Washington, DC - BBC - Nasa’s ageing Opportunity rover on Mars has just made what may be one of its most significant discoveries to date.The nine-year-old robot has identified rock laden with what scientists believe to be clay minerals. Their presence is an indication that the rock, dubbed ...

STAR CITY - Russia’s Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to go to space, said on Friday she was ready to score another coup and fly to Mars, even if it would be just a one-way trip. “Mars is my favourite planet,” the 76-year old told a news conference in Zvyozdny Gorodok (Star ...

We have such gender discrimination in our country that we have created two different worlds, one is for the males and one for females, if you are buying clothes for a newborn, what color do you buy? The general rule these days is that girls are more likely to wear pink and boys are more likely to ...

SEOUL - When romantic actress Lee Si-young swapped her glamorous roles in South Korean dramas for boxing gloves in a bid to win an Olympic medal, her victories triggered a storm of protest that has marred her unexpected success in the ring.The 31-year-old, better known for her roles in TV shows ...

WASHINGTON (WO): More than 78,000 people have applied for the chance to leave Earth forever and live on Mars for a reality TV project. The Mars One project aims to establish a human settlement on the Red Planet by 2023 and televise every aspect of the decade-long mission. Successful candidates must ...

WASHINGTON: Landing astronauts safely on Mars is one of the biggest technological hurdles for any future manned mission to the Red Planet, even more complicated than last year’s daring rover touchdown.Nasa dazzled observers by landing the one-ton Curiosity rover on Mars in August in a ...

TOULOUSE: A group of 12 ‘pillownauts’ are taking part in a scientific bed study during which they must spend a total of nine weeks lying at a six-degree angle below the horizontal. Lying at this precise angle has the same affect on the human body as flying in weightlessness. Scientists ...

WASHINGTON - An analysis of a Mars rock sample by the Curiosity rover has unveiled minerals, including hydrogen, carbon and oxygen, that are the building blocks of life, NASA said Tuesday. “A fundamental question for this mission is whether Mars could have supported a habitable ...

WASHINGTON - In a first, the Mars rover Curiosity has penetrated a rock on the Red Planet and collected a sample from its interior, the US space agency announced. Using a drill at the end of its robotic arm, Curiosity bore a hole 0.6 inches (1.6 centimeters) wide and 2.5 inches (6.4 centimeters) ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Mars rover Curiosity will soon begin to drill into the Red Planet for the first time, mission officials said ahead of the highly anticipated endeavor.Scientists behind the $2.5 billion mission also explained the nature of the small “Martian flower,” which had ...

THE Curiosity rover is preparing to scoop its first sample of Martian soil.The vehicle, which landed on the Red Planet in August, has driven up to a pile of sandy material that mission scientists have dubbed “Rocknest”.This weekend, the robot will dig into the ground with its ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Nasa’s Curiosity Rover will study its first martial rock Friday, more than a month after landing on the Red Planet, mission officials said.Mars Science Laboratory project scientist John Grotzinger said the rover drove for another 100 feet (30 meters) last night, for a total ...

LOS ANGELES - A little more than two weeks after its arrival on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover will on Wednesday make its first “test drive” before setting off on its Red Planet mission, the US space agency said.The $2.5 billion rover, which landed on Mars on August 6, has performed ...

NASA’S Curiosity rover is getting ready to zap its first Martian rock.A small stone lying just to the side of the vehicle at its landing site on the floor of Gale Crater has been selected as a test target for the ChemCam laser. The brief but powerful burst of light from this instrument will ...

After releasing exciting images of Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover is undergoing a crucial four day ‘brain transplant’. Engineers will update the rover’s software which is currently in its flight stage to prepare it for its further missions on Mars, NASA said. After ...

NASA has successfully landed its $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory and Curiosity rover on the surface of the Red Planet, breaking new ground in US-led exploration of an alien world.The one-ton rover is the largest ever sent to Mars, and its high-speed landing was the most daring to date, using a ...

WASHINGTON  - The weather conditions on Mars are expected to be favourable when NASA’s $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory attempts its risky landing on August 6, the US space agency said Saturday. “Mars is playing nice and we are going to get good conditions for Sunday,” ...

NEW evidence from meteorites suggests that the basic building blocks of life are present on Mars.The study found that carbon present in 10 meteorites, spanning more than four billion years of Martian history, came from the planet and was not the result of contamination on Earth. Details of the work ...

KARACHI - Internecine fight in the ranks of PPP dominated the Sindh Assembly session on Wednesday as the party’s lawmakers accused two ministers of using abusive language against the lawmakers during separate incidents.The house which was called in order by Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro at 11-47 ...

MOSCOW  - Russia’s space agency on Tuesday blamed the effect of cosmic radiation for the failure of its Phobos-Grunt Mars probe, which crashed over the Pacific Ocean earlier this month.“The most likely reason in the commission’s opinion is the local influence of heavy charged ...

LOS ANGELES  - A Las Vegas judge on Wednesday dismissed the cocaine possession case against pop star Bruno Mars after he successfully completed court-ordered drug education classes and community service, even exceeding the amount of hours he was told to serve.Clark County District Court Judge ...

ISLAMABAD - Destruction of green belts across the federal capital, mostly at the hands of law enforcement agencies and other multinational organisations, is a criminal and condemnable act but what to say if some government funded-university is found involved in the same practice.Of course, such ...

MOSCOW  - Russia's space agency on Sunday called off all predictions of the likely crash site of its ill-fated Mars probe only hours before the 13.5-tonne spacecraft was due to begin its fatal descent.Roscosmos said on its website that fragments of the stranded Phobos-Grunt voyager would ...

The management of crises-ridden Pakistan Railways seems less interested to pay even due heed to department liquidity crisis along with other issues including failing of locomotives, shortage of diesel, corruption in high-ranks, incompetent skilled workers, dull and lackluster labourers and last but ...

ISLAMABAD - Mystery still shrouds prolonged delay in the release of a key UN document that highlighted Pakistan's efforts towards nuclear non-proliferation. The top hierarchy of the international body has kept questionable mum over the issue. The United Nations Permanent Mission in Pakistan had ...

Apart from the consist ently fluid politics in the country, unpromising financial results of the listed corporate entities for the period ending December 2009 discouraged the stock players that were anticipating healthy payouts by the blue-chip companies. Political scenario has been taking a new ...

NEW evidence of ancient lakes and rivers on Mars has been found by British scientists, increasing the likelihood that there was once life on the Red Planet. An analysis of satellite images revealed craters left along Mars equator by lakes similar to those found in Alaska and Siberia. Importantly, ...

Capital Viewpoint Law and order situation across the country especially in the financial capital Karachi has started taking its toll on the short-term investment, as well, as the equities market shed significant value after the Aushura procession carnage last week. The market could have only three ...

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, (AFP) - Six people were shot at the New Orleans' Mardi Gras festival, casting a shadow on the annual festivities in a city still recovering from the ravages of the 2005 Hurricane Katrina. Authorities said the shooting took place on "Fat Tuesday" - the most festive day of the ...

KARACHI - Chairman SITE Association of Industry Engr M A Jabbar has said that stand alone SITE has suffered losses adversely affecting the revenue and the required contribution to the gross domestic produce. He said that imports needs for SITE and exports from the highest revenue contributing ...