At least eight people were killed and 384 others rescued after an avalanche close to border with China hit northern India, the army said on Saturday morning.
India’s Border Roads Organization (BRO) personnel and General Reserve Engineer Force were r
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has made a historic flight on Mars, marking the first powered aircraft on another planet.
“Altimeter data confirms that Ingenuity has performed its first flight, the first flight of a powered aircraft on another planet,”
Lunar exploration company ispace will transport a United Arab Emirates rover to the moon in 2022, the company said on Wednesday, as the UAE pushes for rapid expansion in the space exploration business to diversify its economy.
The UAE is using its s
Fasting practices in the United Kingdom during Ramadan last year did not lead to higher COVID-19 mortality rates among Muslims, according to a new report.
The study, published on Thursday in the peer-reviewed Journal of Global Health, said there was
China on Wednesday launched a new satellite into space to study electromagnetic environment detection, local media reported.
The remote sensing satellite – named Yaogan-33 – carried by Indigenously developed rocket Long March-4C was launched from Ji
US aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company SpaceX successfully launched 143 small satellites into space Sunday, a new record for a single rocket.
The Transporter-1 mission, delayed on Saturday due to adverse weather conditio
Eleven workers trapped for two weeks by an explosion inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday.
State broadcaster CCTV showed miners being hauled up one-by-one in baskets, their eyes shielded to protect them after so ma
Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person, turned 118 on Saturday, according to local media.
Tanaka, born on Jan. 2, 1903, celebrated her 118th birthday at a care facility in Fukuoka, sout
Volcanoes that have been quiet for decades are rumbling to life in the eastern Caribbean, prompting officials to issue alerts in Martinique and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines as scientists rush in to study activity they say has not been observed in
China and Nepal on Tuesday ended a years-long dispute over the height of world's top mountain peak, both announcing its current height at 8,848.86 meters (29,031.69 feet).
The latest measurement was announced after the presidents of the two countrie
Argentine legend Diego Armando Maradona died Thursday, according to local media outlet Clarin. He was 60.
Clarin said Maradona died after suffering cardiac arrest at home in Tigre, Argentina.
Argentine Football Association also offered condolences
NASA announced Monday it has confirmed the presence of water on the sunlit side of the Moon, marking a historic discovery with implications for US plans to send a manned crew to Mars.
The discovery was made with SOFIA, NASA's airborne observatory ru
MMA world lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov announced his shock retirement from the sport on Saturday after revealing he promised his mother his clash with Justin Gaethje would be his last fight.
The Russian, who won by a second-round technic
A US probe that collected a sample from an asteroid earlier this week retrieved so much material that a rock is wedged in the container door, allowing rocks to spill back out into space.
On Tuesday, the robotic arm of the probe, OSIRIS-REx, kicked u
Air pollution, the fourth leading risk factor for early death, added 6.67 million deaths to the global toll last year, according to a new study published on Wednesday.
"Air pollution is the leading environmental risk factor for early death, with its
US space agency NASA has hired Finnish telecommunications firm Nokia to build the first 4G cellular network on the Moon.
The network will be vital for critical communication capabilities, such as data transmission, command functions, remote control
Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo on Tuesday tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Portugal's football association confirmed.
In a statement, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) said 35-year-old forward Ronaldo "is doing well, wit
SpaceX launched a new batch of satellites into orbit Tuesday to provide wider internet services around the world.
"Falcon 9 launches 60 Starlink satellites to orbit, completing SpaceX's 43rd flight of a previously flown rocket booster," the company
Three scientists are sharing the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for their groundbreaking discoveries about the exotic objects known as black holes, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Tuesday.
One half of the monetary award is going to Roge
Archaeologists in Egypt have announced the discovery of 59 well-preserved and sealed wooden coffins that were buried more than 2,500 years ago.
Opening one of the ornately decorated sarcophagi before assembled media on Saturday, the team revealed mu