Articles by Poulami Nag

Mars doesn't have extraterrestrials and here is why

Oxford University researchers have conducted a new study and it concludes that it's not possible for Mars to harbor extraterrestrial life.

Dec 22, 2017

Bacteria found in polar ice for the first time, may open up new aveneus for alien hunt

A team of researchers from the University of York has announced that they have observed the existence of living bacteria in polar ice samples for the very first time.

Dec 22, 2017

$1 billion dream project of India to detect black holes in universe?

it was planned to be built in Australia but the huge budget constraint deterred it and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered to host the facility, though budget details have not been revealed to the public so far.

Dec 22, 2017

Life inside rocks? New fossil discovery pushes life on Earth to 3.5 billion years

Recently some researchers have published a study regarding recently found fossils and it shows that life had existed on Earth since way before we had expected

Dec 20, 2017

Dragon brings Christmas gift for ISS astronauts including beer-making ingredients

SpaceX's Dragon capsule, which was launched using the company's recycled Falcon 9 rocket has succesfully brought the supplies for the crew members to the ISS

Dec 20, 2017

Spacex

Sun is losing its shine with time, says NASA

Data derived from NASA satellites shows that the Sun is getting blank and also dimmer with time and in 2017 alone, 96 days have so far been observed without sunspots

Dec 18, 2017

Nasa

Samson to launch first flying sports car next year: The future is here

Samson Motors has announced their plan of launching Switchblade, the company's first flying sports car, in 2018

Dec 15, 2017

Largest meteor shower of 2017 commencing tonight; Check out how to watch it

The Geminid meteor shower will peak on the night of December 13 and, with the crescent moon being in its fading phase, this could be the strongest shower of 2017.

Dec 13, 2017

Oldest living shark, born in 1500s, discovered in North Atlantic Ocean

Scientists have recently discovered a whopping 18 feet long shark, which could be around 512 years old.

Dec 13, 2017

Mysterious bright spots on Ceres hint at 'active new world'

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has sent pictures of the dwarf planet Ceres and all the images show some mysterious bright spots on the surface of the otherwise dark planet.

Dec 13, 2017

Half of humanity doesn't believe in aliens, are you one of them?

Researchers conducted a survey across 24 countries of the world and found out that around half of the respondents believe that ETs exist in the universe.

Dec 9, 2017

Google to Bing, all search engines can take cue from fruit fly to revamp future algorithms

Researchers have recently discovered that a fruit fly's brain performs similarity searches to identify smells and this process can improve the efficiency of computerized search systems

Dec 9, 2017

Startled NASA scientists reckon oldest, fastest growing supermassive black hole

NASA astronomers have recently found out a black hole, which is the furthest known black hole in the universe and its mass is 800 million times that of the Sun and it is the fastest growing one.

Dec 8, 2017

Not gems but germs clutter inner surface of ISS

Scientists conducted a new study, which revealed that International Space Station harbours thousands of microbe species on its inner surface and that is actually a good sign.

Dec 8, 2017

Swiss woman claims to have visited aliens on Mars and conversed with them

Recently it has been reported that a woman, named Hélène Smith had claimed to have visited Mars and seen aliens there in 1894.

Dec 8, 2017

Underground fiber-optic cables can detect earthquake and other subsurface activities, claim researchers

Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's (Berkeley Lab) scientists have recently conducted the test successfully on dark fiber.

Dec 7, 2017

Why we haven't encountered extraterrestrial life? Blame it on false communication, say experts

Recently a project named Breakthrough Listen surveyed almost 700 planets and found 11 potential extraterrestrial signals. However, later all of them were found to be false positives.

Dec 6, 2017

Universe

Mysterious UFO spotted in the sky seconds before deadly accident

A mysterious light was noticed in the skies of Portland just moments before a huge truck toppled on the street, causing a massive accident

Dec 6, 2017

Two super-Earths found orbiting a dwarf star, one could harbor alien life

Researchers have recently discovered two Earth-like planets orbiting a red dwarf star around 111 light years away from our home planet and one of them has the potential atmosphere for supporting life.

Dec 6, 2017

Bronze Age people used tools made of iron that's alien in origin, says new research

After conducting thorough analyses on several iron tools that belong to the Bronze Age researcher Albert Jambon found out that all of them have unearthly origins.

Dec 6, 2017

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