Scientists say they found ‘sign of life’ on alien planet

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In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien planet’s atmosphere the chemical fingerprints of gases that on Earth are produced only by biological processes. The two gases – dimethyl sulfide, or […]

Colossal squid caught on camera for first time in deep sea

A frame grab provided by the Schmidt Ocean Institute shows a colossal squid, or Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat, during an Ocean Census flagship expedition in the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean | Photo Credit: AP A colossal squid has been caught on camera for the first time in the deep […]

UP Board Class 12th result 2025 declared on upmsp.edu.in, here’s how to check

UP Board Class 12th result 2025

UPMSP announces UP Board Class 12th result 2025 for over 27 lakh students UP Board Class 12th result 2025: The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP) has released the UP Board Class 12th Result 2025 today around 12:30 PM, bringing anticipation to a close for around 27.05 lakh students. Announced via a press conference in […]

Environment Ministry must roll back order on desulphurising coal plants: study

Smoke rises from a coal-powered steel plant at Hehal village near Ranchi. File | Photo Credit: AP The Union Environment Ministry should roll back its 2015 policy mandating all of India’s 537 coal-fired plants to install a class of equipment called Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) in order to reduce sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions. Instead, it […]

Is the once-extinct dire wolf back? | Explained

Genetically modified ‘dire wolf’ pups Romulus and Remus. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The story so far: On April 7, a biotechnology company in Texas, U.S., named Colossal Biosciences announced that it had “resurrected” a dire wolf, a large predator that went extinct more than 12,000 years ago. The company’s claim that it had facilitated the […]