From the Moon’s south pole to an ice-covered ocean world, several exciting space missions are slated for launch in 2024
Expect lots of space missions to launch this coming year, with exciting new science to follow
Why Karnataka politicians are wrong in opposing Western Ghats ESA
Opposition by ministers and legislators putting forest resources at risk, say green activists
Space probe LISA Pathfinder lifts off
LISA Pathfinder will hunt for gravitational waves which were first proposed by Albert Einstein in his General Theory of Relativity
‘5G will better connect rural areas’
India plans to begin 5G trials by 2020, but experts and industry stand at odds over its impact on human health and environment. The fifth …
ExoMars mission delayed, rover will now take off in 2022
European Space Agency cited software problems with the spacecraft as a reason for the delay
NASA to crash into asteroid, ESA to follow up
European Space Agency teams up with NASA to test planetary defence programme
Red Planet's river saga
European Space Agency satellite uses gravity map to track ocean currents
The map is of great use for ocean monitoring and forecasting systems
Many mysteries of solar system may be solved as Rosetta probe lands on comet
Scientists have been trying to understand the role played by comets in our evolution
Discovered: More than 300,000 new galaxies
200 astronomers from 18 countries analyse results of low frequency telescope in radio survey of northern hemisphere
Access to midwives could annually save 1.2 million lives in East and Southern Africa by 2035
Achievements depend on midwives gaining better education and training
Countries bet big on nuclear energy to explore deep space
From fuel to outer space power plants, the world is developing different usages of nuclear energy to explore space
Comets may have brought key chemicals to Earth to kick-start life
Philae Lander sends rich data from Comet 67p before falling asleep
New physics needed to explain Universe’s expansion rate: NASA
Scientists are certain about veracity of a long-standing discrepancy in the value of the rate of expansion known as Hubble Constant
Legalise sand mining in Mysore, MP tells government
The demand was made at a meeting of the environment ministry to discuss issues related to the protection of the Western Ghats
NASA’s Artemis I mission flies past the moon
Spacecraft Orion to enter orbit around the Moon November 25
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 30, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
Record decline in ice sheets in Antarctic and Greenland
Digital maps created with satelllite data show the combined volume of ice loss in Greenland and west Antarctic is 500 km3
Scientists call for legally-binding treaty to protect Earth’s orbit. Here’s why
Over 60,000 satellites expected to orbit Earth by 2030, up from the current 9,000 satellites
Science & Technology - Briefs
Curb on mining in Western Ghats
MoEF accepts Kasturirangan report; will declare one-third of the range ecologically sensitive