According to CERN physicist Hajdakovic, there is no need of dark matter to explain observations, if you assume that matter and anti-matter particles gravitationally repel. So, dark matter may be an illusion.

The spectacular Perseid meteor shower is due this Friday night continuing on to early Saturday morning. Make sure that you catch this cosmic show. You can always make up for lost sleep during the weekends.

Confirmed evidence of life-building materials have been found on meteors, lending support to the hypothesis that life may have been planted here on Earth from some extra-terrestrial sources via meteorites. Is Panspermia the next big thing in biology?

China will be launching a Pakistani satellite for the first time ever, creating a landmark in Sino-Pak relationship.

The largest solar flare this solar cycle has been observed today. It was big enough to blackout many high-frequency communication channels on the sunlit side of the Earth. The Solar cycle will culminate in another 2 years.

The second nuclear bomb attack confirmed that man was not afraid to do the worst to his own kind. This day, in 1945, the world witnessed the bombing of Nagasaki, after Hiroshima was bombed just three days back. Change was global and innocence was the first victim.

Antiprotons have been discovered in a belt of radiation around the Earth. The exotically named PAMELA spacecraft made the discovery.

The epic series ‘Cosmos: A Personal Voyage’, hosted by the late great Carl Sagan, is poised to get a sequel hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson. But how do you replace the irreplaceable?

Strong evidence of flowing salt water has been found on Mars. This just increases the possibility of existence of life manifold.

The early Earth might have had two moons, the smaller of which had collided with the larger one, forming the moon we see today. Had the Earth been habitable, full moon nights would have been so much more romantic.

Molecular Oxygen has been discovered by the Hershel Telescope in the Orion Nebula. Till now, only atomic oxygen had been known! How did the discovery happen? And no, it doesn’t say anything about the existence of life!

On Discovery’s show ‘Curiosity’, first aired on August 7th, 2011, Hawking says that there is no need for a Creator to explain the universe. The Universe can come out of nothing.

The ISS will be plunged into the ocean by 2020, says Russian space agency. Is there anything to replace it?

After the end of the space shuttle era, private players like SpaceX, will get the golden opportunity to make their mark in space. SpaceX plans a docking with the ISS in December this year.

NASA’s satellite for the Jupiter mission, Juno, will be launched from Cape Canaveral on 5th August. Find out more about the space craft and the mission