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Chandrayaan-3 lowers lunar orbit. What's ahead for Moon soft landing

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Published on Aug 07, 2023 12:49 PM IST

The Moon, as viewed by Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft during Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI), on Sunday.

Watch: Chandrayaan-3 shares first-ever images after entering Moon's orbit

Chandrayaan-3 sends clip to ISRO

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Updated on Aug 07, 2023 02:28 PM IST

NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 after 'interstellar shout'

In this Aug. 4, 1977, photo provided by NASA, the "Sounds of Earth" record is mounted on the Voyager 2 spacecraft in the Safe-1 Building at the Kennedy Space Center.

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Published on Aug 05, 2023 02:42 AM IST

Watch: Russian scientists produce watermelons at ‘coldest place on Earth’

This could be positive news for the scientists residing in the region's challenging environment, as they will have a new food variety.

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Published on Aug 04, 2023 11:13 PM IST

Weird Science | Wriggling worms and the state between life and death

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Panagrolaimus kolymaensis, revived after 46,000 years

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Published on Aug 04, 2023 09:00 PM IST

End stages of dying sun to actively forming stars: James Webb's recent captures

Remnants of a dying star (L). Two actively forming stars (R)

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Published on Aug 04, 2023 11:17 PM IST

Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission: What is the role of Vikram lander, Pragyan rover?

Chandrayaan-3 was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Friday, on board the LVM-3 rocket. (ISRO)

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Published on Aug 03, 2023 01:31 PM IST

AI-supported mammography found to be safe during trials: Study

Representational image. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Updated on Aug 02, 2023 08:59 AM IST

NASA's Voyager 2 signals ‘good health’ after brief blackout

A series of planned commands sent to Voyager 2 on July 21, 2023, "inadvertently caused the antenna to point two degrees away from Earth," NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said in a recent update.

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Published on Aug 01, 2023 09:51 PM IST

Supermoon 2023: ‘Sturgeon moon’ visible today. What is it?

Supermoon is can be witnessed when the full moon occurs near or at the closest point to Earth in its orbit.

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Published on Aug 01, 2023 07:24 PM IST

NASA's update on Voyager 2 as contact remains lost after wrong command

NASA said Monday that its huge dish antenna in Canberra, Australia, is on the lookout for any stray signals from Voyager 2.

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Published on Aug 01, 2023 01:09 PM IST

‘…with ISRO’: Australian Space Agency's big update on object found on beach

A cylindrical object is seen on beach in Green Head, Australia, July 17, 2023.

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Published on Jul 31, 2023 03:13 PM IST

Europe's most vital trade route Rhine River at risk due to climate change

Transport vessels cruise past the partially dried riverbed of the Rhine river in Bingen, Germany.

environment

Published on Jul 31, 2023 12:31 PM IST

OceanGate co-founder envisions sending 1,000 humans to Venus by 2050

OceanGate Expeditions co-founder Guillermo Söhnlein

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Published on Jul 30, 2023 11:03 PM IST

How thinking hard makes the brain tired

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In other words, cognitive work results in chemical changes in the brain, which present behaviourally as fatigue.

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Published on Jul 29, 2023 02:01 AM IST

New research reveals reason behind rising cannabis poisoning cases in America

The University of Sydney conducted a systematic review of 30 published studies, which shed light on the connection between marijuana legalization and poisoning rates in the US.

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Published on Jul 27, 2023 08:15 PM IST

NASA power outage briefly disrupts contact with International Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking.

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Published on Jul 26, 2023 05:57 PM IST

What was The Manhattan Project, which made Oppenheimer ‘father of atomic bomb’

Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, creator of the atom bomb, is shown at his study at the Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton, N.J., Dec. 15, 1957.

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Updated on Jul 27, 2023 07:39 PM IST

Chandrayaan-3 to escape Earth's orbit soon: Here's when it will land on moon

Chandrayaan-3 was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Friday, on board the LVM-3 rocket. (ISRO)

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Published on Jul 23, 2023 07:53 PM IST

Female killer whales protect their sons, not daughters, during fights: Study

An unusually large group of killer whales was spotted off the coast of San Francisco on May 7. (Michael Pierson/Oceanic Society via AP)

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Published on Jul 23, 2023 11:48 AM IST

Misdiagnosis leads to over 3.5 lakh deaths every year in US: Study

The also study said patients should not panic or lose faith in the health care system.

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Updated on Jul 22, 2023 01:32 PM IST

Weird Science | It is indeed time to worry about the Upside Down

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Research on climate change has mostly focused on the impact on the atmosphere. But what of the impact underground?

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Published on Jul 24, 2023 07:40 AM IST

‘Evidence’ of two planets possibly sharing same orbit around their star found

This image, taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), shows the young planetary system PDS 70, located nearly 400 light-years away from Earth. European Southern Observatory via AP)

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Published on Jul 21, 2023 02:05 PM IST

Small mammals may have hunted dinosaurs for food, a new study says

A handout photo released by the Canadian Museum of Nature shows a fossil of entangled Psittacosaurus (dinosaur) and Repenomamus (mammal) skeletons.

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Published on Jul 19, 2023 03:04 PM IST

Google doodle celebrates US scientist Eunice Newton Foote's birthday: Know her

Eunice Newton Foote was an American scientist and women’s rights activist.

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Published on Jul 17, 2023 02:57 PM IST

Is age reversal possible? Researchers from Harvard, Maine, and MIT prove yes!

Researchers from Harvard, Maine, and MIT have made a breakthrough in age reversal using a chemical method to reverse cellular aging. Their study identified six chemical combinations that rejuvenated aged cells within a week without causing unregulated cell growth.

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Published on Jul 16, 2023 11:06 PM IST

Chandrayaan-3: First orbit-raising maneuver successfully performed, says ISRO

Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3, the word for "moon craft" in Sanskrit, travels after it was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

india news

Updated on Jul 16, 2023 05:11 PM IST

Chandrayaan-3: Why did Chandrayaan-2 lander fail? Why is it a tough mission?

Images of the far side of the moon show a vastly different landscape - pitted with craters (above right). (NASA / Goddard Space Flight Center / Arizona State University)

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Published on Jul 14, 2023 03:55 PM IST

Star is born! NASA celebrates James Webb's first anniversary with stunning image

In this photo provided by NASA, technicians lift the mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope using a crane,

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Published on Jul 12, 2023 09:25 PM IST

Much ado about green hydrogen

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India already has a National Green Hydrogen Mission in place, and steps towards implementing it have been in the news lately.

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Updated on Jul 12, 2023 08:31 PM IST

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