Science & Technology - Briefs
Scientists find new mechanism that contributes to Arctic warming
New research says the Arctic Ocean traps more energy from far infrared radiation than previously estimated
Voyager 1 set to cross new frontier
NASA says spacecraft floating in heliosheath, and on the verge of crossing over to the interstellar space
Bad news from above
A new space-borne instrument helps NASA scientists come to a 'comprehensive' conclusion that the earth is being exposed to increasing amounts of …
NASA’s NuSTAR clicks first solar image
Picture is the most sensitive solar portrait ever taken in high-energy X-rays.
NASA records hottest August since 1880
Antarctica temperatures were 4°C above normal; India recorded a spike of 1-2°C
Antarctic ozone layer hole keeps shrinking in 2022: NASA, NOAA
Ban on chemicals adopted by Montreal Protocal attributed to gradual ozone layer recovery
There’s a splitting dent in Earth's magnetic field; here’s why NASA will track it
The weakening field poses concern for low-Earth orbit satellites: Highly charged particles may cause a glitch in the satellite or permanently …
Test drive to Mars
India’s first inter-planetary flight is now well on its way. Once the satellite orbits the Red Planet, the country will become the fourth …
Mars mission: our personal Star Trek episode
Why we need to spend more on science than on going to movies or cricket
Meltdown
African dryland trees store less carbon than believed earlier, finds study
Study by team including NASA scientists estimates carbon stocks of trees in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa; calculates 840 million …
Powerful typhoon headed for Philippines
Country’s disaster management officials have alerted authorities to keep relief material ready
Surface water did exist on Mars at one time, NASA’s Curiosity rover finds
Findings based on Curiosity’s study of a mound arising out of a crater on the Martian surface
Most Earth-like planet yet spotted by NASA's Kepler
NASA scientists call it Earth cousin and not twin because it circles a star smaller and dimmer than our sun
NASA images show flood water spilling from Yangtze river dams
Water was seen moving through the gates of the Three Gorges Dam to the smaller Gezhouba Dam, around 26 kilometres southeast
Did life exist on Mars? NASA's 2020 mission to seek answers
US space agency aims to launch new rover to explore whether the Red Planet has an environment that suggests capability of supporting life, or …
The sound of global warming
Minnesota student used average surface air temperature data since 1880 to create musical representation of global warming
Global Eco Watch: People of Indus Valley produced earliest dairy products in the Subcontinent
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Mars may have been less oxygen-rich than previously assumed
But there’s still a possibility of life on the Red Planet, finds study
NASA draws attention to fires in Punjab fields
Plant stubble burning shows up as red dots in satellite image
Mars Mission: ISRO eyes November 2013 launch
Cabinet yet to approve the mission
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