Remdesivir may be a highly effective antiviral against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a new single-patient study that contradicts previous research which found the drug had no impact on death rates from the disease.
China's Chang'e-5 probe, that touched down on the moon and collected rock samples from the lunar surface to bring them back to Earth for the first time in nearly 45 years, completed its first orbital correction on Monday, the country's space agency announced.
A 2019 study found that of viruses originating from the five most common mammalian sources — primates, rodents, carnivores, ungulates and bats — those from bats are the most virulent in humans.
According to the Indian timings, the solar eclipse 2020 will begin at 7:30 pm and will continue till 12:23 am. Experts have said the surya grahan will best be visible at 8:02 am and will be at its peak at 9:43 am.
Widely recognised as the best annual meteor shower a stargazer can see, the Geminids are occurring between December 4 to December 17, with the best nights for viewing on December 13 and 14, according to NASA.
A Chinese space capsule bringing back the first moon rocks in more than four decades started its three-day return to Earth on Sunday.
The company had been planning to reach space with the test flight on Saturday but the spaceplane's engine cut off too early. Following the incident, the vehicle's two pilots flew back to Spaceport America and landed safely.
Some parts of the world are set to witness the last solar eclipse of the year, as the celestial event is set to adorn the skies on Monday, December 14. However, the eclipse will not be visible in India this time around, as it will begin when the Sun has already set, at 7:03 p.m. IST on December 14, and end at 12:23 a.m. IST on December 15.
The combination of baricitinib, an anti-inflammatory drug, and remdesivir, an antiviral, reduced time to recovery for people hospitalized with COVID-19, according to clinical trial results published Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers, including one of Indian origin, have developed a new online calculator for estimating the individual and community-level risk of dying from Covid-19.
According to the researchers, surgical masks offered 38.5 per cent filtration efficacy, but when the ear loops were tied in a specific way to tighten the fit, the efficacy improved to 60.3 per cent.
According to the study published in the journal 'PLOS One', this is a much higher proportion than reported at other hospitals in New York City during the pandemic surge, and are likely related to social inequities experienced by the surrounding population.
India will launch a communication satellite CMS-01, formerly named GSAT-12R, on December 17 evening, using its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket's XL variant numbered as PSLV-C50, the Indian space agency said on Friday.
NASA has selected an initial team of 18 astronauts, including Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari, to form the Artemis Team and help pave the way for the next lunar missions, including sending the first woman and next man to walk on the lunar surface in 2024.
Two lower, shorter SpaceX test flights earlier this year from Boca Chica, Texas — a quiet coastal village before SpaceX moved in — used more rudimentary versions of Starship. Essentially cylindrical cans and single Raptor engines, these early vehicles reached altitudes of 490 feet (150 meters).
The first high-altitude test flight of SpaceX’s futuristic Starship was aborted at the last second in Texas on Tuesday. SpaceX came close to launching a prototype of the rocketship that company chief Elon Musk is designing to carry people to Mars.
The cargo Dragon will remain at the space station for a month, before parachuting into the Atlantic with science samples and discarded gear. The crew Dragon will stay up until spring.
Former Israeli space chief Haim Eshed has claimed that aliens exist and Donald Trump knows about it.
Antibodies against the novel coronavirus may "disappear quickly" following recovery, says a new study which assessed more than 250 COVID-19 patients up to five months post-infection.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin is all set to take the first woman to the moon's surface. The Amazon billionaire and world’s richest man announced his plans in a video post on Instagram. "This (BE-7) is the engine that will take the first woman to the surface of the Moon," Bezos said in a post on Instagram with a video of the engine test this week at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Top News
Latest News
