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It will pass just 2,200 miles (3,600 kilometres) from Earths surface, much closer than many geostationary satellites orbiting the planet. (Photo: Twitter/@NASA)

Truck-sized asteroid to come -'extraordinarily close-' to Earth: NASA

WASHINGTON: A truck-sized asteroid will pass near Earth on Thursday in one of the closest approaches to our planet ever...

26 Jan 2023 5:48 PM IST

Osmania Universitys astronomy department will carry out imaging of the greenish C/2022 E3 (ZTF) comet before dawn on February 2, when it will be closest to the earth. (DC file image)

OU to capture images of comet from observatory

Hyderabad: Osmania University’s astronomy department will carry out imaging of the greenish C/2022 E3 (ZTF) comet...

25 Jan 2023 9:57 AM IST

Harsh Patel is a PhD Candidate in Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan. (Image: LinkedIn/Harsh Patel)

PIO student gets scholarship for research in water treatment using...

New York: An Indian-American PhD student has received a fellowship from the American Membrane Technology Association...

14 Jan 2023 12:20 PM IST

The last time the comet passed Earth was during the Upper Paleolithic period, when Neanderthals still roamed Earth. (Photo: Twitter)

Once in 50,000-year comet may be visible to the naked eye

PARIS: A newly discovered comet could be visible to the naked eye as it shoots past Earth and the Sun in the coming...

12 Jan 2023 10:25 PM IST

Virgin Atlantic Cosmic Girl, a repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 aircraft carrying a rocket, is parked at Spaceport Cornwall, at Cornwall Airport in Newquay, England. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

Historic UK rocket mission ends in failure

Had the mission been successful, the UK would have been one of only nine countries that could launch craft into Earth-'s...

10 Jan 2023 10:05 AM IST

Prof. D. Narayana Rao (right), Pro Vice Chancellor of SRM University-AP, and Dr Vijay Laxmi Saxena, general president of Indian Science Congress, confer the Ashutosh Mukherjee award on Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, principal scientific adviser to the government of India, at the plenary session of the Indian Science Congress in RTM Nagpur University. (Photo by arrangement)

SRM varsity hosts Indian science congress at RTM Nagpur University

HYDERABAD: Pro Vice Chancellor of SRM University-AP, Prof. D. Narayana Rao, convened a plenary session titled...

10 Jan 2023 12:30 AM IST

After the launch, ISRO Chairman, Dr Somanath announced that the mission is successful and congratulated the entire ISRO team (ISRO)

ISRO lines up science missions for 2023

Agnikul also inaugurated its first launchpad and mission control centre at ISRO-'s Satish Dhawan Space Centre at...

31 Dec 2022 1:31 PM IST

Union health minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurates animal resource facility for biomedical research in city. (Photo by arrangement)

Genome Valley gets animal resource unit

HYDERABAD: With the Centre promoting indigenous research across segments, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, India...

18 Dec 2022 12:33 AM IST

Photo: Representational image

US scientists achieve breakthrough in mimicking sun to fuse atoms

Fusion technology has the potential to transform the global energy landscape

13 Dec 2022 2:30 AM IST

Neural Implant (Image: neuralink.com)

Musk-'s company aims to test brain implant in people

San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk said his Neuralink company is seeking permission to test its brain implant in...

2 Dec 2022 8:28 AM IST

ISROs heaviest rocket LVM3-M2 lifts-off from a launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. The rocket successfully placed 36 broadband communication satellites of OneWeb, on ISROs maiden commercial mission. (PTI /R Senthil Kumar)

Private launchpad & mission control centre at ISRO

NELLORE: For the first time in India, a Chennai-based private company and Agnikul, an IIT-Chennai incubated spacetech...

29 Nov 2022 12:50 AM IST

ISRO chairperson S. Somanath with delegates from Bhutan after the launch of PSLV-C54 at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota on Saturday

Aditya L-1 to piggyback on PSLV for 15 lakh km trip

Nellore: Buoyed by the success of the PSLV-C54 mission on Saturday, Isro chairman S. Somanath said the PSLV will be used...

27 Nov 2022 7:13 AM IST