Updated: Jul 31st, 2025 Material that reduces plastic waste, innovated by IIT Madras Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have developed an agriculture waste-based packaging material, which can be a sustainable alternative to conventional plastic foams used in packaging. The researchers demonstrated that mycelium-based biocomposites grown on agricultural and paper waste provide...
Updated: Jul 30th, 2025 NISAR to be launched today The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and NASA are set to launch their collaborative Earth observation satellite, NISAR, on Wednesday, at 5.40 pm IST from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The mission, valued at $1.5 billion, aims to revolutionise the way we monitor Earth’s...
Updated: Jul 29th, 2025 Representative image In a major leap towards the search for habitable worlds beyond our Solar System, scientists have confirmed that an exoplanet located 124 light years from Earth is rich in water, raising hopes that it could support a hidden liquid ocean. The planet, K2-18 b, orbits a cool dwarf star...
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), slated for launch next week, is a result of global teamwork and technology, said the Indian space agency. NISAR is the first joint satellite mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and NASA. NISAR will be launched by ISRO’s GSLV-F16 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC SHAR) in...
Google, Microsoft may stop hiring from India US President Donald Trump has reportedly urged major tech companies like Google and Microsoft to stop hiring workers in India and other countries, asking them to prioritise creating jobs within the United States. Speaking at an AI Summit in Washington on Wednesday, Trump criticised what he described as...
Updated: Jul 23rd, 2025 A solar eclipse happens when the Moon moves directly between the Earth and the Sun The world is set to witness the longest solar eclipse in 100 years on August 2, 2027. As per Metro, a British tabloid, the solar eclipse will take place in 10 countries where the Sun will...
7th planet, Uranus, has a companion In a research paper titled ‘A Minor Planet in an Outer Resonance with Uranus,’ scientists led by Daniel Bamberger from Norholt Branch Observatories, K Ly from the University of California, LA, Sam Deen from Deep Random Survey, and Elvis Oliveira Mendis from Instituto de Física, Brazil, have discovered a...
Updated: Jul 16th, 2025 NASA has discovered a new ‘Super Earth’ located around 154 light years from Earth, which is emitting a strange, repeating signal, as per reports. The planet, named TOI-1846 b, is reportedly about twice the width of Earth and nearly four times heavier, as per reports. The signal was first detected earlier...
Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who scripted history by becoming the first from the country to reach the International Space Station, returns safely back home on Tuesday. SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft ‘Grace’ carrying IAF Group Captain Shukla and three other astronauts, part of the Axiom Space Mission-4 (Ax-4) splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast...
After spending 18 days on the International Space Station (ISS), Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla on Monday has begun his journey towards Earth. On June 26, Shukla became the first Indian to reach the orbital lab. He also became the second Indian astronaut to travel to space after Rakesh Sharma’s 1984 odyssey. The 14-day mission was...