Somewhere between the scorching extremes of hot Jupiters and the frozen depths of gas giants like Saturn lies a planet that astronomers have spent years looking for and struggling to study: a temperate giant, large enough to qualify as a gas world but sitting in a temperature range that, by the standards of the universe, […]
What began as a question about polluted drinking water has now turned three Indian teenagers into internationally recognised young innovators. Sixteen-year-olds Vivaan Chhawchharia, Ariana Agarwal and Avyana Mehta have been named the Asia winners of The Earth Prize 2026 for creating ‘Plas-Stick’, a biodegradable solution which removes microplastics from water using powdered tamarind seeds. Inspired […]
New Delhi, May 19: Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a Sanskrit verse on the social media platform ‘X’ on Tuesday, emphasizing the concept of Earth Mother. He stated that Earth Mother considers all of humanity as one family, viewing the entire world as a home where every culture holds its significance and respect. In his […]
Somewhere between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, a giant metallic world drifts silently through deep space. Unlike ordinary rocky asteroids, 16 Psyche has captured global attention because scientists believe it may contain enormous quantities of valuable metals, including iron, nickel, platinum, and possibly more gold than has ever been mined on Earth. The asteroid’s […]
A strange underground discovery in Kerala’s Palakkad district has suddenly drawn attention from scientists, biodiversity researchers, and even people interested in traditional medicine. In the village of Karakurussi, a farmer digging land for cultivation reportedly uncovered several unusual mushroom-like structures hidden beneath the soil. At first glance, they did not look especially remarkable. Yet researchers […]
Go out at night when the sky is clear and take a look around more often than not, you’ll see fewer stars than your grandparents did when they were young. And this isn’t just an illusion; satellite measurements now show that the Earth is becoming increasingly bright at night, thanks to the rapid proliferation of […]
At first glance, it sounds like a stunt, but in central London, visitors are being invited to do something surprisingly rooted in human history: taste soil. The Museum of Edible Earth, currently on display at Somerset House, brings together edible earth samples from across the globe and turns them into a sensory, educational experience. Far […]
This “house-sized asteroid” is going to come within proximity of Earth on April 9. Named Asteroid 2026 GD, it is said to come past at an altitude lower than that of the Moon. On the surface, that may seem quite alarming. Well, it does in most cases because when we talk about distances in space […]
For much of their time in space, astronauts are connected to the Earth via an invisible network of communications: voices, information, and continuous assurances from Mission Control. However, for NASA’s Artemis II mission, there is a defining point at which all such connections disappear. The astronauts inside the Orion capsule were silent for approximately 40 […]
Artemis II was launched on Thursday. In a major leap for human spaceflight, Nasa’s Artemis II mission successfully executed a critical engine burn late Thursday, sending its crew out of Earth’s orbit and onto a path toward the moon.The trans-lunar injection took place about 25 hours after liftoff, placing three American astronauts and one Canadian […]
