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Supermoon To Occur Two More Times This Year
By Kamal Nayan | Jul 15, 2014 03:44 PM EDTIf you unfortunately missed the recent supermoon over the weekend on Friday, July 12, you have got another two chances this year.
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Astronomers Find Earth-Like Planet in a Two-Sun System
By Kamal Nayan | Jul 04, 2014 09:04 AM EDTAstronomers have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a single star in a two-star system, nearly 3,000 light-years away.
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In A Different Form, Huge Ocean Might Be Existing Near Earth's Core
By Kamal Nayan | Jun 15, 2014 03:04 PM EDTA vast water reservoir might be trapped hundreds of miles beneath the surface, according to a new research. The amount might be capable of filling Earth's oceans three times over.
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"This Beast" Will Approach Earth This Weekend
By Kamal Nayan | Jun 07, 2014 05:49 PM EDTA massive asteroid aka "the Beast" spotted in April is expected to buzz past Earth this weekend, according to reports.
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Newly Discovered Planet Is 17 Times Bigger Than Earth
By Kamal Nayan | Jun 03, 2014 08:13 AM EDTAstronomers have recently discovered a huge planet that is 17 times the mass of Earth. Scientists are calling it "Mega-Earth".
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We Will Find Alien Life Within 20 Years, SETI Scientists Say
By Kamal Nayan | May 29, 2014 10:02 AM EDTScientists at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute may be closer to discover alien life beyond Earth within next two decades.
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Earth in 36,422 Selfies [Video]
By Kamal Nayan | May 25, 2014 05:42 AM EDTNASA has released a 3.2 gigapixel "Global Selfie" that comprises of 36,422 individual images stitched into a mosaic representation of the Earth.
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Tiny Mites Are The Fastest Land Animals On Earth
By Kamal Nayan | Apr 29, 2014 02:21 PM EDTUp until now we all have believed that dangerous looking cheetah is the fastest living animal of our time. However this seems to be passé.
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Visualization Show Asteroids As Powerful As Nuclear Bombs Hit Earth Twice A Year [Video]
By Kamal Nayan | Apr 23, 2014 09:04 AM EDTWith the help of data from monitoring stations designed to enforce nuclear test ban treaty, a study has found that the Earth is enduring far more dangerous asteroid impact than previously thought.
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Researchers Spot Earth's 'Cousin' In Milky Way
By Kamal Nayan | Apr 18, 2014 11:09 AM EDTNASA scientists have discovered the first planet as big as Earth orbiting a star in the "habitable zone" of the Milky Way. Habitable zone is considered the range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet.
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Fluctuating Tilt In Planet's Orbit Could Harbor Life: Astronomers
By Kamal Nayan | Apr 16, 2014 10:14 AM EDTA fluctuating tilt in a planet's orbit doest not make life impossible, according to a new research. In fact, it might be helpful sometimes.
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Earth's Arid Zones Are Absorbing CO2, Study Suggests
By Kamal Nayan | Apr 07, 2014 01:24 PM EDTThe arid zones of earth constituting the most extensive ecosystems absorb significantly greater amount of emitted carbon dioxide, according to a new study.
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Tiny Microbes Almost Killed All Life On Earth
By Kamal Nayan | Apr 02, 2014 09:08 AM EDTSmall microbes found on the bottom of the ocean floor may have been the reason for the largest extinction event ever happened on the earth, according to a new study.
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Huge Solar Storm Almost Hit The Earth In 2012
By Kamal Nayan | Mar 20, 2014 09:04 AM EDTMassive solar blasts could have badly damaged electrical grids disabling satellites in space but somehow missed Earth in 2012, according to a new research.
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Earth's Crust Might Contain Water In Abundance
By Kamal Nayan | Mar 16, 2014 12:24 AM EDTResearchers have found a rare diamond which hints the possibility that beneath the planet's crust there is an ocean's worth of water. The rare diamond is believed to have survived a trip from deep within the Earth's interior.
