Stephen Hawking, in his final book Brief Answers to the Big Questions, considered an asteroid collision to be the biggest threat to the planet. At this point, we are as well prepared as dinosaurs were when a 10-km wide asteroid hit the planet 65 million years ago, notes Kumar Abishek.
Ice? Volcano? Or Alien life? The discovery of two bright spots on Ceres -- the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter that happens to be the largest body in that asteroid belt -- has baffled scientists and space enthusiasts.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Dawn spacecraft has beamed back a series of new images of the dwarf planet Ceres, showing tantalising detail of the mysterious world's surface.
Images from the FIFA World Cup qualifiers matches.
List of international sports events affected by the coronavirus that has killed over 900 people and infected more than 40,000 in China
After stripping Pluto of planet status in 2006, some astronomers want to reclassify it once again, says Devangshu Datta.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday
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ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank down between 0.2%-1.4% each.
Two people of Indian-American descent have been arrested in connection with a homicide in California.
Ahead of this momentous event, learn why the spacecraft won't be stopping at the dwarf planet and much more.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
China on Wednesday said 105 persons have surrendered before the police for their role in the riots in Lhasa during the fiercest pro-Tibet independence monks-led protests in two decades on Friday that left 13 persons dead. The Tibetan regional government had set Monday midnight as the deadline for the rioters to turn in, promising leniency to those who fell in line and harsh action to those who did not.
Before 1951, slave owners made up only five per cent of the total population of Tibet but controlled 95 per cent of its wealth. But today there is no dearth of millionaires in rural Tibet.
Wrestling komodo dragons, ethereal egrets and thirsty squirrels are amongst some of the incredible images captured for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
Greenspan never saw how derivatives would make the housing crisis a global one.
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