Tag: Earth
'One Earth, One Health': India To Contribute $7.5 Mn Under 'Quad Cancer Moonshot' Initiative, Says PM Modi
Affirming India's vision of 'One Earth, One Health', Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a contribution of $7.5 million for sampling kits, detection kits and vaccines under the 'Quad Cancer Moonshot' initiative. ....
Earth-like Snow And Ice Features Found On Pluto
Using a model similar to what meteorologists use to forecast weather and a computer simulation of the physics of evaporating ices, scientists have found evidence of snow and ice features, known as "penitentes", on Pluto. Until now, these had only been seen on the Earth.....
Nepal's Tourism Rebounds Despite Major Quake, Trade Embargo
Nepal's tourism industry rebounded in 2016 after taking a big hit in the previous year by way of twin disasters-a devastating earthquake and crippling trade embargo.....
Six Found Alive In Hotel After Italy Avalanche
Six people have been found alive in Italy's Rigapiano hotel, two days after it was buried in an avalanche.....
First White Dwarf Pulsar Discovered
Astronomers have identified an elusive white dwarf pulsar -- the first of its kind to be discovered in the universe -- housed in an exotic binary star system 380 light years away from Earth.....
Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan has come on board as a 'Feel Alive' ambassador for soon-to-be launched factual entertainment channel Sony BBC Earth.....
New NASA Research Casts Doubt On Proxima B Habitability
A recently discovered Earth-sized planet, dubbed Proxima b, which orbits within the "habitable zone" of the red dwarf Proxima Centauri, may not actually harbour life, new NASA research suggests.....
7 Earth-size Planets Orbiting Single Star Discovered
In a major boost to the search for alien life outside our solar system, astronomers have spotted the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star, NASA said.....
6.9-magnitude Earthquake Strikes Indonesia
An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province on Friday, the meteorology and geophysics agency said, adding no tsunami alert was issued.....
Humans To Blame For Creation Of Sahara Desert: Study
Challenging a commonly held theory that changes in the Earth's orbit triggered Sahara desertification, a new study suggests that humans may have played an active role in the transition of a lush green landscape into the world's largest hot desert thousands of years ago.....
