ISRO successfully launches 7 Singapore satellites with PSLV-C56 in a textbook lift off
Jul 30, 2023, at 06:16 pm
Sriharikota/IBNS/UNI: In a dedicated commercial mission, ISRO's workhorse launch vehicle PSLV-C56 on Sunday successfully launched seven Singapore satellites, including the primary payload DS-SAR, a Radar Imaging Earth Observation satellite, from the spaceport of SHAR Range, in Andhra Pradesh's Sriharikota.
Siberian permafrost: Worm revived after 46,000 years
Jul 29, 2023, at 07:47 pm
When Anastasia Shatilovich at the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science RAS in Russia revived two frozen individual nematodes from a fossilized burrow in silt deposits in the Siberian permafrost, she and her colleagues were beyond excited.
Chandrayaan-3 Orbit raised further, moves a step closer to Moon
Jul 21, 2023, at 02:34 am
Chennai/IBNS: India Thursday celebrated International Moon Day-2023 by propelling its third Moon Mission Chandrayaan-3--to explore the hitherto unexplored Lunar south pole--a step closer to the moon by raising its orbit for the fourth time.
Chandrayaan-3's health normal: ISRO updates after successful orbit-raising manoeuvre
Jul 16, 2023, at 04:55 am
New Delhi: Scientists successfully executed the initial orbit-raising manoeuvre of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on Saturday, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
Chandrayaan-3 lift-off recorded from plane window, video now goes viral
Jul 15, 2023, at 11:37 pm
Chennai: A historic sight of Chandrayaan-3's launch from the second launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on Friday was caught on camera by a passenger who was flying on a flight.
Critical motor for ISROs Chandrayaan-3 moonshot by Sona College of Technology researchers
Jul 15, 2023, at 02:33 pm
Bengaluru: As the world’s eyes are glued to the launch of Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) indigenous spacecraft to the moon, Chandrayaan-3, at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota, researchers at Sona College of Technology, Salem will follow the event with bated breath.
Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft integrated with launch vehicle: ISRO
Jul 06, 2023, at 01:14 am
Chennai/IBNS/UNI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday announced that the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft was integrated with the Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM3).
IAEA: Europe’s largest nuclear power plant regains back-up electricity feed
Jul 04, 2023, at 10:09 pm
New York: The Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine is now reconnected to its only back-up power line after four months, but the power situation at the site remains “highly vulnerable”, warned Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Monday.
Tripura: Government-run college is working hard to scientifically produce giant prawns
Jul 01, 2023, at 11:08 pm
Agartala’s College Tilla is trying to make a revolution in the state and has emerged as a scientific breeding ground for a specific species of fish that has huge demand in the local market of Tripura.
UN space agency vigilant over threat posed by ‘near-Earth objects’
Jun 30, 2023, at 10:58 pm
New York: With over 18,000 near-Earth objects (NEOs) lurking beyond the stratosphere, 2,000 of which are classified as potentially hazardous, the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) is using Friday’s International Asteroid Day to raise awareness across the planet.
Assam: Digboi native emerges as leading scientist, making groundbreaking battery invention
Jun 18, 2023, at 08:03 am
Digboi/Assam: Digboi's Anirban Chakraborty, a rising star in the field of science, recently been offered a prestigious role as a designated scientist at a renowned university's Research Laboratory in Texas, USA, where he is conducting groundbreaking research on batteries.
Indian scientists refute earlier find of fossil of earliest animal in Madhya Pradesh's Bhimbetka
Jun 17, 2023, at 08:00 am
New Delhi: Indian scientists have proved that the Indian Dickinsonia fossil that had been originally reported from UNESCO World Heritage Site Bhimbetka Cave Shelter in earlier research in 2021, was actually a left-over impression of a fallen beehive, not a true fossil, Ministry of Science & Technology said on Friday.
Chandrayaan-3 moon mission to be launched in mid-July, says ISRO chief
Jun 09, 2023, at 01:30 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning for a mid-July launch of the Chandrayaan-3 moon mission, its chairman S Somnath said at a press conference here on Thursday.
China successfully launches crewed mission to Tiangong Space Station
May 31, 2023, at 04:34 am
Jiuquan/China: China sent three astronauts, including the first Chinese civilian in orbit, to the Tiangong space station via a Long March 2F rocket. The Shenzhou-16 crew safely docked at the Tianhe core module of the space station several hours later, following the launch at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre.
Australian scientists developing 1st movable hydrogen generator
May 26, 2023, at 06:53 pm
Canberra: Scientists from Australia's national research agency have launched a project to develop the country's first portable green hydrogen generator.
