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  Zero Shadow Day: Bengaluru prepares for rare celestial event today. See time, other details

  Karnataka | April 24, 2024 9:41 IST

  Zero Shadow Day is a celestial phenomenon that occurs twice a year in locations situated between +23.5 and -23.5 degrees latitude. During this event, shadows of all objects and living beings vanish when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky.

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  World Earth Day 2024: Date, theme, history, and significance about the blue planet

  Lifestyle | April 22, 2024 7:58 IST

  Discover the essence of World Earth Day 2024, commemorating our shared home and its preservation. Explore the theme, history, and significance of this global environmental movement. Join us in celebrating the beauty and importance of our precious blue planet.

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  American lunar mission's Odysseus possibly landed sideways on Moon | Check details

  Science | February 24, 2024 11:51 IST

  The mission marked the fourth private sector attempt to land softly on the Moon. Intuitive Machines now joins a select group of national space agencies that have achieved lunar landings.

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  Odysseus spacecraft achieves first commercial moon landing in US history

  Science | February 23, 2024 7:05 IST

  US scripts history: The Odysseus spacecraft, representing the United States, achieved a historic milestone with the first commercial lunar landing in American history. Led by Intuitive Machines (IM), this landmark event highlights the role of private ventures in advancing space exploration.

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  NASA beams first-ever cat video from deep space using laser tech | Watch video

  Trending | December 19, 2023 10:23 IST

  NASA made a big leap by sending the first cat video from deep space using laser tech, proving it can improve communication for missions like going to Mars.

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  Earth records its hottest 12-month stretch due to climate change: US study

  Science | November 11, 2023 12:13 IST

  Weather attribution analysis reveals that during the 12-month span, 5.7 billion people were exposed to at least 30 days of above-average temperatures made at least three times more likely by the influence of climate change, or level-three on Climate Central's Climate Shift Index.

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  Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre performed on Oct 6: ISRO's latest update on Aditya-L1

  Science | October 08, 2023 12:00 IST

  Aditya-L1 Mission: The launch of Aditya-L1 by PSLV-C57 rocket was successfully accomplished by ISRO on September 2. Aditya-L1 spacecraft carries a total of seven different payloads to study the Sun.

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  Chandrayaan-1 mission: Earth's electrons may be forming water on Moon, says study

  Science | September 15, 2023 14:04 IST

  Chandrayaan-1 mission: The team led by researchers from the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa in the United States discovered that these electrons in Earth's plasma sheet are contributing to weathering processes- breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals- on the Moon's surface.

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  FACT CHECK: Viral pic of Earth from Moon's surface was not taken by Chandrayaan-3 | Know more

  Fact Check | August 29, 2023 7:46 IST

  A reverse search of the photo led to the same photo being published on other websites, including Facebook and Twitter. Some of the posts claimed that the photo was taken by Chandrayaan-3.

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  Chandrayaan-3: Indian spacecraft successfully enters Moon's orbit | DETAILS

  Science | August 06, 2023 6:14 IST

  Chandrayaan-3: The Indian spacecraft has covered about two-thirds of the distance to the Moon since its launch on July 14.

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  How will India's historic mission Chandrayaan-3 reach the Moon? Know here

  India | August 01, 2023 18:55 IST

  The Lunar Orbit Injection (LOI), which will be carried out with a maneuver at Perilune, is the next important step in the mission. The LOI is planned for August 5, 2023.

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  Three Gorges in China: What you should know about the massive dam that is slowing Earth's rotation

  Explainers | August 01, 2023 18:06 IST

  Dislocating over a million people, the world's largest hydropower project holds nearly 42 billion tonnes of world, creating a shift in mass that is elongating the day by 0.06 microseconds.

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  End of 46-year-old mission? NASA loses contact with Voyager 2 after sending wrong command

  Science | August 01, 2023 17:10 IST

  Since flight controllers accidentally sent the wrong command more than a week ago that tilted Voyager 2's antenna away from Earth, the spacecraft has been drifting further and further into interstellar space.

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  'Clocks' reveals time in early universe was five times slower

  Science | July 04, 2023 18:25 IST

  Einstein's general theory of relativity means that we should observe the distant -- and hence ancient -- universe running much slower than the present day.

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  In a first, scientists observe star swallowing a jupiter-size planet; will earth meet the same fate?

  Science | May 04, 2023 15:07 IST

  The study which has been published in journal nature said that after running out of fuel in its core, the star began to grow in size, shrinking the gap with its neighbhouring plant, eventually swallowing it.

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  Earth Day 2023: Significance of celebrating the 'blue planet', theme & history I What PM Modi says

  Science | April 22, 2023 12:10 IST

  Earth Day 2023: Earth Day is observed every year in the fourth week of April with an aim to entice and unite human beings towards the ultimate goal of dealing with the deteriorating climatic situation.

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  Solar Eclipse 2023: Will the rare 'hybrid' celestial event witnessed in India? All you need to know

  Science | April 20, 2023 9:22 IST

  Solar Eclipse 2023: The rare ‘hybrid’ solar eclipse will occur but unfortunately, it won’t be visible in India. Still confused! Don't worry. We have broken down in simple words. Read here.

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  Andhra Pradesh: Large deposits of 15 'rare earth elements' found in Anantapur

  India | April 07, 2023 23:29 IST

  Andhra Pradesh news: NGRI scientist PV Sunder Raju said, "Zircon of varying shapes was observed in Reddypalle and Peddavadaguru villages."

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  Missed last week's planetary hangout? 5 planets again aligned near Moon I WATCH VIDEO

  Science | March 28, 2023 22:14 IST

  According to NASA, at least five planets — Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Uranus and Mars — will line up near the moon on Tuesday after sunset.

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  Has Earth's inner core stopped rotating? Debate rages

  Science | January 25, 2023 14:47 IST

  The rotation of the Earth's solid inner core may have recently paused and could be reversing, according to a study published in Nature Geoscience.