Heavy snow was forecast over the Great Lakes and the Cascades early Thursday, while the Southwest was to bask in warmth.
Frigid northerly winds will race across the still warm Great Lakes, picking up moisture to dump as snow on the southern and eastern shores. While most of the region will see a few inches of [...]
Two astronauts face a tedious cleaning and lube job Tuesday, the first of a series of spacewalks to resurrect a massive joint that turns one of the international space station’s power-generating solar-panel wings toward the sun.
The 10-foot-wide joint has been clogged with metal shavings from grinding parts for more than a year, limiting how much [...]
Genetically-modified maize can affect reproduction in mice, an Austrian study has found, although its authors have dismissed warnings by environmental groups that it could also harm humans.
The long-term study, which was commissioned by the Austrian health ministry, found that female mice that had been given a diet consisting of 33 percent genetically-modified (GM) maize had [...]
The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope has revealed how an expanding bubble of ionised gas about ten light-years across is causing the surrounding material to collapse into dense clumps that are the birthplaces of new stars.
The region, called RCW120, is about 4200 light years from Earth, towards the constellation of Scorpius.
A hot, massive [...]
A church as control room, the bishop’s house as office, a humble bicycle as ferry and eyes to track the smoke trail of a rocket - these were the humble beginnings when India launched a US-made rocket from Thumba, near here, in 1963. Nearly 45 years later, the country is set to launch its first [...]
A new study has determined that newborn Earth-like planets that are hot may be easier to spot because they stay that way longer than astronomers have thought.
The study has been done by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) planetary scientist Linda Elkins-Tanton.
For a few million years after their initial formation, planets like Earth may maintain a [...]
An astronomer from the University of Calgary’s Rothney Astrophysical Observatory has discovered a new comet, which is the second Canadian discovery of a comet using a Canadian telescope in nearly a decade.
The astronomer, who found the comet, is Rob Cardinal, who, on October 1, saw something move while observing a patch of sky near the [...]
Call it scent on demand. Scientists claim to have found a way to genetically enhance the scent of flowers as well as implant an odour in those that don’t have one.
According to them, scent in flowers and plants is used to attract pollinating insects like bees and beetles that pass on the pollen and help [...]
Will NASA’s flagship mission to Mars fly next year? The space agency could decide as early as Friday whether to cancel, delay or proceed with plans to launch a nuclear-powered, SUV-size rover to the red planet.
NASA has already sunk USD 1.5 billion into the Mars Science Laboratory, which is pricier than expected. The mega-rover will [...]
Excitement is in the air in this spaceport of India ahead of the impending launch of India’s first unmanned lunar mission, Chandrayaan I which, ISRO says, was aimed at unravelling many secrets of the moon.
With the blast off scheduled just two weeks away, preparations are in full swing at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) [...]