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Archaeologists discover 3400-year-old fortress in Romania, larger than ancient Troy

The archaeologists claim that this fortress stretched over 90 hectares, is four times larger than ancient city of Troy.

8 days ago

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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Want to make own Mars rover? This blueprint will help you

Plans for a small, portable version of the Curiosity rover that is relatively easy to build can be downloaded from the JPL site.

8 days ago

By Immanuel Jotham

If Earth was made with blueberries, how interesting it would be?

A blueberry Earth will have "a steam atmosphere covering an ocean of jam on top of warm blueberry granite," assumes an Oxford researcher.

10 days ago

By Poulami Nag

Where stargazers can see full Moon, Mercury and Venus this month

As the red planet retreats, this month's biggest attraction, apart from the Moon itself will be Mercury and Venus.

10 days ago

By Immanuel Jotham

This chart compares the smallest known exoplanets, or planets orbiting outside the solar system, to our own planets Mars and Earth.

Among thousands of exoplanets, scientists identify best candidates to search for alien life

Scientists said that as of now 3815 exoplanets have been discovered but Kepler 452bm or "Earth's cousin", now is known as the most potential candidate to support life.

10 days ago

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Aliens implanting nano-chips to control human activities, claims investigative documentary

Conspiracy theorists strongly believe that aliens have been visiting earth for hundreds of thousands of years

10 days ago

By Nirmal Narayanan

The first U.S. astronauts who will fly on American-made commercial spacecraft, to and from the International Space Station, wave after being announced, Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The astronauts are, from left to

NASA reveals names of astronauts, who will fly on first private US spaceships to make history

Nine astronauts to fly on first private US spaceships to and from International Space Station for the first time in history or space travel.

11 days ago

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Shenzhou-11 spacecraft returns after China's longest-ever manned space mission

All three of humanity's space exploration targets in one image from Earth

The image with the Moon, Mars, and the ISS are seen together was taken near Mount Remarkable National Park, Australia.

12 days ago

By Immanuel Jotham

This six-panel graphic illustrates a possible scenario for the powerful blast seen 170 years ago from the star system Eta Carinae

NASA recreates how Milky Way Star fought with siblings 170 years ago

Though it is not possible to travel back to the 1800s to once again see and record the actual eruption, a "rebroadcast" of sorts was captured by scientists, about 170 years later, now.

12 days ago

By Immanuel Jotham

Artist's conception of SIMP J01365663+0933473, an object with 12.7 times the mass of Jupiter, but a magnetic field 200 times more powerful than Jupiter's. This object is 20 light-years from Earth.

Scientists detect rogue extrasolar planetary-mass object in space, just outside solar system

The mysterious rogue planet was detected by the scientists using National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA).

12 days ago

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Canada telescope detects new radio signal from distant planet; Sign of alien civilizations?

FRBs or signals which come from the deep space from sources such as bursts from magnetars, exploding black holes, and of course, highly advanced alien civilizations if there are any.

13 days ago

By Abhirami Pillai

Prehistoric mass graves could be the result of tsunamis

Researchers studied coastal mass burial sites at the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu in the Pacific as well as in Orkney and Shetland in the UK.

14 days ago

By Immanuel Jotham

'Hope Diamond' was born hundreds of kilometres below Indian mine

Blue diamonds had to go through hellish heat and pressure, about a thousand km deep below the surface, for hundreds of years before they are spewed to the surface.

14 days ago

By Immanuel Jotham