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]Chandrayaan-3 lowers lunar orbit. What's ahead for Moon soft landing
Published on Aug 07, 2023 12:49 PM IST
Chandrayaan-3 latest updates: The spacecraft successfully lowers lunar orbit, health normal, next operation on August 9, landing attempt on August 23.
Singh Rahul Sunilkumar | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Watch: Chandrayaan-3 shares first-ever images after entering Moon's orbit
The clip shows intricate details of the Moon's craters as the craft approaches towards it.
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 05:43 AM IST
NASA restores contact with Voyager 2 after 'interstellar shout'
Voyager 2's twin Voyager 1 was mankind's first spacecraft to enter the interstellar medium, in 2012, and is currently almost 15 billion miles from Earth.
Published on Aug 05, 2023 02:42 AM IST
AFP |
Watch: Russian scientists produce watermelons at ‘coldest place on Earth’
The team began the process by choosing ‘two types of early-ripening watermelons’ that could adapt to low atmospheric pressure and oxygen scarcity.
Published on Aug 04, 2023 10:18 PM IST
Weird Science | Wriggling worms and the state between life and death
Cryptobiosis, first observed in 1702, is when an organism can power down for a millennium, survive harsh conditions, and then come 'alive' at the right time
Published on Aug 04, 2023 08:59 PM IST
End stages of dying sun to actively forming stars: James Webb's recent captures
The near-infrared camera of the Webb telescope has recently sent a series of magnificent images depicting several cosmic activities. Let's find out.
Published on Aug 04, 2023 07:35 PM IST
Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission: What is the role of Vikram lander, Pragyan rover?
Chandrayaan 3 is India's ambitious moon mission, launched from the Earth on July 14. It is expected to land on the moon on August 23.
Published on Aug 03, 2023 09:55 AM IST
AI-supported mammography found to be safe during trials: Study
The study underlines AI-supported mammography analysis is as good as two breast radiologists working together to detect breast cancer
Updated on Aug 02, 2023 08:59 AM IST
NASA's Voyager 2 signals ‘good health’ after brief blackout
Both Voyager spacecraft carry "Golden Records" -- 12-inch, gold plated copper disks intended to convey the story of our world to extraterrestrials.
Published on Aug 01, 2023 09:51 PM IST
AFP | | Posted by Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao
Supermoon 2023: ‘Sturgeon moon’ visible today. What is it?
The first supermoon of this year was in July, and the last one for 2023 will occur in September. The supermoon on Tuesday is also called as ‘sturgeon moon’.
Published on Aug 01, 2023 07:19 PM IST
NASA's update on Voyager 2 as contact remains lost after wrong command
Voyager 2 was launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets, just a couple weeks ahead of its identical twin, Voyager 1.
Published on Aug 01, 2023 01:07 PM IST
AP | | Posted by Nisha Anand
‘…with ISRO’: Australian Space Agency's big update on object found on beach
The Australian Space Agency said the debris will remain in storage and it was working with the ISRO, to seek confirmation to determine the next steps.
Published on Jul 31, 2023 03:12 PM IST
Europe's most vital trade route Rhine River at risk due to climate change
Low waters are becoming more frequent and forcing costly and cumbersome workarounds to keep supply lines open.
Published on Jul 31, 2023 12:29 PM IST
Bloomberg | | Posted by Nisha Anand
OceanGate co-founder envisions sending 1,000 humans to Venus by 2050
Guillermo Söhnlein said there is a sliver of the Venusian atmosphere about 30 miles from the surface where humans could theoretically survive.
Published on Jul 30, 2023 08:44 PM IST
How thinking hard makes the brain tired
A neurometabolic account
Published on Jul 29, 2023 02:01 AM IST
The Economist
New research reveals reason behind rising cannabis poisoning cases in America
A new study from the University of Sydney reveals that the legalization of marijuana has led to an increase in cannabis poisoning cases in the US
Published on Jul 27, 2023 08:15 PM IST
Paurush Omar
NASA power outage briefly disrupts contact with International Space Station
Mission Control couldn't send commands to the station and talk with the seven astronauts in orbit.
Published on Jul 26, 2023 05:49 PM IST
AP | | Posted by Nisha Anand
What was The Manhattan Project, which made Oppenheimer ‘father of atomic bomb’
The Manhattan Project which began in 1942, successfully harnessed nuclear energy for the first time in the world in 1945.
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 on July 14, a follow-up mission to Chandrayaan-2, which failed at achieving soft landing on lunar surface in September 2019.
Published on Jul 23, 2023 07:46 PM IST
Female killer whales protect their sons, not daughters, during fights: Study
Orcas have no natural predators, and this subspecies feeds exclusively on salmon, as opposed to prey that can bite back.
Published on Jul 23, 2023 11:48 AM IST
AFP | | Posted by Yagya Sharma
Misdiagnosis leads to over 3.5 lakh deaths every year in US: Study
Diagnostic errors happen largely for a group of five conditions – sepsis, stroke, pneumonia, venous thromboembolism and lung cancer.
Updated on Jul 22, 2023 01:32 PM IST
Weird Science | It is indeed time to worry about the Upside Down
The ground beneath our feet is heating up and causing its own kind of climate change. But there’s a silver lining
Published on Jul 22, 2023 09:56 AM IST
‘Evidence’ of two planets possibly sharing same orbit around their star found
Astronomers said it’s the strongest evidence yet of this bizarre cosmic pairing, long suspected but never proven.
Published on Jul 21, 2023 02:02 PM IST
AP | | Posted by Nisha Anand
Small mammals may have hunted dinosaurs for food, a new study says
The study questions the theory that dinosaurs dominated the Earth and mammals were a part of their domain.
Published on Jul 19, 2023 03:04 PM IST
Deutsche Welle |
Google doodle celebrates US scientist Eunice Newton Foote's birthday: Know her
Eunice Newton Foote was born in the 1819 in US' Connecticut and laid the groundwork for the discovery of greenhouse gas effect.
Published on Jul 17, 2023 02:52 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. Read more about their discovery here!
Published on Jul 16, 2023 11:06 PM IST
Chandrayaan-3: First orbit-raising maneuver successfully performed, says ISRO
Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation have performed the first orbit raising maneuver of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on Saturday.
Updated on Jul 16, 2023 02:19 AM IST
PTI |
Chandrayaan-3: Why did Chandrayaan-2 lander fail? Why is it a tough mission?
Chandrayaan-3 launch LIVE updates: The mission comes four years after Chandrayaan-2, which failed to achieve the desired soft landing in September 2019.
Published on Jul 14, 2023 12:04 PM IST
Star is born! NASA celebrates James Webb's first anniversary with stunning image
The James Webb Space Telescope celebrates its first anniversary with a stunning image of a star being born revolutionizing our understanding of the cosmos
Published on Jul 12, 2023 09:25 PM IST
Paurush Omar
Much ado about green hydrogen
It's touted to be the next big source of energy. The Centre already has a mission in place, and a Union minister recently promoted the idea. An explainer
Updated on Jul 12, 2023 08:22 PM IST
