Articles by Poulami Nag

We are living in new geological age named Meghalayan

This new age had kick-started 4250 years ago, with the mega-drought that crippled civilizations all around the globe, according to experts.

Jul 21, 2018

Night falls over radio telescope dishes of the KAT-7 Array at the proposed South African site for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope near Carnavon in the country's remote Northern Cape province

New telescope in South Africa will show us centre of Milky Way

Milky Way's centre is basically one of those areas that are extremely difficult to take a look at, as it's enveloped by gas clouds and dust but MeerKAT is capable of looking through these clouds.

Jul 20, 2018

Milky way

After unhackable quantum video call, China vies for space tech edge

Chinese Academy of Science reported the first ever quantum-safe video call last year paving the way for future space tech superiority by Chinese scientists

Jul 18, 2018

Spiders on Red planet? Weird pictures capture crawling objects on Mars' surface

The picture has been taken by the space agency's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). It features the "spiders" coming out of the planet's ground at the South Pole.

Jul 15, 2018

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More powerful than Hubble, MeerKAT radio telescope inaugurated in South Africa

It will be able to generate space images, which will even overshadow the resolution quality of those coming from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Jul 15, 2018

Space

First Falcon 9 rocket booster land would take place in California

This would be the first time ever that a Falcon 9 rocket will land on a new onshore recovery pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

Jul 9, 2018

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NASA's mission to launch 'first-ever' spacecraft to touch sun is almost one month away

The spacecraft has been named after an astrophysicist, Eugene Parker. This is the first time that NASA has named a spacecraft after a living person.

Jul 5, 2018

Nasa Space

Tech giant Google to creat smart city in Toronto with advanced technology [VIDEO]

Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet, is essentially aiming to change how we look at a city.

Jul 4, 2018

Google needs to buy every American a Google Home if they want to win over Amazon Echo, says analyst

In terms of services, Amazon owns the e-commerce empire, whereas the largest US retailer works with Google Assistant voice shopping.

Jul 1, 2018

Earth-like planets have stable climates, regular seasons; What else required to harbour life?

Both these plants are capable of harbouring life as they probably have stable climates and regular seasons. The astronomers also believe that one of them is more or less similar in size as the Earth.

Jul 1, 2018

Space Universe

Cryptojackers target YouTube to mine digital coins

Let your favourite YouTubers know how much you love them by paying them $4.99 every month

According to YouTube, this brand new subscription tool will allow the fans to provide monetary support to YouTube creators of their choice.

Jun 23, 2018

Texas, Morocco meteorite rocks contain life-forming elements, but alien life still untraceable

Recently scientists have found out, following thorough research, that the two meteorites that had crashed into earth, in Texas near a children's basketball match in March 1998; while the other had smashed near Morocco the same year in August contained ingredients required to form life.

Feb 4, 2018

Asteroid

How does a computer work? Experts like Bill Gates give answer

Code.org has made a mini web-series, where Bill Gates and other such experts can be seen talking about the basic details of a computer

Feb 3, 2018

Earth's magnetic poles are about to flip, radiation threat looms large

If earth's magnetic fields go for a flip, the world will be open to lethal dangers, such as harmful cosmic rays, which can destroy the earth

Feb 1, 2018

FILE PHOTO OF SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA DURING LIFTOFF FROM CAPE CANAVERAL IN 1997.

15 years after, man behind Columbia Space Shuttle recollects the fateful day

The launch director for Space Shuttle Columbia, Mike Leinbach remembers the fateful day and talks about the heart-wrenching accident in his new book

Feb 1, 2018

JAXA to pay 1,038 yen per hour to spend in replica of space station

JAXA is looking for eight people, who will have to spend 13 nights and 14 days inside a replicated space station.

Jan 31, 2018

Scientists find how to recycle astronauts' human waste into food, will it be practical?

Scientists from the Pennsylvania State University in the US found out a process, by which nutrient rich space foods can be produced from liquid as well as solid waste of humans but the question remains whether it is feasible.

Jan 31, 2018

Biggest supermoon in almost 70 years to be seen from Singapore on Nov 14

How to watch and photograph the super blue blood moon?

Here are some sugesstions regarding how to watch the super blue blood moon on January 31 and also click the best pictures of the moon on that day.

Jan 27, 2018

Riding vacuum cleaner in space in Harry Potter style; watch fun science experiment by ISS astronauts

A Russian astronaut, aboard the International Space Station, posted a video of him flying a vacuum cleaner to see whether or not it's possible to ride that thing in zero gravity

Jan 24, 2018

Meteorite hunters discover pieces of Michigan meteor, massive hunt on

Meteorite hunters have discovered fragments of the meteorite that exploded recently in the night sky over Michigan and caused an earthquake of 2.0 magnitude.

Jan 22, 2018

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