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Watch: `Dance` of the planets from May 24 to 30

Astronomy lovers will have another eye-catching pleasure this week as three planets - Venus, Jupiter...

Venus, Jupiter, Mercury to come closest on May 28

May 28th, 2013, Venus and Jupiter will pass within one degree of one other (about twice the apparent...

Himachal receives heavy rains, mercury falls

Heavy to moderate rainfall occurred at many places in Himachal Pradesh during the last 24 hrs, bring...

Mercury falls to 36 degree Celsius in Delhi

After a spell of hot and sunny days in the national capital, mercury dipped to 36 degree Celsius on ...

Rains bring down mercury in Himachal

Mercury plummeted by 4 to 8 notches in various parts of Himachal Pradesh as the region received wide...

Meteorites found in Morocco could be from Mercury

Early in 2012, someone in Southern Morocco picked up 35 greenish stones, which is believed to be fra...

Green meteorite found in Morocco may be from Mercury

A meteorite scientist has claimed that the green rock found in Morocco last year may be the first kn...

King Richard`s heart preserved in frankincense, mercury

Scientists have found that the heart of King Richard I, who ruled England in the 12th-Century, was p...

Mercury may have harbored `vast magma ocean` 4.5 bn years ago

Scientists at MIT have proposed that the planet may have harbored a large, roiling ocean of magma ve...

Mercury shows its true colours

Scientists working on NASA`s Messenger probe to Mercury have shown off a new colour map of the plane...

No respite from biting cold wave conditions in HP

The tribal areas and other higher hills of Himachal reeled under bone chilling cold conditions as me...

Mercury rises in North India

Most of North India on Saturday saw an upward surge in the mercury with minimum temperatures rising.

Mercury`s crust possibly made of magnesium-rich basalt

Researchers have determined that the upper layers of the Mercury`s crust most closely resemble magne...

Mercury stays below normal in UP, Lucknow records 2 deg C

Mercury stayed below normal in most places of Uttar Pradesh on Monday with capital city Lucknow reco...

Cold continues in North India

The extended spell of cold wave continued to take its toll in North India as Srinagar recorded colde...

Mercury on upswing, relief for UP too as cold deaths abate

The mercury seemed set on its upward course in most parts of North India on Monday with the region g...

Mercury rises in HP even as region had mild snow and rains

The minimum and maximum temperatures rose by few notches across Himachal Pradesh even as the higher ...

Alarming rise in mercury levels in Asia: UN

Communities in developing countries especially in Asia are facing increasing health and environmenta...

Seeds of Indian trees offer alternative to sustainable biofuels

A study suggests that seeds from the Indian mahua and sal trees have almost as good a thermal effici...

14 succumb to cold in North India

Fourteen people succumbed to extreme cold in North India on Monday as temperatures plummeted across ...

Delhi records season`s coldest day at 5.2 degrees Celsius

A day before New Year, the capital experienced the season`s coldest day Monday as the minimum temper...

Delhi: Mercury remains below normal

Delhiites continued to reel under winter chill as the maximum temperature on Wednesday dipped two de...

Mercury rises in plains, cold wave continues in Himachal

Minimum temperatures in various parts of north India went up by several notches except Himachal, whe...

Ice deposits found on Mercury

A NASA spacecraft studying Mercury has provided compelling support for the long-held hypothesis the ...

Astronauts may soon `own` mementos brought from space

The US House of Representatives has adopted a bill to grant astronauts from the Mercury, Gemini and ...

Secrets of Mercury’s geological history revealed

The MESSENGER spacecraft has been revealing new information about the surface chemistry and geologic...

Rains bring down mercury in Delhi

Delhi recorded over 40 mm of rains in the first few hours of the monsoon, bringing the mercury down ...

No respite from heat in capital

There was no respite for Delhiites from searing heat today as mercury remained at above normal level...

Hot Sunday in Delhi, mercury settles above normal

After a few days of relief, Delhiites experienced a hot day today with mercury remaining at above no...

Mercury in Delhi drops to below normal

A drop in mercury after yesterday`s showers made the summer tolerable for Delhiites on Wednesday, bu...

Dry weather, soaring mercury cause forest fires

Dry weather and soaring mercury have caused several forest fires in Himalayan region of Garhwal and ...

Mercury’s south polar region may contain water ice deposits

New images from MESSENGER, the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, support proposal for water ice nea...

Mercury soars in Raj, reaches 47 deg C at places

Mercury soared in desert state of Rajasthan with Sriganganagar recording 47.4 degree Celsius followe...

Giant magnetic space whirlpools give Mercury plasma shower

NASA`s Messenger spacecraft have detected Kelvin-Helmholtz waves, like on the Earth, around Mercury.

As mercury soars, schools to shut in Lucknow from

As intense heat swept the city, the Lucknow administration on Saturday ordered closure of all school...

Europe to launch 1st dedicated mission to `mysterious` Mercury in 2015

In 2015, to increase our understanding of this mysterious planet, Europe is launching BepiColombo, t...

Mercury`s core `larger and more complex than expected`

On March 17, MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space Environment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) completed its...

`Loss of Arctic sea ice may up mercury deposits`

Declines in perennial Arctic sea ice over the past decade may be intensifying a chemical reaction th...

Five planets to be visible in rare celestial event

The planets that would be visible to naked eye are Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

Another pleasant day for Delhi, mercury rises

It was another pleasant day for the capital as mercury remained almost at normal level even as wea...

Mercury rises in Punjab, Haryana

People got some respite from cold in Punjab and Haryana with mercury rising a few notches above no...

Mercury rises above normal in capital

Delhiites got the much-needed relief from bone-chilling cold as mercury rose five degrees above nor...

Mercury behind earth`s last extinction

According to scientists, mercury as one of the major factors behind the earth`s greatest extinction ...

Himachal reels under cold, mercury dips

The hills and valleys of Himachal reeled under piercing cold as sky remained overcast and day temp...

Mercury falls to minus one degree in Kandhamal

While the severe cold wave sweeping Kandhmal district in Orissa affected normal life, Belghar in the...

US sets in new standards for mercury, air toxics

A key US environmental agency has unveiled the country`s first-ever national standards for mercury a...

Impact from asteroid behind Mercury’s wobbly orbit

Scientists believe that Mercury’s wobbly orbit could have been caused by an asteroid impact so huge ...

Mercury dips in Raj, Mt Abu records zero degree

Mercury dipped further in parts of Rajasthan with Mount Abu recording zero degree Celsius.

An alien spacecraft parked next to Mercury?

The object appears from nowhere in a sequence of images of a coronal ejection from the Sun taken by ...

Decades-old mysteries of Mercury unfolded

After six months of orbiting Mercury, NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft is providing surprising new inform...

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