Microbes Found Thriving in a Low-Oxygen, Super-Salty, Sub-Zero Spring in Canadian Arctic
Scientists have managed to find signs of microbial life in one of the harshest spots on Earth, giving further hope...
Jupiter Might Have Eaten Baby Planets To Amass Metals: Scientists
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and has a mass that is 2.5x more than all the...
Researchers Develop Nanoparticles That Can Deliver Chemotherapy Drug to Brain, Help Kill Cancer Cells
A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) created a human tissue model to demonstrate the functioning...