Mars: mounting evidence for subglacial lakes, but could they really host life?
Although the new findings make Mars even more interesting than before, they haven’t advanced its ranking in the list of solar system bodies …
Biodiversity, green cover: Bhopal’s ecological garden offers shot at conservation
The tree cover in Bhopal has declined by 44% in 2 decades; the urban forest can help compensate for the same
NASA images capture wet and dry cycles in Namibia’s Etosha Pan
The salt pan in Namibia receives most of the rainfall — as much as 46 cm — every year between October and March
A year around the moon
India’s second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, completed one year in orbit around the moon August 20, 2020. Space agency ISRO said it has …
Planet greening negated global warming, show NASA maps
Since 2000, at least 30% of areas with more leaf coverage were cooled by it, the research noted
Space mirror "illumines" Europe by night
A Russian attempt to light up the night by using sunlight reflected from a huge space-based mirror failed to come up to expectations but could …
‘There is a fundamental joy in exploring our universe, but it comes with great responsibility’
In a week when India created history with Chandrayaan-3, Down To Earth spoke to biologist Jyotsna Dhawan, daughter of the late Dr Satish Dhawan, …
Delhi notifies first-ever parking rules to restrain vehicle use, cut air pollution
The rule probibits parking in green areas, parks, footpaths, bus stops and intersections
50th anniversary of Apollo 11: Look at these panoramas from the Moon missions
It’s the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 mission, when humans stepped on the surface of the moon for the first time. The National Aeronautics …
Here is what Indian scientists achieved in 2018
Here is a collection of 15 such stories that gives a glimpse of important developments reported by Indian scientists during the year.
US scraps CO2 monitoring programme that doesn’t cost more than a battle tank
NASA's Carbon Monitoring System provides data on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon stocks to help countries evaluate their progress towards …
2016 experiences record-breaking heat for nine consecutive months
12 consecutive months from October 2015 to September 2016 have set new monthly high-temperature records
"ISRO has capabilities to build geostationary satellites for air quality monitoring”
Since satellite observations are limited to cloud-free regions, several countries plan to launch geostationary satellites for continuous …
Space agencies of 60 countries come together to monitor greenhouse gas emissions
Data from satellites will help keep tabs on countries’ efforts to reduce emissions in line with their climate action commitments
Eyes on S-band
Mobile phone operators want reallocation of the spectrum. Say ISRO is wasting the resource
The eye in the sky
India is one of the few developing countries to have its own space satellite systems. And, now Indian planners are depending increasingly on …
Tapping into the source
These are the days of frenetic crossborder data networking. Electronic cilia have crawled into almost every nook in the world where information …
Science and technology remain out of focus in budget
No funds to promote scientific research
Restrain parking demand for clean air
Pull the parking levers and make the vehicle users pay the right price to restrain insatiable demand for parking and to control congestion and …
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
The Sun’s activity cycle is reaching its peak early: Knowing why could help us unlock the secrets of our star
What would higher solar activity mean for us?
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
India launches IRNSS-1G, gets own navigation system
The last of the seven navigation satellites was launched from Sriharikota on Thursday
Smart alien's relentless strike
SARS motivates researchers to redefine space invasion
‘Einstein’s E = mc2 does not work in the biosphere’
Behaviour of light changes on entry into Earth's atmosphere from space; it assumes a benevolent role