Look, Hubble is turning 31

The Hubble Space Telescope will celebrate 31 years in space observing the universe on April 24, 2021. A month before it’s birthday, presenting …

Stubble burning down in Punjab, Haryana, UP since 2016: NASA maps

Data from the agency shows that all three states have made progress in reducing stubble burning between 2016 and 2019

What’s the mysterious light up above? A supermassive black hole ripping a star apart

Halfway across the universe, this is brightest and farthest tidal disruption event ever detected

‘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 …

In the future, technology will lead to solutions as well as conflicts: Report

Published by the World Economic Forum, the report says that future conflicts and collaborations would be over weather manipulation tools, food …

'ISRO's nanosatellites can become a global system for navigation'

ISRO's navigation system can prove to be more accurate and economical than current ones

Hubble spots possible water plumes on Jupiter's moon Europa

The observation increases the possibility that missions to Europa may be able to sample Europa’s ocean without having to drill through …

One of the world's largest radio telescope being set up near Pune will look for incontrovertible evidence for the Big Bang theory on the origin …

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 …

Where are the heroes?

Book>> Destination Moon by Pallav Bagla and Subhadra Menon Harper Collins New Delhi 2008, Rs 195

Celestial explorers

Book>> Voyager, seeking newer worlds in the third great age of discovery • by Stephen J Pyne • Viking • Rs 1,000

Mars Mission: ISRO eyes November 2013 launch

Cabinet yet to approve the mission

What is the multi-drug-resistant pathogen found in the International Space Station?

Research on Enterobacter bugandensis holds promise for managing hospital infections & safeguarding astronaut well-being

Major floods on Mars? China’s rover finds evidence

Zhurong rover's first radar imager results analysed two interesting underground layers

NASA plans to launch two new missions to Venus by 2030

The Venus missions will provide valuable insights to our fight against climate change

Why no debate on independence of research?

There was no discussion on how promoting PPP model will affect independence of research

NASA finds evidence of water on Mars

If water exists now, life too could be found on the planet

Black China

Soot particles are causing intensive droughts and floods in China

Disoriented

Lack of mapping policy is a sign of information backwardness in the digital era

Restrictions are redundant

For the rich

Map monopoly

The Union ministry of defence is paranoid

LIFE STRATOSPHERIC

James Webb telescope spots 6 monster galaxies harbouring tens to hundreds of billions of sun-sized stars’ mass: Study

These galaxies challenge our current understanding of galaxy formation as they are too hefty for their age

Bubble of secrets: Here’s what the new 3D map of a gigantic cosmic cavity tells us about the universe

The ‘Local Bubble’ is a 1,000-light-year-wide cavity or a superbubble around the Sun

Scientists detect two water worlds 218 light years away

Study of the twin planets shows exoplanets are more diverse; new planet in same system discovered