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A Celestial Spectacle!

The annual Perseid meteor shower occurs when the earth passes through the cosmic debris from the trail of Comet Swift-Tuttle in 1992. It gets more magical when it aligns with the enchanting Aurora......

Monstrous hydrogen gas cloud boomeranging back to the Milky Way

A team of researchers has revealed that the old adage "what goes up must come down" is ringing true for an immense cloud of hydrogen gas that is heading towards our galaxy at nearly 7 lakh miles......

PHOTO: The invisible space 'noodles'in the Milky Way

Mysterious, invisible structures shaped like noodles, lasagna sheets or hazelnuts could be floating around in our galaxy, scientists have found, a breakthrough that could radically challenge our......

Get Ready To Laugh Out Loud!

The Nikon Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards has crowned its funniest photographer of the year. Milko Marchetti's side-splitting shot of a 'Stuck Squirrel' took the top prize at the Oxo Gallery in......

Hubble peers through Milky Way, spots 16 planets

The National Aeronautics and Space Agency has discovered 16 extrasolar planets in the central region of the Milky Way with its Hubble Space Telescope, hinting the possible existence of......

China's super computer remains world's most powerful

China's Tianhe-2 supercomputer, stated to be twice faster than its competitor in US has retained its status as the world's most powerful computer for the third time, according to a......

China develops world's fastest supercomputer

China's defence scientists have built the world's fastest supercomputer, capable of performing 33.86 quadrillion operations per second, surpassing the US Titan supercomputer, according to survey......

Global warming: Make sun the first accused!

Lot of energy and resources are being spent world wide on reducing carbon dioxide emissions in to the atmosphere with the belief that it is causing global temperatures to rise. Brian Bloom, the......

Cola brands get a health scare

Indian beverage start-ups mushroom as soda sales slow down and consumers stay away from carbonated drinks A spate of new home-grown brands are carving a neat niche in the Rs 65,000-crore (Rs......

40 years have passed, the Nirma girl still endears

Image: The Nirma University. Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Wikimedia Commons The Nirma girl won’t be revived in its advertisements for emotional reasons, note Sohini Das and Sayantani Kar. A......

Navratri: Bollywood's White Wonders

It's safedi ki chamkar time, folks! After glimpsing at some bright and bold orange imagery as part of our Navratri colour celebrations, it's time to embrace the cool, calm, pristine wonders of......

Exploring Resul's journey to Oscar fame

Oscar laureate Resul Pookutty's autobiography was released at a glittering star-studded function in Mumbai on Thursday. Titled Shabdhatharapadham, (The Sound of Milky Way), the book......

Review: Arai En 305-il Kadavul

They say good packaging is half the work done. And this holds true for the Tamil film, Arai En 305il Kadavul (God in Room No 305). If Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikesi showcased a nutty king in the......

Remembering Shakti again

The Australian Open is clearly on John McLaughlin's mind even as he looks forward to entertaining Mumbai audiences next week. Over lunch, the famed English jazz guitarist is animatedly discussing......

Bollywood's 20 AMAZING Smiles

You know how it works. Smile and the world will smile with you. Smiles are infectious. Powerful too. They wipe out pessimism, evoke calm and turn a lousy day into a lovely one. Movie stars are......

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