A dazzling burst of gamma rays observed in March from a supermassive black hole could have been due to a star falling into the massive black hole and being ripped apart, according to a team of astronomers.
Manikandan Raman
Jun 17, 2011
NASA scientists are getting important clues to the origin of the planet Mercury, as MESSENGER, the first spacecraft to orbit the planet, is providing ‘surprising’ data.
Sanskrity Sinha
Jun 17, 2011
Powerful gamma ray flashes first detected by NASA in late March this year may have been the death rattle of a Sun-sized star falling into a previously dormant black hole and being ripped apart, astronomers reported on Thursday.
Satya Nagendra Padala
Jun 17, 2011
The moon often changes colors during a solar eclipse, but witnesses saw a spectacular red across the moon during yesterday's eclipse. What's the reason?
Johnathan Davis
Jun 16, 2011
The moon often changes colors during a solar eclipse, but witnesses saw a spectacular red across the moon during yesterday's eclipse. What's the reason?
Johnathan Davis
Jun 16, 2011
The sun may be heading for a rest period as the sunspot cycle seems to be fading and entering towards its maximum, and there are indications of weakening magnetic activity near the poles.
Manikandan Raman
Jun 16, 2011
Many parts of the world witnessed total Lunar Eclipse on June 15, 2011, which is said to be the darkest and longest of the century, until a similar eclipse occurs again in next century in the year 2141.
Sanskrity Sinha
Jun 16, 2011
Google Doodle has come to the rescue of people in North America who missed a rare opportunity of witnessing a long lunar eclipse that began on Tuesday night.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 15, 2011
NASA's Voyager 1 could exit our solar system by 2012 and go where no man-made object has ever gone, says a new study.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 15, 2011
Both Qantas and Virgin Australia canceled flights that were scheduled for Thursday to New Zealand and (until early morning) to the western Australian city of Perth as the ash cloud from Chile’s Puyehue volcano continued to spread and strand thousands more travelers.
Mark Johanson
Jun 15, 2011
The weakening activity and fading sunspots in the sun and the activated volcanoes suggest that history truly repeats itself - the Little Ice Age is coming back.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 15, 2011
Wednesday's rare total lunar eclipse promises to be 100 minutes long. The full event can be seen from from the eastern half of Africa, the Middle East, central Asia and western Australia.
Hao Li
Jun 15, 2011
Moon will appear changing color from brilliant silver to between bright orange and blood red during the eclipse, NASA said in a statement. Find out why.
Sanskrity Sinha
Jun 15, 2011
Everybody is gearing up for a date with a moon that will turn scarlet in the shadow of Earth. You are lucky if you manage to be in Africa, Central Asia, South America, Europe, Australia or Philippines because you will be the ones to witness total lunar eclipse.
Amrutha Gayathri
Jun 15, 2011
An Italian space enthusiast named Matteo Lanneo claimed to have found a structure on the face of Mars that looks like Mahatma Gandhi.
Kukil Bora
Jun 15, 2011
Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said NASA has been an absolute case study in why bureaucracy can't innovate.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 14, 2011
New data released Tuesday at the annual meeting of the solar physics division of the American Astronomical Society in Las Cruces, New Mexico, may suggest that we are headed towards a solar event that hasn’t happened in hundreds of years.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 14, 2011
This coming Wednesday, most regions of the earth are expected to experience the longest total lunar eclipse since July 2000.
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 13, 2011
Odyssey Space Research announced that it will ship two iPhone 4s to the U.S. National Laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS).
IBT Staff Reporter
Jun 13, 2011
The Wallow fire, affecting the eastern part of Arizona and western New Mexico in the US, has affected thousands of people across the country and burnt over 600 square miles; very close to the 2002 Rodeo-Chediski Fire which affected around 732 square miles of forest area.
Monami Thakur
Jun 13, 2011
NASA has launched an international satellite that carries Aquarius instrument to measure the saltiness of Earth's oceans, a study that helps understand the global water cycle and improve climate forecasts.
Manikandan Raman
Jun 13, 2011
NASA has released a new image and scientific findings from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, the innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System.
Manikandan Raman
Jun 13, 2011
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