Planet Saturn
According to data obtained from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, Saturn’s rings are one of our solar system’s magnificent sights, but may be a relatively recent addition.
Artificial meteors
A rocket carrying a satellite on a mission to deliver the world’s first artificial meteor shower launched into space.
ISRO’s Young scientist scheme
This year ISRO is planning to spread its reach in new areas, and thus announced a Young Scientist Programme (YSP).
Special report on diet plan by the Lancet
Recently, journal Lancet published its special report on diet plan.
Rapid diagnostic kit for Chikungunya detection
An antigen-based chikungunya rapid diagnostic kit developed in 2013 by an international group of researchers was put to test in India, a dengue endemic country, to check its efficiency during co-infection with dengue.
Nobel-winning scientist loses honorary titles
Nobel laureate James Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA helix and father of the Human Genome Project, has been stripped of honorary titles following “reprehensible” remarks on race and ethnicity.
Solar wind at the night side of the Moon
A study using observations from Chandrayaan 1 mission has found how plasma particles from the solar wind make their way into the Moon’s night side.
Prototype of Mars-bound rocket
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has unveiled the first pictures of a retro-looking, steely rocket called Starship that may one day carry people to the Moon and Mars.
ISRO cranks up Gaganyaan project
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said work on ‘Gaganyaan’, the project to send a manned mission to space by 2022, would start soon at the newly created Human Space Flight Centre (HSFC).
PSLV-DL
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) planning to keep the fourth and final stage of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) ‘alive’ in space as a useful ‘orbital platform’.