Sriharikota: With their trademark hugs and a pat on the backs of colleagues, Indian scientists celebrated the launch of Chandrayaan-2 with the week-long delay in its 50-day journey to the moon proving a blessing in disguise.

Iceland is planning to mark the passing of Okjokull, its first glacier lost to climate change which threatens some 400 others on the subarctic island.

After Chandrayaan-2, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has planned launch of its solar mission, Aditya-L1, in the first half of 2020 to study the Sun’s corona, according to the space agency.

Ten billion years ago, the Milky Way encountered another galaxy in the vast emptiness of space, and consumed it.

Marine scientists have released a stunning video of a strange critter, the piglet squid, floating along with its tentacles waving above its head in the central Pacific Ocean near Palmyra Atoll.

In research that will ensure the sitcoms of the future are as painful as those broadcast today, scientists have found that canned laughter makes bad jokes seem funnier.

(Reuters Health) - People who tend to eat mostly plants may be less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, a research review suggests.

Data: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, A.

Navigational ‘goals’ help fruit flies get around the world, according to new research.

Baby seabirds that have not yet hatched communicate with their siblings in neighbouring eggs by vibrating their shells, scientists have discovered.