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Gaganyaan projects parachute system is being tested by Isro (Image: DC)

Isro tests parachute system for Gaganyaan project

NELLORE: It was an unusual morning for the residents of the small cantonment town of Babina on the outskirts of Jhansi...

19 Nov 2022 4:41 PM IST

It marks the first time in more than three decades that new prefixes have been added to the International System of Units (SI), the agreed global standard for the metric system. (Photo: ANI)

Earth now weighs six ronnagrams: New metric prefixes voted in

PARIS: Say hello to ronnagrams and quettametres: International scientists gathered in France voted on Friday for new...

18 Nov 2022 11:56 PM IST

Artists concept of NASAs Webb Space Telescope NASA

Webb Space Telescope spots early galaxies hidden from Hubble

Webb-'s latest discoveries were detailed in the Astrophysical Journal Letters by an international team led by Rohan...

18 Nov 2022 2:32 PM IST

Indias first private rocket Vikram-S built by Skyroot Aerospace lifts off from a launch pad in Sriharikota, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. (PTI)

Vikram-S marks Prarambh of private venture in Indian space programme

Sriharikota (AP): India on Friday successfully placed three satellites into an orbit on a rocket completely developed by...

18 Nov 2022 12:45 PM IST

The policy brief Â‘Oceans-Climate Interface: Implications for Global Commons based Climate Action was launched at a session on Climate Action (Photo: Twitter)

TERI Policy Brief Launched at COP27, Says Oceans Critical to Climate...

SHARM EL-SHAIK: Highlighting the growing consensus on oceans being critical to climate negotiations, a new policy brief...

16 Nov 2022 8:33 PM IST

NASAs new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center(Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)

Nasa-'s mightiest rocket lifts off 50 years after Apollo

Cape Canaveral: NASA's new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard early...

16 Nov 2022 1:52 PM IST

In another case, Shreekar, working for a private firm, had been harassing his 23-year-old girlfriend for sex on the pretext that they would be marrying soon. When she refused, he warned that he would make their pictures public. The victim slipped into depression and developed suicidal tendencies, police said. Representational Image/Pexels

Menopause: Study shows varied effects of HRT on depression

Reading (UK), Nov 14 (The Conversation): A growing number of women are turning to hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to...

14 Nov 2022 9:46 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)

Isro to increase rocket payload for Jan â€™23 trip

NELLORE: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is planning to increase the payload capacity of the Launch...

11 Nov 2022 1:24 AM IST

The maiden mission of Skyroot Aerospace, named Prarambh (the beginning), will carry three customer payloads and is set for launch from ISROs launchpad at Sriharikota. (Photo: Twitter)

Hyderabad-based startup to launch India-'s first private rocket...

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad-based spacetech start-up Skyroot Aerospace is poised to create history by launching India’s...

8 Nov 2022 5:13 PM IST

A peak of the Himalaya mountains (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Arctic Circle moots Himalayan Council to prevent global warming; India...

India says such council should be led by Himalayan nations

30 Oct 2022 3:48 PM IST

Scientists devise new naming code for bacteria (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Scientists revise 300-year-old system to name bacteria

PRETORIA (SOUTH AFRICA): Nearly 300 years ago the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus secured his place in scientific history...

30 Oct 2022 2:43 PM IST

Flight acceptance hot test of CE-20 engine is carried out in the High Altitude Test facility of IPRC, Mahendragiri, in Tamil Nadu. (Image credit: Twitter/@isro)

ISRO carries out key test of its heaviest rocket-'s engine

The engine is assigned for the LVM3-M3 mission identified for launching the next 36 OneWeb India-1 satellites

29 Oct 2022 11:35 AM IST