Air pollution mission: NASA, Italian space agency to study 11 most populated cities globally, including Delhi
MAIA mission to use data from Earth observation satellite to help scientists find correlations between air pollution and health problems
Counting north India’s stubble fires: Stronger data science needed to study winter smog
Severe smog in north India is a result of an evil alignment of many factors. Whether those factors co-conspire this year, remains to be seen
Counting north India’s stubble fires: How do NASA satellites capture them
Overall, it is safe to assume that even if satellite images do not show a fire, it does not necessarily mean that nothing is burning on the ground
Aerosol levels at 20-year-low in north India: NASA satellite data
Scientists compare aerosol optical depth measurements over the country between March 31 to April 5 for five years
Antarctic ozone layer hole keeps shrinking in 2022: NASA, NOAA
Ban on chemicals adopted by Montreal Protocal attributed to gradual ozone layer recovery
There’s a splitting dent in Earth's magnetic field; here’s why NASA will track it
The weakening field poses concern for low-Earth orbit satellites: Highly charged particles may cause a glitch in the satellite or permanently …
African dryland trees store less carbon than believed earlier, finds study
Study by team including NASA scientists estimates carbon stocks of trees in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa; calculates 840 million …
NASA images show flood water spilling from Yangtze river dams
Water was seen moving through the gates of the Three Gorges Dam to the smaller Gezhouba Dam, around 26 kilometres southeast
2022 too short, too far: 5 times James Webb grabbed eyeballs
Telescope helped us understand how stars are born and unfolded Mars’ and Neptune’s secrets
Stubble burning, dust from West put an end to north India’s clean air
The region had experienced clean skies during the COVID-19 lockdown, but now, particulate matters have again increased
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
CSE analysis finds Delhi-NCR winter pollution levels down in October-November
Warmer October, fewer crop fires & favourable meteorological conditions help improve bad air
Earth-like tectonic plates on ancient Venus may explain its carbon dioxide- & nitrogen-rich atmosphere
New research suggests Earth’s sister planet may have been home to microbial life billions of years ago due to tectonic activities
Driest place in North America has been home to a lake for 6 months, show NASA images
Badwater Basin in Death Valley received more than double its average annual precipitation since August 2023
NASA-funded study brings together researchers from across the world to unravel mysteries of tropical forests
Long-term study to explore biodiversity, gas exchanges and bio-geoscience cycles on a pan-tropical scale, train future researchers
Jupiter’s moon Europa produces less oxygen than we thought — it may affect our chances of finding life there
Although Europa boasts three basic ingredients for life –we don’t yet know if there has been enough time for life to develop
Cosmic cliffs, galaxy group: 1st series of photos by James Webb Space Telescope
NASA to shut down SOFIA telescope that found water on Moon
SOFIA also discovered the first molecule formed in the Universe
NASA tweets audio of what a black hole sounds like — and it is super eerie
Space agency debunks popular misconception of no sound in space
NASA’s Artemis 1 successfully takes off, heralding new era in human lunar exploration
Artemis 1 has a mission duration of 25 days, 11 hours and 36 minutes
NASA reschedules long-delayed Moon rocket launch as tropical storm barrels in
Mission will get the US closer to taking astronauts to the Moon after 5 decades
Shifting seasons on Russian steppe captured by NASA
Giant ‘scratch’ marks seen across the steppe’s land surface
Do you know what Arrokoth is?
This is the official name of a world humanity would be proud of
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
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx will land on an asteroid to bring home rocks and dust – if it can avoid Mt. Doom
However, nothing ventured, nothing gained