While burning coal today causes Earth to overheat, about 300 million years ago, the formation of coal brought the planet close to global glaciation or a snowball like state
Discovery of evidence of a Martian sea could reveal clues to the origin of life on Earth.
Scientists have developed a new low-cost technology that allows telescopes on Earth to observe exoplanets with greater precision.
SpaceX launched its 14th Falcon 9 rocket of 2017 today, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket carried 10 satellites for Iridium Communications
David Meade predicts nuclear attacks and hurricanes will destroy the planet - triggered by a mysterious Planet X.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said molecules can be captured down to the level of their atoms, and snapshots can catch them in mid-movement.
A fossil of a dinosaur, believed to be the biggest ever found in Thailand, has been discovered in the country's northeastern regiony
Astronomers including one of Indian-origin have identified five pairs of supermassive black holes, each containing millions of times the mass of the Sun, in the centres of galaxies
The Nobel prize in Chemistry was won by three scientists for developing a technique to produce detailed images of life’s complex molecular machinery
The Soyuz booster, currently the only vehicle that launches crews to the International Space Station, is a modification of the R-7 rocket that put Sputnik in orbit on Oct. 4 1957.
These black hole couples formed when two galaxies merged with each other after collision, forcing their supermassive black holes close together.
Sweden's Royal Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday that the winners are Rainer Weiss of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Barry Barish and Kip Thorne of the California Institute of Technology.
Problems with our body clock have also been linked to such disorders as sleep problems, depression, heart disease, diabetes and obesity.
A strong solar storm hit Mars last month, sparking a global aurora at the Martian surface and causing the radiation level to double.
UAE has launched a Rs 890 crore Mars Science City project to provide a "viable and realistic model" to simulate living on the surface of Mars.
The discovery will help doctors understand the mechanism behind sleep patterns, hormone release, blood pressure and body temperature
An unexpectedly strong solar storm hit Mars this month, sparking a global aurora and doubling radiation levels on the red planet, Nasa scientists say
After analysing the spacecraft’s final transmission, scientists uncovered one more image – a blurred photo captured a few feet away from the comet’s surface
Lockheed Martin is among several companies working on deep space habitats with NASA, which hopes to send the first astronauts to Mars in the 2030s.
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