A new multimillion-rand telescope in the Karoo will offer astronomers an unprecedented view of the stars. The MeerLICHT instrument in Sutherland will be specifically linked to the MeerKAT radio telescope array near Carnarvon in the Northern Cape. Unlike its bigger brother SALT (Southern African Large Telescope), the MeerLICHT is meant …
Six astronauts were forced to take refuge aboard the International Space Station's "lifeboat" crafts on Tuesday, bracing for the threat of a collision with floating space debris, the Russian space agency said. "A situation arose linked to unidentified 'space trash' passing very close to the space station. The crew was …
There could be sharp decline in global warming by 2022, as scientists claim to have unearthed evidence that the sun is poised to enter its first period of
Space Bodies Detected When They Passed In Front Of Their Stars London: An international team, including scientists from the University of Oxford, has discovered 10 new planets. Amongst them is one orbiting a star perhaps only a few tens of million years old, twin Neptunesized planets, and a rare Saturn-like …
LONDON: Japanese scientists have unveiled plans to turn the moon into a gigantic mirrorball manned by robots to provide all the Earth's energy needs. The ambitious project would result in 13,000 terawatts of continuous solar energy being transmitted back to receiving stations on Earth, either by laser or microwave. The …
As night fell on April 14, the lawns of the American Academy in Rome twinkled with candles. They represented an exact replica of the stars that would have been visible on the same day in 1611 when Galileo Galilei first demonstrated his telescope to scholars on a Roman hilltop. Four …
The 54-hour countdown that began at 3.40 a.m. on April 18 for the launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C16) from the space station at Sriharikota on Wednesday is in smooth progress, according to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) spokesperson S. Sathish.
Astronomers said on Tuesday they believed the first galaxies formed just 200 million years after the Big Bang, a finding that challenges assumptions of how the universe grew from infancy into childhood. Their evidence comes from a remote galaxy whose glimmer of light was teased open to reveal the presence …
Planetary scientists claim to have discovered evidence that the earliest rocks in the solar system were fragile and akin to candy floss rather than the hard rock as people know today. An international team, which included Curtin University, Imperial College London and Liverpool University, has provided the first geological evidence …
Boston: A Silicon Valley startup, founded by an Indian-American entrepreneur, plans to mine the moon and is in the process of building robotic rovers that will search the lunar surface for precious metals and rare metallic elements. Moon Express Inc or MoonEx, co-founded by Naveen Jain, is building the robotic …
Washington: Planetary scientists claim to have for the first time found concrete evidence for the presence of liquid water in a comet. A team, led by Arizona University in the United States, says the finding has shattered the current paradigm that comets never get warm enough to melt the ice …
Washington: Scientists have estimated the first cosmic census of planets in our galaxy and the numbers are astronomical: at least 50 billion planets in the Milky Way. At least 500 million of those planets are in the not-too-hot, not-too-cold zone where life could exist. The numbers were extrapolated from the …
