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NASA Eclipse expert says eastern US will get to see Partial Solar eclipse on October 23rd

Oct 20, 2014

On Thursday, Oct. 23, the setting sun across eastern parts of the USA will be red and crescent-shaped.“It's a partial solar eclipse,” explained longtime NASA eclipse expert Fred Espenak. The new moon is going t...

NASA decodes why Sun’s outermost layer Plasma Bomb is hotter than its surface

Siddhant Ghatge

Oct 18, 2014

Innovation

NASA - Paola Testa led team of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics (CfA) has found new clues to the mystery of coronal heating using observations from the recently launched Interface Region Imaging ...

ESA Rosetta Spacecraft to try Philae probe Landing on Comet 67P

Ally Stackhouse

Sep 29, 2014

Innovation

For the first time in the history of mankind a spacecraft will try to land on a comet which is heading towards deep space on November 12th. The ESA spacecraft Rosetta will attempt to set its lander called Phila...

The Earth’s water existed even before the birth of The Sun, says scientists

Platonium

Sep 28, 2014

Innovation

In a new study, researchers found that the water found in our solar system existed even before the Sun was created. Till today we knew, Sun was responsible for the existence of life forms and water but the stud...

Water existed even before Sun was created, says study

Abby Smith

Sep 27, 2014

Innovation

The water on Earth is so that that it predates the sun

Half of Earth’s water formed by Interstellar ice is older than the Sun and Solar System

Charles Omedo

Sep 27, 2014

Innovation

"A significant fraction of Earth's water is likely incredibly old, so old that it predates the Earth itself. For me, uncovering these kinds of direct links between our daily experience and the galaxy at large i...

Earth's Water Is More Ancient Than the Sun

Major portion of Earth’s water formed by Interstellar Ice is older than The Sun

Ally Stackhouse

Sep 26, 2014

Innovation

The earth is covered 70% with water. Water constitutes a major portion of the Human body and life also originated in water. Water is therefore essential for the birth of life. Water is a key element used by sci...

Surgeon General issues tanning warning, causes skin cancer

Platonium

Jul 29, 2014

Health

There has been a whopping 200 percent increase in diagnosed melanoma cases since 1973, the acting U.S. Surgeon General recently reported. As a result, he has asked people to give up or limit use of indoor tanni...

NASA study says Earth survived Sun’s two coronal mass ejection

Abby Smith

Jul 26, 2014

Innovation

NASA - According to a recent study, two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) erupted from the Sun on 23rd July 2012 and traveled with a speed of 3,000 KM per second towards Earth. Fortunately for us, they did not stri...

Plant photosynthesis boosted by molecular vibrations

Platonium

Jul 14, 2014

Innovation

Scientists used ultrashort pulses of light to take a closer look at photosynthesis in plants, and, in doing so, discovered that molecular vibrations can actually enhance the efficiency of photosynthesis. The...

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