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ISRO chairman S. Somanath | Photo Credit: File photo The Breakthrough Science Society, a voluntary organisation committed to the cause of science and scientific outlook has raised objections to ISRO chairman S. Somanath’s recent statement hailing…

Four-member private astronauts team is slated to head back to Earth after spending a week in orbit. The astronauts who were part of the Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) are coming back home from the International Space…

India’s newly inaugurated Parliament building, unveiled on Sunday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, boasts several new features and installations compared to the old structure. One notable addition is the historical ‘Sengol’, a sceptre positioned next to…

An artist’s concept of the TOI 4603b, a gas giant exoplanet that orbits an F-type star. Its mass is 12.89 Jupiters and it takes 7.2 days to complete one orbit of its star. Photo: exoplanets.nasa.gov A…

BENGALURU: The Breakthrough Science Society (BSS), a collective of scientists and researchers, on Tuesday urged public figures, including administrators of scientific organisations to reflect the ethos of science in their discourse, while terming a recent statement…

“Sanskrit suits the language of computers and those learning artificial intelligence learn it,” Indian Space Research Organisation chairman S. Somanath said at an event in Ujjain on May 25. His was the latest in a line…

Chinese astronauts for the Shenzhou-16 mission, from left, Gui Haichao, Zhu Yangzhu and Jing Haipeng wave during a send-off ceremony for their manned space mission at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, Tuesday, May…

An H-2A rocket carrying the Hope Probe, developed by the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the Mars explore, lifted off from the launching pad at Tanegashima Space Center…

Richard Feynman in 1984. | Photo Credit: Tamiko Thiel, CC BY-SA 3.0 Gravitational wave observations are set to expand the frontiers of our knowledge of the cosmos. But there was a time when physicists had doubted…

BENGALURU: A new Jupiter-sized exoplanet — a planet that orbits a star outside the solar system — with highest density of around 14 g/cm3 known till this date, and mass 13 times that of Jupiter has…

China launched a new three-person crew for its orbiting space station on Tuesday, with an eye to putting astronauts on the moon before the end of the decade. A Long March rocket carrying a crew of…

Until very recently, if you wanted to know more about a controversial scientific topic – stem cell research, the safety of nuclear energy, climate change – you probably did a Google search. Presented with multiple sources,…

SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Monday placed NVS-01, the first of the five second-generation navigation satellite series, into a geosynchronous transfer orbit. The satellite, which will continue the services of the NavIC constellation,…

There has been an increase in the incidents of orcas, commonly known as “killer whales”, causing damage to sailing boats along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts. Research group GTOA said at least 20 interactions between small…

Amid the search for another life beyond Earth, an alien ‘mock’ signal was beamed to the planet from Mars for the first time to stimulate a scenario when extraterrestrial life would send a message. On May…

A study of the slow-moving, star-forming gas in the same galaxy found to host an FRB has been published in The Astrophysical Journal. | Photo Credit: Reuters Astronomers have been working to better understand the galactic environments…

ISRO Chairman S. Somanath addresses a press conference after the successful launch of GSLV-F12/NVS-01 mission, in Sriharikota on May 29. | Photo Credit: Jothi Ramalingam B The Indian Space Research Organisation is gearing up for a…

SHANGHAI: Shanghai recorded its hottest May day in 100 years on Monday, the city’s meteorological service announced, shattering the previous high by a full degree.Scientists say global warming is exacerbating adverse weather, with many countries experiencing…