NISAR satellite data offers commercial opportunities, free and open to all, with potential for start-ups and enterprises.
The captive red panda population at the Himalayan Zoological Park near Gangtok was nearly decimated by two outbreaks of canine distemper, a highly contagious and potentially fatal viral disease
Hamissou Issiakou grumbled as he worked to strip bare his house, marked for demolition for illegally encroaching on the tip of green forest that's keeping the expanding desert at bay from Niger's capital. Director General of Water and F ...more
The four-person astronaut crew boarded SpaceX's Dragon capsule sitting atop its Falcon 9 rocket at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
Indian IT services benefit from rupee depreciation against USD in the short term, but long-term outlook remains uncertain.
India’s tiger reserves, from Kaziranga to Kanha, have been experiencing a steady rise in footfall. As crowds of jeeps, badly behaved tourists and Bollywood-styled wedding parties take over the parks, how do you go on an ethical safari?
BlueBird satellite to be launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on board LVM3, ISRO’s heftiest launch vehicle, formerly known as GSLV-Mk III, says ISRO chairman V. Narayanan
China has turned bamboo into an economic powerhouse. With 837 species spread over 7.5 million hectares, the country produces more than 150 million tonnes of bamboo every year. Over 29 million people work in this...
NASA and SpaceX have postponed the Crew-11 launch to the ISS due to adverse weather in Florida, rescheduling for August 1, 2025. This mission, carrying astronauts from the US, Japan, and Russia, will be the first NASA SpaceX launch broa ...more
A conversation with Karen St. Germain, director of the Earth Science Division at NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, on the ‘extraordinary new capability’ NISAR represents for ISRO and NASA
Selected crew will take turns to inhabit the station and will undergo extensive physiological and psychological studies to assess human adaptability and resilience in conditions simulating deep space environments, says Protoplanet, which has launched the station and has ISRO among its collaborators
Scientists have engineered a device that eliminates over 99% of carcinogenic PFAS from drinking water within five minutes. This innovative tool, featuring a metal-organic framework (MOF), not only purifies water but also glows upon dete ...more
The frog, which measures 3 cm, was discovered in Chile's southern Chiloe islands by Charles Darwin during his 1834 trip around the world
The theory of quantum mechanics has transformed daily life since being proposed a century ago, yet how it works remains a mystery -- and physicists are deeply divided about what is actually going on, a survey in the journal Nature said ...more
Even a policy of “drill, baby, drill” would imply more climate research, not its evisceration, says Ralph Keeling
A Chinese submersible has discovered thousands of worms and molluscs nearly 10 kilometres (six miles) below sea level in the Mariana Trench, the deepest colony of creatures ever observed, a study revealed on Wednesday. Last year, the Ch ...more
Discovery of deep-sea chemosynthesis-based communities suggests more life forms exist in unexplored ocean depths, according to a study by Chinese researchers
A recent 8.8-magnitude earthquake triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific, forcing cruise ships into emergency mode. While deep ocean waters offer relative safety, ships near coastlines face significant risks. Some ships evacuated ...more
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