Climate-change-triggered landslide caused Earth to vibrate for nine days, study finds
Sep 13, 2024, at 11:18 pm
A landslide in a remote part of Greenland caused a mega-tsunami that sloshed back and forth across a fjord for nine days, generating vibrations throughout Earth, according to a new study involving UCL researchers.
Boeing's Starliner Spaceship returns to Earth without Sunita Williams and Barry E Wilmore
Sep 08, 2024, at 01:13 am
Boeing's Starliner Spaceship has returned to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) without carrying astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry E Wilmore who remain in space.
NASA says data shows July 22 was Earth's hottest day on record
Jul 31, 2024, at 04:04 pm
July 22, 2024, was the hottest day on record, according to a NASA analysis of global daily temperature data. July 21 and 23 of this year also exceeded the previous daily record, set in July 2023.
Powerful solar storm headed towards Earth, likely to cause blackouts
May 31, 2024, at 06:36 am
A powerful stream of energised particles (called solar storm) released by the Sun is headed towards the Earth having the potential to radio blackouts and aurora borealis or northern lights.
Now an Earth-like exoplanet found 40 light years away
May 26, 2024, at 01:30 am
Astronomers have made the rare and tantalising discovery of an Earth-like exoplanet 40 light-years away that may be just a little warmer than our own world.
Moon's age approx 40 million years more than calculated by previous research
Oct 25, 2023, at 05:25 am
A recent analysis of moon crystals, originally brought to Earth by Apollo astronauts in the 1970s, has indicated that the moon is approximately 40 million years older than previously thought.
Aditya-L1 starts collecting scientific data at distances greater than 50,000 km from Earth
Sep 18, 2023, at 07:51 pm
Chennai/UNI: India's first Solar exploratory mission Aditya-L1 to study the Sun, has commenced collecting scientific data at distances greater than 50,0000 km from Earth.
New study warns climate change could push 30% of species to tipping points
May 23, 2023, at 08:35 am
According to a recent study published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution, climate change could lead to an abrupt increase in the number of species pushed over tipping points. The research suggests that up to 30% of species could be affected as their geographic ranges reach unforeseen temperatures.
Massive 150-foot asteroid approaching Earth on April 6: NASA warns
Apr 04, 2023, at 05:42 am
As many as five asteroids are approaching Earth with two of them making their closest approaches to the planet on Monday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said in a statement.
NASA's Orion spacecraft returns to Earth after moon missions
Dec 13, 2022, at 12:54 am
Los Angeles/UNI: NASA's Orion spacecraft returned to Earth after making an uncrewed mission around the moon.
July was the hottest month ever recorded: NOAA
Aug 14, 2021, at 11:56 pm
Washington: July 2021 has earned the unenviable distinction as the world’s hottest month ever recorded, according to new global data released today by NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information.
Planet Mars closest to Earth on Oct 6: PSI Director
Oct 05, 2020, at 09:19 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Planet Mars will be closest and it can get to Earth on Tuesday.
Images sent by Chandrayaan-1 indicate possible impact of Earth's atmosphere on Moon
Sep 07, 2020, at 03:41 am
New Delhi/UNI: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and MoS Space, Dr Jitendra Singh on Sunday said that ISRO’s maiden mission to the Moon has sent images, which show that Moon may be rusting along the poles.
Asteroid 2011 ES4 to make closest approach to Earth on Sept 1
Aug 31, 2020, at 02:57 am
Hyderabad/UNI: Asteroid 2011 ES4 will make the closest approach to the Earth and will be closer to our planet than the moon on September 1.
May 14, 2020, at 03:52 pm
Washington/IBNS: Areas of the planet home to one-third of humans will become as hot as the hottest parts of the Sahara within 50 years, unless greenhouse gas emissions fall, according to research by scientists from China, United States and Europe published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences today.
Earth-size, habitable zone planet found hidden in early NASA Kepler data
Apr 19, 2020, at 06:47 pm
Washington/IBNS: A team of transatlantic scientists, using reanalyzed data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, has discovered an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting in its star's habitable zone, the area around a star where a rocky planet could support liquid water.
