Saturn: Up, Close and Personal!

All you astronomy freaks, take out you telescope and be prepared. Saturn is gonna be closest to Earth tomorrow. ICTMN reported that this is the closest Saturn has been to Earth in six years (putting it at about 746 million miles away, as opposed to one billion at its farthest), and a small telescope—even a cheapo department-store...

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Sleeping in Space

These days internet is filled with videos about space - how to eat there, brush there, shit there. Latest is the one about how to sleep there!  Phew! People are so bored in space, having nothing to do, that they actually make tutorials about everything they do there. Now, what will I do learning about how to brush in space or how to sleep there! It's not like in case of emergency, when NASA runs out of people,...

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Saturn: Rain Over Me!

A new study by scientists at University of Leicester, England, reveals that the Saturn's rings cause rain of charged water particles into its atmosphere. The study, whose observations were funded by NASA reveals that the rain falls over a large portion which influences the composition and temperature structure of parts of Saturn's upper...

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The Beginning of The Universe- For Beginners!

Here's a trending video from YouTube about the beginning of the universe for beginners! Enjoy and learn! ...

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World's Lightest Material: Carbon Aerogel

Scientists at Zhejiang University have produced a substance that is the World's lightest substance till date. It has the density equal to only one-sixth of the density of air. Professor Gao Chao is the head of the team which built Carbon Aerogel, the solid material which has a density of only 0.16 mg/cubic centimetre. The...

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Sunita Williams revives hopes of Indo-US joint space mission!

Sunita Williams visited India yesterday at the invitation of National Council of Science Museums, Kolkata. She interacted with the students and tried to familiarize them with the opportunities in the space research and missions. She said, "Obviously, there is capability in India to do lot more in space research. So far, (the country) is launching satellites and launching people. The kids here are interested...

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Arctic to get Greener!

In a paper published in Nature Climate Change, scientists have revealed that the Arctic is about to get greener in the coming decades. The scientists have revealed new models projecting that wooded areas in the Arctic could increase by as much as 50 percent till 2050 due to global warming. It is quite ironical but this increase...

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