Diabetics can fly to space: Shubhanshu Shukla’s Ax-4 mission breaks medical barrier

Diabetics can fly to space: Shubhanshu Shukla’s Ax-4 mission breaks medical barrier

The “Suite Ride” experiment conducted during the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) aboard the International Space Station has revealed groundbreaking results: diabetics can safely travel and be monitored in space using everyday diabetes management tools. This finding opens the door for astronauts with diabetes to participate in space missions, a feat earlier considered unachievable. The research,…

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Video: India-born investor flies to space, captures Earth from above

Video: India-born investor flies to space, captures Earth from above

Agra-born real-estate investor Arvinder “Arvi” Singh Bahal soared into the spotlight after joining Blue Origin’s latest crewed space tourism mission, NS-34, on Sunday. In a video shared from his sub-orbital spaceflight, Bahal is seen watching the planet from an altitude of 100 kilometres above the surface. The suborbital flight, operated by Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company,…

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Denied, accused, vindicated: Nisar for the world, redemption for Nambi

Denied, accused, vindicated: Nisar for the world, redemption for Nambi

In a historic collaboration, India and the United States have successfully launched the Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (Nisar) satellite. Valued at approximately $1.3 billion, Nisar is the costliest civilian Earth observation satellite ever developed and marks the most ambitious joint science mission undertaken by the two countries. Weighing 2,392 kilograms, Nisar has been placed in…

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Nuclear winter will block sunlight, kill crops, starve the world

Nuclear winter will block sunlight, kill crops, starve the world

As countries continue nuclear sabre-rattling, nuclear winter, once a theoretical concept, now represents a chilling climate scenario that could follow a large-scale nuclear war. In such an event, vast amounts of smoke and soot from firestorms would choke the atmosphere, drastically blocking sunlight and plunging global temperatures. The latest projections from scientific teams at Penn…

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Mysterious phenomenon seen on the Sun, astronomers term it the beast

Mysterious phenomenon seen on the Sun, astronomers term it the beast

Astronomers worldwide are captivated by a dramatic solar event unfolding on the Sun’s northeastern limb, where a massive prominence, dubbed “The Beast”, has been observed curling and shifting in an extraordinary display of cosmic dynamics. David Wilson, an amateur astronomer based in Inverness, Scotland, captured three hours of this phenomenon from his backyard solar observatory….

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