Blueprint launched to manage Earth’s fragile peatland carbon sinks
Mar 19, 2020, at 12:59 pm
New York/IBNS: A blueprint for how countries can keep carbon in fragile land-based carbon sinks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has been unveiled by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
India's Chandrayaan 2 leaves Earth's orbit, now moves towards moon
Aug 14, 2019, at 09:54 am
New Delhi, Aug 14 (IBNS): India's major lunar mission Chandrayaan 2 left the Earth's body and is now heading towards the moon after a maneuver performed by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
UN Youth envoy launches coding competition to help solve climate crisis and ‘Reboot the Earth’
Jul 23, 2019, at 09:19 am
New York, July 23 (IBNS): Can young coders help solve the climate crisis? The UN’s Youth Envoy launched a global competition earlier this month, “Reboot The Earth”, in collaboration with the Office of Information & Communications Technology, to try and answer that question, fostering collaboration between the United Nations, academia, civil society, and young people to address the climate emergency.
The sun's impact on Earth and weather celebrated, as planet marks World Meteorological Day
Mar 23, 2019, at 09:45 am
New York, Mar 23 (IBNS): Against a background of serious warnings against the effects of climate change, World Meteorological Day this year celebrates the crucial role played by the sun in powering all life on Earth, and in driving the weather, ocean currents and the hydrological cycle.
Earth’s largest extinction likely took plants first: Study says
Feb 02, 2019, at 03:29 pm
Washington, Feb 2 (IBNS): Little life could endure the Earth-spanning cataclysm known as the Great Dying, but plants may have suffered its wrath long before many animal counterparts, says new research led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Soil pollution ‘jeopardizing’ life on Earth, UN agency warns on World Day
Dec 06, 2018, at 01:37 pm
New York, Dec 6 (IBNS): Soil is a “treasure beneath our feet,” essential to human lives and well-being, a senior United Nations official has highlighted, warning, however, that this invaluable resource is under constant threat from the little-understood phenomenon of soil pollution.
World simply ‘not on track’ to slow climate change this year: UN weather agency
Nov 30, 2018, at 08:03 am
New York,Nov 30 (IBNS) The world is heading in the wrong direction to slow climate change after another year of near-record temperatures, the head of the UN’s weather agency said on Thursday.
NASA, ULA launch mission to track Earth's changing ice
Sep 17, 2018, at 09:28 am
Washington, Sept 17 (IBNS): NASA’s Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) successfully launched from California at 9:02 a.m. EDT Saturday, embarking on its mission to measure the ice of Earth’s frozen reaches with unprecedented accuracy.
Study finds a timescale for the origin and evolution of all of life on Earth
Aug 25, 2018, at 03:25 pm
New York, Aug 25 (IBNS): Palaeontologists have long sought to understand ancient life and the shared evolutionary history of life as a whole.
Earth at risk of entering a hothouse climate: Study
Aug 11, 2018, at 05:50 pm
Sydney, Aug 11(IBNS): An international study has found the Earth is at risk of entering a hothouse climate that could lead to global average temperatures of up to five degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial temperatures and long-term rises in the sea level of between 10 and 60 metres.
Research finds quakes can systematically trigger other ones on opposite side of Earth
Aug 05, 2018, at 05:25 pm
New York, Aug 5 (IBNS): New research shows that a big earthquake can not only cause other quakes, but large ones, and on the opposite side of the Earth.
Saturn and Mars team up to make their closest approaches to Earth in 2018
Jul 27, 2018, at 09:26 am
Washington, July 27 (IBNS): NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has photographed Saturn and Mars near their closest approaches to Earth in June and July 2018.
NASA uses Earth as Laboratory to study distant worlds
Jun 30, 2018, at 03:34 pm
New York, June 30 (IBNS): The study of exoplanets -- planets that lie outside our solar system -- could help scientists answer big questions about our place in the universe, and whether life exists beyond Earth.
From low-earth orbit, ‘envoys’ of humanity join UN space forum
Jun 21, 2018, at 08:05 am
New York, June 21 (IBNS): Floating in near zero-gravity, 400 kilometres above the Pacific Ocean and flying at over 28,000 kilometres per hour, the six crew members onboard the International Space Station (ISS) joined the key United Nations forum on outer space affairs via video link on Wednesday, to discuss the importance of working together.