Yet another discovery in a series of unfolding spatial dramas propels Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, into spotlight

Tadpole like objects in the Helix nebula, detected by the Hubble telescope, suggest the presence ofhitherto unseen objects in the universe

NASA scientists have developed a new space based imager with very high resolution which will help foresters, farmers and geologists, and lay the foundation for future land imaging systems

Biologist Robert Wharton of the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada, US, is convinced that there once existed life on the Mars, planet. For the past 17 years, Wharton has been melting

Human endeavours like the building of dams are now being held responsible for the planet spinning a wee bit faster. Benjamin Chao, a geophysicistat NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,

Astronomers on the lookout claim to be finally on target with their observation of what appears to be an old isolated neutron star. This discovery might serve to throw more light on the evolutionary processes of galaxies in general and neutron stars, in p

The Indian subcontinent and Australia are moving away from each other. This is the result of the cracking up of the massive Indo- Australian crustal plate just south of the equator beneath the

The South Pole is given to changing its location every year, making the exact pinpointing ofits site, a difficult job. But, with the "advent of the Global Positioning System -the satellite based

Diamonds not only have glamour value; research reveals that they have helped solve a long standing puzzle on recycling capabilities of the earth's crust

Oxygen is the component that sustains life on earth. Too much or too little of it could change the entire life scenario on the planet. How does nature then keep the oxygen content in check?