Phytoplankton blooms in the Atlantic may originate in autumn rather than spring: NASA

The finding is startling as autumn and winters are a harsh time when growth conditions for phytoplankton are at their worst

2008 A lunar odyssey

From a pariah after Pokhran II to scientific self esteem, India raced its way to the moon. Archita Bhatta tracked the nation's voyage to find …

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 …

Test drive to Mars

India’s first inter-planetary flight is now well on its way. Once the satellite orbits the Red Planet, the country will become the fourth …

Wormholes may be lurking in the universe — and new studies are proposing ways of finding them

Nature may have found a way to create wormholes to keep the universe from expanding

Obituary: U R Rao laid foundation for self-reliance in satellite building

The former chairman of ISRO passed away on July 24 at 85 years old

Chandrayaan-3: Science on the political agenda

While science is always definitive, its use is a political decision

Space ballet

Listen and learn

Greenland ice melts

A bridge too far-fetched

Wholesome find

Ozone hole over Antarctica is smaller in size this year due to atmospheric conditions

Is there anybody out there?

An amino acid's discovery in deep space raises hope of finding life forms there

Techno rainbird

NASA develops computer model to track origins of rain

More space for soyabeans

A recent find raises hope for further space invasion

Hunting galaxies far, far away — here’s how anyone can explore the universe

In just our observable universe we estimate there are over 2 trillion galaxies!  

NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid — photos show the last moments of the successful DART mission

Double Asteroid Redirection Test is meant to test one potential approach that could prevent an asteroid from colliding with Earth.

Astronomers find extremely aged remnant of galaxies that influence universe’s evolution

A team of Indian astronomers from Pune claimed the remnants belonged to galaxies formed 260 million years ago, a record in itself  

Broken cable damages Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico

The Arecibo Observatory is one of the largest radio telescopes in the world. It features prominently in the last part of the 1995 movie GoldenEye

Carl Sagan, the animal rights visionary

He was talking about global warming and humane treatment of animals before they became fashionable

India's navigation system will not depend on US for accuracy in time

ISRO’s indigenous regional navigation positioning system will be based on the Indian clock system instead of the US

Russia's role raises hopes and fears

With Russia participating in the first unified space station project, international cooperation reaches new heights. But there are also doubts …

'The talk of space wars, colonisation is still in the realm of fiction'

Weaponisation of space has long seemed inevitable and Trump's announcement of Space Force diverges from historical conventions that consider …

Scientists discover a new source of neutrinos in space – opening up another window into the universe

A giant detector at the South Pole has discovered that a “blazar”, a galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its centre, also …

Chandrayaan-3 successfully launched but what is its purpose?

It will help collect data about the chemical and mineralogical composition of the lunar surface