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Indian-origin NASA astronaut Anil Menon is preparing for his second spacewalk in just 10 days as he steps outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday to help replace a critical communications antenna aboard the orbiting laboratory. Menon, currently serving as a flight engineer on Expedition 75, will be joined by European Space Agency (ESA)…
India’s southwest monsoon continues to struggle across large parts of the country, with fresh data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) showing a sharp rainfall deficit over key regions even as the crucial June rainfall season enters its second half. According to the IMD’s region-wise rainfall map issued on June 19, the country has recorded…
Japan is making a medicine that will allow people’s teeth to grow back. At the same time, a village in Spain is giving free houses and jobs to the people to live there. On the other hand, scientists in China have created such plastic which melts in 50 days. . A man from Kerala received…
More than half a century after the Apollo era ended, the Moon is once again at the centre of a geopolitical contest, this time between the United States and China. As US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping engage in high-stakes diplomatic talks in Beijing amid growing tensions over trade and technology, another…
An ordinary elevator became a moment of wonder and inspiration, as astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla shared a unique experience from NASA on social media. Posting on his X handle, Shukla described how stepping into one of NASA’s elevators felt far from routine. He said that entering it for the first time felt less like moving between…
A rare celestial event will give skywatchers an opportunity to see two of the brightest planets appear extremely close to each other in the evening sky. On 9 June 2026, Venus and Jupiter will move so close together that the distance between them will appear similar to the width of a little finger held at…
Europe’s ambitious mission to photograph the Sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona, has hit a serious snag. The European Space Agency (Esa) has lost contact with one of the two spacecraft powering its Proba-3 mission, and scientists are now racing to find out what went wrong. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PROBA-3 CORONAGRAPH? In early February, an…
Every day, at least three large pieces of space debris, such as old satellites and spent rocket stages, fall back to Earth. But scientists have very limited knowledge of where these dangerous fragments land and what happens to them in the atmosphere. A new method may help track these debris fragments in real time using…
In a spectacle that rivals science fiction, Canadian pilot Kamil Melnyk captured auroras appearing to crash onto Earth like ethereal waves during a recent barrage of geomagnetic storms. Flying a Boeing 787 Dreamliner at 37,000 feet over Northern Manitoba, Hudson Bay, and Baffin Island on the nights of January 18-19, 2026, Melnyk’s cockpit offered an…
For decades, calling someone a “cow” has often implied slowness or a lack of intelligence. A new scientific study, however, suggests that this stereotype may be deeply unfair. Researchers have documented rare and sophisticated tool use by a cow, revealing cognitive abilities that scientists usually associate with far more celebrated animals such as primates. The…