According to a USA Today report, citing a genetic survey carried out by the researchers at the Yale University, a giant Galapagos tortoise species which was believed to have gone extinct in the 1840s is still alive and in good health.

Yesterday the United Nations (UN) has started a new round of climate change talks in Bonn, Germany along with the growing sense of exigency on climate change.

Singapore is all set to witness the launch of its first satellite, finally after a very long delay.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will be launching it into the orbit next month. It will be launched with the help of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).

The first most expected display flight of a new commercial spacecraft; SpaceX's Dragon capsule has been postponed to Wednesday at the initial for the reason that there was a crack in an upper-stage rocket engine nozzle.

NASA researcher has found a new life form which is able to use the element arsenic in their DNA in place of phosphorus.

Biologist Felisa Wolfe-Simon who is a NASA research fellow based at the U. S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California in US who identified the creature said, "The mere fact that an organism can grow with this much arsenic, that's outrageous."

American space agency, NASA has announced a press conference to be held on Thursday to discuss "an astrobiology finding", which will impact the search for extraterrestrial life.

The Kalpaneya Yatre 2010 has started at the Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium. It is an astronomy festival that will go on till 5th December.

The festival mainly aims to popularize astronomy. It gives a bird's eye view of astronomy, and caters to people of all age groups, and not just kids.