Kolkata scientists develop new artificial light-harvesting system using organic nanotubes
May 25, 2023, at 04:19 am
Kolkata: Inspired by natural photosynthetic systems, researchers in Kolkata have developed a new method of harvesting artificial light using organic nanotubes, which can be utilized in solar cells, photocatalysis, optical sensors, and tunable multi-color light-emitting materials.
May 25, 2023, at 03:42 am
Pune: The AI Supercomputer ‘AIRAWAT’, installed at C-DAC, Maharashtra’s Pune has been ranked 75th in the world in the 61st edition of the 'Top 500 Global Supercomputing List' yesterday at the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC 2023) in Germany, Ministry of Electronics & IT said on Wednesday.
India will soon acquire its fastest supercomputer, operations will start by next March: Kiren Rijiju
May 25, 2023, at 03:19 am
Noida (UP): India will soon acquire its fastest supercomputer at a cost of Rs 900 crore and it is expected to start functioning by March next year, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Wednesday.
May 22, 2023, at 01:46 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: The scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) have proposed a novel metric called the root mean square (rms) granulation contrast to quantify the image quality of ground-based solar telescopes.
Final crew module tests for Gaganyaan mission successfully completed: ISRO
May 14, 2023, at 07:29 am
Bengaluru: ISRO on Saturday confirmed that the final test in a series of 14 tests, conducted at ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu, has been completed to qualify for the Crew Module Propulsion System for the Gaganyaan Programme.
Chinese Mars rover makes pioneering discovery: Traces of recent water activity found on Red Planet
May 01, 2023, at 04:16 am
The Zhurong rover, a fully automated robot from China that arrived on Mars in 2021, has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting signs of recent water activity on the Red Planet.
India to collaborate in enhancing the facility at UK’s premier Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Apr 28, 2023, at 09:57 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Atomic Energy and Space Minister Dr Jitendra Singh Friday visited the United Kingdom's premier institution Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) and met researchers, including those working on the UK- India iSiS project.
PSLV-C55 successfully launches two Singapore satellites in orbit
Apr 22, 2023, at 09:54 pm
Sriharikota/UNI: In a dedicated commercial mission, ISRO's workhorse launch vehicle PSLV-C55 on Saturday successfully launched two Singapore satellites in the intended orbit from the SHAR Range, here.
Scientists fabricate protein that can help study diseases like multiple sclerosis
Apr 22, 2023, at 02:32 am
Guwahati: A group of Indian scientists has fabricated monolayers of pure myelin basic protein (MBP), a major protein component of the myelin sheath, which is a protective membrane that wraps around the axon of nerve cells and acts as a model protein in studying diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS), Ministry of Science & Technology said on Friday.
Elon Musk's rocket Starship explodes during first test flight
Apr 21, 2023, at 05:53 am
Billionaire Elon Musk's iconic rocket Starship, the largest and most powerful ever built and designed to send astronauts to the Moon, the Mars and beyond, exploded on Thursday during the spacecraft's first test flight.
ISRO’s RLV LEX boosts indigenous tech to power India’s defence needs
Apr 04, 2023, at 08:54 pm
Bengaluru: As the scientists at ISRO broke the news of launch of Reusable Launch Vehicle’s Autonomous Landing Mission, RLV LEX, at Chitradurga, Karnataka on Sunday morning the entire country rejoiced at this unique milestone with several firsts that bolstered India’s image several notches high.
Massive 150-foot asteroid approaching Earth on April 6: NASA warns
Apr 04, 2023, at 05:42 am
As many as five asteroids are approaching Earth with two of them making their closest approaches to the planet on Monday, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said in a statement.
Earth images captured by EOS-06 satellite released by ISRO
Mar 30, 2023, at 10:31 pm
Chennai: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released the images of earth captured by EOS-06 Satellite launched by its reliable launch vehicle PSLV on November 26, 2022.
ISRO's LVM-M3/OneWeb-India 2 mission launched successfully
Mar 26, 2023, at 06:16 pm
Sriharikota(AP)/IBNS/UNI: In a dedicated second commercial launch, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday successfully accomplished the LVM-M3 mission.
Hyderabad’s Svaya Robotics develops quadruped robot and exoskeleton for defence sector
Mar 17, 2023, at 04:53 am
Hyderabad/IBNS: Hyderabad-based Svaya Robotics in collaboration with DRDO Labs -Research and Development Establishment, Pune (RDE) and Defense Bio-engineering Electro Medial Laboratory, Bangalore (DEBEL), have developed India’s first quadruped robot and the exo-skeleton, both technology demonstrators.