This 37,000-year-old bamboo from Manipur just exposed an Ice Age mystery
Nov 28, 2025, at 02:57 pm
Among the silt-rich deposits of the Chirang River in Manipur’s Imphal Valley, researchers examining fossil plant remains have found an astonishingly intact bamboo stem, carrying the ghostly marks of long-vanished thorns.
Ozone hole recovery accelerates: 2025 size among lowest in decades, NASA reports
Nov 25, 2025, at 06:37 pm
While continental in scale, the ozone hole over the Antarctic was small in 2025 compared to previous years and remains on track to recover later this century, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported.
CERN Council reviews feasibility study for a next-generation collider
Nov 11, 2025, at 12:38 am
CERN and its partners in Europe and worldwide are currently working to identify the next collider that would succeed the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) after the latter reaches the end of operations in 2041.
From fireballs to a supermoon: November’s night sky promises a cosmic treat
Nov 05, 2025, at 11:40 pm
November is shaping up to be a spectacular month for stargazers and skywatchers, offering a series of dazzling celestial events- from meteor showers and planetary alignments to the year’s biggest and brightest full moon.
Modi’s ₹1 lakh crore tech push! India unveils game-changing innovation scheme at ESTIC 2025
Nov 03, 2025, at 05:46 pm
Indian PM Narendra Modi addressed the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC) 2025 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi when he launched the Research, Development and Innovation Scheme, with an allocation of Rs.1 lakh crore.
Nov 02, 2025, at 07:29 pm
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday launched its heaviest communication satellite to date, CMS-03, marking one of the major leaps in its satellite missions.
GSAT-7R Satellite: ISRO to launch Indian Navy’s communication satellite today
Nov 02, 2025, at 03:58 pm
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to launch Indian Navy’s GSAT-7R (CMS-03) communication satellite on Sunday.
Trio wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing new form of molecular architecture
Oct 08, 2025, at 06:07 pm
Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a new form of molecular architecture.
Oct 07, 2025, at 06:54 pm
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with the Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) and the Tri-Services, formally released Indian Radio Software Architecture (IRSA) standard 1.0 to enable interoperability in Military Communication.
U.S.-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis win Nobel Prize in Physics
Oct 07, 2025, at 04:30 pm
U.S.-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for “the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit", the award-giving body announced on Tuesday.
Sep 28, 2025, at 02:14 pm
The Indian Space Research Organisation, the pioneer of Indian science research, has issued an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) inviting scientists within India to utilise the archival data available from past Venus missions.
Acharya Balkrishna recognised among world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University
Sep 23, 2025, at 09:21 pm
Acharya Balkrishna, Managing Director of Patanjali Ayurved, has once again been recognised among the top 2% of scientists worldwide, according to a prestigious list published by Stanford University in collaboration with leading academic publisher Elsevier.
Indian scientists used data from more than 6,000 open clusters to map the dusty veil of Milky Way
Sep 17, 2025, at 04:25 pm
Indian astronomers have mapped in detail the invisible layers of cosmic dust that veil our Milky Way and redden the light of the stars.
NASA is giving you a chance to send your name to the Moon, check out the way it can be done
Sep 15, 2025, at 06:37 pm
NASA is inviting the public to join the agency’s Artemis II test flight as four astronauts venture around the Moon and back to test systems and hardware needed for deep space exploration.
India to witness rare total lunar eclipse tonight
Sep 07, 2025, at 04:58 pm
New Delhi: On Sunday night, the skies over India will stage a celestial performance as a total lunar eclipse unfolds, visible in its entirety across the country.
ISRO, Japan's JAXA to collaborate for Chandrayaan-5 mission, announces Modi in Tokyo, details inside
Aug 30, 2025, at 10:42 am
Indian PM Narendra Modi, who is currently visiting Tokyo, on Friday announced that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are collaborating for the lunar mission Chandrayaan-5.
India sees space as the future of tomorrow's economy, security, energy & humanity: Rajnath Singh
Aug 24, 2025, at 09:34 pm
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the country sees space as the future of tomorrow's economy.
ISRO unveils model of Bharatiya Antariksh Station
Aug 23, 2025, at 12:20 am
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday unveiled a model of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) module during the National Space Day celebrations in New Delhi.
ISRO’s National Space Meet 2.0 charts roadmap for Viksit Bharat 2047
Aug 22, 2025, at 11:42 pm
As part of the 2nd National Space Day celebrations, commemorating the successful soft landing of the Vikram rover on the lunar surface, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday hosted the National Space Meet 2.0 on “Leveraging Space Technology and Applications for Viksit Bharat 2047” at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
India successfully test-fires Agni-5 intermediate-range ballistic missile from Odisha
Aug 20, 2025, at 09:20 pm
India successfully test-fired its Agni-5 intermediate-range ballistic missile on Wednesday from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, off the Odisha coast.
From tiny rocket to 6,500 kg satellite: ISRO set to launch US-built payload in coming months
Aug 10, 2025, at 07:00 pm
Chennai: India’s space programme, which began modestly in 1963 with a small rocket provided by the United States, is now preparing to launch a 6,500 kg communication satellite built in America within the next two months, ISRO Chairman V Narayanan said on Sunday, PTI reported.
Agra-born Arvinder Bahal touches space aboard Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin’s NS-34 mission
Aug 03, 2025, at 11:58 pm
Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos, completed its latest suborbital space tourism mission, NS-34, on Sunday.
SonaSPEED motors power NASA–ISRO synthetic aperture radar mission
Aug 01, 2025, at 01:17 pm
Bengaluru/Salem: When the GSLV-F16 lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on the evening of July 30, scores of researchers at the SonaSPEED laboratories in Salem and Bengaluru rejoiced, as the Simplex Permanent Magnet Stepper Motors developed and built by them had successfully powered the first ISRO–NASA Earth Observation Mission.
India-US space collaboration: ISRO successfully launches NISAR
Jul 30, 2025, at 06:30 pm
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday launched the NISAR satellite, marking the Indian space research organisation's maiden collaboration with NASA.
Jul 27, 2025, at 01:43 pm
The American space agency NASA is expected to lose around 20 percent of its workforce after it accepted the President Donald Trump-led administration's "deferred resignation" (DRP) option, media reports said.
Indian Cabinet commends Shubhanshu Shukla's successful space mission
Jul 16, 2025, at 07:34 pm
The Indian Cabinet on Wednesday 'welcomed' the return of astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to Earth after his 18-day stay in the International Space Station.
Shubhanshu Shukla returns to Earth after his 18-day mission to space
Jul 15, 2025, at 03:24 pm
Writing a glorious chapter in India's space odyssey, astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla splashed down off California with Ax-4 crew members on Tuesday.
Dragon spacecraft undocks from ISS, Shubhanshu Shukla's journey to Earth commences
Jul 14, 2025, at 05:07 pm
Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and the Axiom-4 mission (Ax-4) crew members resumed their journey towards Earth after their Dragon spacecraft undocked from the International Space Station on Monday.
Shubhanshu Shukla, other Axiom-4 crew members enter Dragon spacecraft, undocking from ISS soon
Jul 14, 2025, at 03:05 pm
Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla and the crew for the Axiom-4 mission (Ax-4) will depart from the International Space Station shortly.
India still looks 'sare jahan se accha' from space, says Shubhanshu Shukla in his farewell speech
Jul 13, 2025, at 09:38 pm
Astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who is part of the Axiom-4 mission, referred to the words of Rakesh Sharma and said India still looked 'sare jahan se accha' (the best place in the world) from space.