Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, currently on board the International Space Station, is expected to begin his journey back to Earth on July 14, and reach on July 15, confirmed the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Shukla, along with three other crew members Peggy Whitson, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, and Tibor Kapu will undock inside the SpaceX Dragon...
The Earth’s rotation is expected to speed up slightly in the coming weeks, leading to marginally shorter days, according to Science news website. Variations in the Moon’s position are predicted on July 22 and August 5 that will reportedly shorten the length of each day by approximately 1.51 milliseconds. The speed at which Earth rotates...
Updated: Jul 11th, 2025 Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, currently on board the International Space Station, is expected to begin his journey back to Earth on July 14, said Axiom Space on Friday. Shukla, along with three other crew members Peggy Whitson, Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, and Tibor Kapu will undock inside the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from the...
Twitter co-founder and Bluesky founder Jack Dorsey announced a WhatsApp-like messenger on Monday, which is offline and relies on Bluetooth technology. Announcing the project, Dorsey wrote, “My weekend project to learn about Bluetooth mesh networks, relays, store and forward models, message encryption models, and a few other things – Bitchat: Bluetooth mesh chat.” Since it...
Updated: Jul 3rd, 2025 Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian astronaut on the International Space Station, is working to develop a brain-computer interface in the orbital lab, said NASA on Thursday. Shukla, part of the Axiom Space mission-4, used near-infrared technology to develop the interface in the Columbus laboratory module aboard the orbiting lab along with...
To counter China’s growing presence and assertiveness in Indo-Pacific, coupled with the nations rising space-based surveillance capabilities, India has stepped up its space game, with a planned 52-satellite launch — an initiative worth ₹26,968 crore — along with phase III of Space-Based Surveillance (SBS) programme and RISAT-1B, the all weather radar satellite. All-weather eye in...
Updated: Jul 1st, 2025 In a rare occurrence, OpenAI, the parent company of ChatGPT AI, is offering its employees a week-long break by shutting down its operations, as per a report. The week-long break is for the staff, reportedly overworked after dragging 80-hour work weeks, as it will give them a chance to rest and...
A significant undersea earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula early Wednesday morning, generating tsunami waves reaching heights of up to 4 meters (13 feet) and leading to evacuations in the surrounding areas as well as along much of Japan’s eastern coastline, according to officials....
Israeli airstrikes and gunfire resulted in the deaths of at least 78 Palestinians throughout the Gaza Strip on Monday, including a pregnant woman whose baby was delivered posthumously but also did not survive, according to local health officials. Many were killed while trying to obtain food, even as Israel began to relax restrictions on aid...
Putrajaya: Cambodia and Thailand have reached an agreement for an “immediate and unconditional ceasefire” effective at midnight local time (12 p.m. Monday), as stated by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Monday. This announcement follows several days of violent clashes along the disputed border between the two Southeast Asian nations, according to Malaysia’s state media....