Science
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Rare, bright gamma-ray burst occurs once in 10,000 years
New York: Space scientists have revealed a gamma-ray burst that occurs once in every 10,000 years and was 70 times brighter than any yet seen. Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) are the most powerful…
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Scientists agree that money can buy happiness
New York: People get happy as they earn more, according to a new study which overturns the dominant thinking that money cannot buy happiness. The study published in Proceedings of the National…
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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter captures Martian sunset
Washington: NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter captured a shot of a sunset on the Red Planet, during its 45th flight. The little chopper’s high-resolution colour camera captured the Sun on February 22, Space.com…
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Biden proposes $27.2 bn for NASA to boost Moon, Mars programmes
Washington: US President Joe Biden has proposed a $27.2 billion budget for NASA in 2024, which is about $1.8 billion more than the agency received this year. The new budget will allow…
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Scientists discover new layer at Earth’s inner core
Sydney: A team of researchers has found evidence of a new layer to the planet sitting within the inner core. According to seismologists from The Australian National University (ANU), data gathered from…
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Asteroid Ryugu is organic-rich, sample reveals
Washington: Asteroid Ryugu has a rich complement of organic molecules, according to a NASA and international team’s initial analysis of a sample from the asteroid’s surface delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2…
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Chandrayaan-3: India’s moon lander clears key tests successfully
Chennai: The moon lander part of India’s third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, successfully underwent the EMI-EMC (Electro-Magnetic Interference/ Electro-Magnetic Compatibility) test recently, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Sunday. According to…
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NASA’s Webb telescope reveals network of gas, dust in nearby galaxies
San Francisco: Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have revealed the first look at star formation, gas, and dust in nearby galaxies with unprecedented resolution at infrared wavelengths. According to NASA,…
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Explained: Sun did not break off its chunk, just a normal solar activity
Washington: The Sun did not shed a chunk of it as being reported and what was spotted was a normal “solar prominence” activity on its surface. A solar prominence (also known as…
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Scientists shocked after huge piece of Sun breaks off
The Sun’s North Pole was surrounded by a tornado-like whirl when a large chunk of its surface broke off. Even though researchers are working to understand how it happened, the video of…
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NASA to launch Mars science mission on Bezos-run Blue Origin’s rocket
Washington: The US space agency has announced a science mission to Mars aboard Jeff Bezos-run Blue Origin’s New Glenn space launch vehicle NASA awarded ‘Mars Science Mission Launch’ to Blue Origin’s New…
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Key to India’s place in small satellites market is SSLV-D2
The February 10 mission of the ISRO to test its Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) performance will have a special significance for both the space agency and two companies with active presence…
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NASA reveals 2 instruments to measure earth-directed energy from sun
San Francisco: NASA has revealed two small instruments that will play a crucial role in powering big scientific insights by measuring and studying the Earth’s directed energy from the Sun. The space…
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ISRO-NASA built satellite ready to be shipped to India for launch
Washington: An earth-observation satellite jointly developed by NASA and ISRO that will help study Earth’s land and ice surfaces in greater detail is all set to be shipped to India later this…
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Earth to have close encounter with small asteroid this week
San Francisco: An asteroid, about the size of a box truck, will have a very close encounter with the Earth this week, NASA Systems has predicted. The asteroid, called Asteroid 2023, is…
