» Oxygen content in Ladakh up 50 per cent: Scientists

Anyone visiting Ladakh for the first time can be left gasping for breath due to low oxygen levels in the high altitude region.

» Terror threat to scientists, Govt tightens security

Security around 10 scientists working in sensitive areas has been tightened in the wake of threats from Pakistan-based terror groups like Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT).

» Cern's Large Hadron Collider makes first collisions

Engineers operating the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have smashed together proton beams in the machine for the first time.

» Supermassive Black Holes Collide to Become Even More Super and Massive

New X-ray data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory added to an image previously captured by the Hubble Space Telescope created this amazing composite

» IBEX Satellite Finds Ribbon-like Structure At Edge Of Heliosphere

The invisible structures of space are becoming less so, as scientists look out to the far edges of the solar wind bubble that separates our solar system from the interstellar cloud through which it flies.

» `Habitable moons like in film `Avatar` could be real`

James Cameron`s science fiction `Avatar` may become fact in the coming years, says a leading US astronomer who believes there is every chance a real-life version of habitable alien moons like the one depicted in the movie exists and will soon be found.