Spring is popularly taken to be a pleasant time in colder countries at higher latitudes. The period provides relief from the freezing, long nights and days are just fine.

Dinosaur-killing asteroid struck Earth in springtime, say scientists

Galaxies are huge. Really huge. Our Milky Way galaxy is so huge that it would take light (at 300,000 kilometres per second) would take 100,000 years to travel from one end of the galaxy to the other.

Superhuge shockwave bigger than Milky Way galaxy is travelling through space

The wide, open Universe is filled with frenzied activity. Collisions of galaxies are one of the oft-seen phenomena. The idea of galaxies, comprising billions of stars, colliding with another galaxy appears horrific to imagine.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope clicks colliding galaxies forming a strange space triangle

We are generally comfortable with the idea of planets revolving around stars or satellites of individual planets. But many of us are yet to wrap our heads around an asteroid having its own moons.

Asteroid with three moons of its own found for the first time

What was Stephen Hawking's thought process? By looking at one of his old blackboards, a new exhibit at the Science Museum of London seeks to answer that question.

Mysteries of Stephen Hawking's doodle-filled blackboard may finally be solved

It is perhaps a scary thought for humankind to consider itself the only intelligent life sitting on this blue planet hurtling in space. Perhaps search for intelligent alien life has been a major preoccupation of scientific communities and even governments for decades.

Scan of millions of stars finds no signs of intelligent alien life

'How far will you go for me?' is perhaps the most cliched question lovers ask each other just to tease. By this literal measure, humpaback whales should be called the most ardent lovers on the planet.

Humpback whales swim more than 3000 miles to find a lover, says study

Scientists at Harvard University have created an artificial fish that flaps its tail using energy generated from cells of human heart. The fish is made of plastic, paper, gelatin and two strips of heart muscle cells.

Scientists use human heart cells to power an artificial fish

On an outdoor stage in South Texas between screens with polished computer animations and a real gigantic shiny rocket behind him, Elon Musk provided his latest update on his dreams to send people to settle Mars on Thursday evening.

What Elon Musk did and didn’t reveal about SpaceX’s Starship rocket

Scientists in Europe have reportedly made a major breakthrough towards achieving practical nuclear fusion, the process that powers the Sun and enables all life on Earth.

Scientists report major breakthrough creating nuclear fusion energy

In today’s world, technology has empowered mankind to achieve wonders. Well, it is not just a statement but truth. A man, who has been paralysed with a severed spinal cord, has been able to walk again.

Watch: Implant helps paralysed man with severed spinal cord to walk again

Moon is not just a pretty thing in the night. It influences tides and has effects that help the perpetuation of life on Earth. Because it's a junior member in its partnership with Earth, it's often easy to overlook our only natural satellite when we gaze into space.

Ability of planet to form moon affects its habitability: Study

Rotterdam, a city in the Netherlands will dismantle a historic bridge temporarily to make way for a superyacht built for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. A Dutch firm Oceanco is reportedly building the gigantic yacht for the billionaire but it is too tall to fit through the historic Koningshaven Bridge, known to Rotterdammers as De Hef.

Here's how Jeff Bezos' superyacht messing up with history of this Dutch port city

Octopuses are surely strange to look at. A blob of jelly with two eyes and tentacles can scare the life out of you if you happen to cross their path in the sea. The slimy creature slips in and out of sight and is able to compress its soft body to an astonishing degree.

Octopuses came from space? This study says so

While team mapping radio waves in the universe, astronomers have come across a mysterious object that is releasing giant bursts of energy three times an hour, as per a study published on Wednesday (January 26) in the journal Nature.

Astronomers discover mysterious object in space that releases giant bursts of energy three times an hour

The universe is full of wonders. We already know that. But every now and then the huge expanse of (nearly) nothingness springs up a surprise that makes even scientists go "wow!

Hand of God, Devil's eye and more NASA pics that wowed people around the world

For a layperson, planets other than Earth are not dynamic worlds. Earth is full of natural activity but other planets are barren landscapes in popular perception.

Bouncing boulders on Mars tell tale of marsquakes

It is known that if parents of a child have good source of income, the child stands to benefit. But a new landmark study has pointed at a direct correlation between money available with parents and brain development of the child in very first year.

Extra money with parents changes babies' brains, says a landmark study

Supernovas are explosions of big star which occur at the end of their life. The fuel that keeps the star glowing runs out and a massive explosion takes place. This is true for large stars, much bigger than the Sun.

Scientists discover new type of supernova

Citizen scientists along with a University of California, Riverside astronomer have discovered a gas giant nearly three times more massive than Jupiter. The exoplanet has same diameter as that of Jupiter.

Research finds exoplanet three times more massive than Jupiter

Elon Musk's SpaceX continues to launch its Starlink satellites. More than a thousand Starlink satellites have already been launched. These low-orbiy satellites can already be seen in the night sky and casual observers are reporting strange lights moving across the night sky in a straight line.

Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch 49 Starlink satellites soon: How to watch Live

Scientists have set up a drilling camp at 10,499 feet altitude to collect ice samples to study climate change trends.

Scientists set up drilling camp at 10,499 feet altitude to study climate change trends

Our Solar System is situated almost exactly in the middle of a giant, relatively empty bubble in space. This mysterious bubble is 1000 lightyears across. Inside the bubble, temperature of the interstellar medium is greater than that outside the bubble.

Solar system is at the center of giant space bubble, now we know why

American doctors have successfully transplanted a pig's heart into a human. The surgery was performed on a 57-year-old patient who is good health. Why was it needed? How does it benefit science? Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: Pig's heart transplanted into a human

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