Plant growth on the International Space Station has global impacts on Earth: NASA

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:53 am

Washington/IBNS: Understanding the effects of gravity on plant life is essential in preparing for human exploration beyond low-Earth orbit. The ability to produce high-energy, low-mass food sources during spaceflight will enable the maintenance of crew health during long-duration missions while having a reduced impact on resources necessary for long-distance travel.

Astronomers detect biggest explosion ever seen in the universe

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:53 am

Washington/Xinhua/UNI: Astronomers detected the biggest explosion ever seen in the universe, coming from a black hole in a distant galaxy cluster hundreds of millions of light years away.

ISRO launches 'Young Scientist Programme' for school students

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:53 am

Hyderabad/UNI: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched a special programme for School students called “Young Scientist Programme” “Yuva Vigyani Karyakram” from the year 2019.

ISRO plans to send Vyommitra, a lady robot in unmanned Gaganyaan spacecraft

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Bengaluru/UNI: Indian Space Research Organisation will send ‘Vyommitra’, a lady robot in the unmanned Gaganyaan spacecraft in the run-up to the first Human Space Mission by India in December 2021.

India successfully launches communication satellite GSAT-30

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

New Delhi/IBNS: In yet another achievement in India's space journey, the country's latest communication satellite GSAT-30 was successfully launched from the Spaceport in French Guiana on Friday.

Earth will be at the nearest point to Sun on Sunday

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Hyderabad/UNI: Planet Earth will be at closest point to Sun in its annual elliptical orbit around Sun at 0.9832436 AU i.e., 14,70,91,149 km from Sun at 1307 hours on Sunday.

Four astronauts for Gaganyaan identified: ISRO chief

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Bangalore/IBNS: The Indian Space Research Organisation on Wednesday announced that four Indian astronauts will be trained in Russia from the third week of January for the manned mission 'Gaganyaan'.

Medicon International: Doctors focus on strengthening 'trust' with patients

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Kolkata: Top doctors, who are attending the Medicon International, 2019, in Kolkata on Friday opined that there is an immediate need to strengthen the relationship with patients and build trust.

Medicon International conference starts in Kolkata

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The two-day Medicon International conference started in Kolkata from Friday with the promise of promoting  high impact learning in the field of general broad-based medicine in India and the recent advances made in the sector by eminent medical professionals both from India and United Kingdom in their fields of expertise. 

DRDO, IAF successfully launch two BrahMos missiles from land and air platforms

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Defence Research & Development Organisation(DRDO), Indian Air Force (IAF) and BrahMos jointly successfully conducted two BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles tests on Tuesday, one each from land and air platforms.

ISRO launches RISAT-2BR1 satellite

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Sriharikota/IBNS: In yet another glorious chapter in India's space science, the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO on Wednesday launched the radar imaging earth observation satellite RISAT-2BR1 on board the PLSV-C48 rocket from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

India techie Shanmuga Subramanian's tweet on NASA's recognition goes viral

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

New Delhi/IBNS:  A tweet by Chennai-based engineer Shanmuga Subramanian, where he shared that US space agency NASA has credited him for finding Vikram Lander on Moon's surface, has gone viral on the micro-blogging site.

Chandrayaan-2 Moon Lander's debris found: NASA

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Washington/IBNS: NASA on Tuesday said its satellite orbiting the Moon has found debris of Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-2  which had crashed on the lunar surface in September.    

Chinese Academy of Sciences leads discovery of unpredicted stellar black hole

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Beijing/IBNS: Our Milky Way Galaxy is estimated to contain 100 million stellar black holes - cosmic bodies formed by the collapse of massive stars and so dense even light can't escape. 

ISRO: India crosses 300-plus foreign satellites launch mark

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)/UNI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved a major milestone when it successfully ferried more than 300 foreign satellites from the spaceport of Sriharikota, today.

India space mission: ISRO launches Cartosat-3, 13 US Nano-Satellites

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Sriharikota/IBNS: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday launched the advanced earth observation and mapping satellite CARTOSAT-3 along with 13 other commercial nano-satellites from the US.

NASA completes 1st global geologic map of Saturn's Moon

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Los Angeles/Xinhua/UNI: NASA scientists have completed the first map showing the global geology of Saturn's largest moon Titan, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) has said in a release.

India conducts night test fire of Ballistic missile Agni-II from Abdul Kalm Island off Odisha coast

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Balasore/UNI: India tonight conducted the users trial of surface-to-surface Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM), Agni-II from the launching complex-1V at the Abdul Kalam Island off Orissa coast.

NASA unveils new spacesuits for human lunar landing

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Washington, Oct 16 (Xinhua/UNI) The US space agency NASA unveiled on Tuesday the next-generation spacesuits to be used in its Artemis program that will send the first woman and next man to the Lunar South Pole by 2024.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to three scientists for development of lithium-ion batteries

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Sweden, Oct 9 (IBNS): The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2019 has been awarded to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries.

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to James Peebles, Michel Mayor, Didier Queloz

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

New York:  Three scientists have been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for making "for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth's place in the cosmos".

William G. Kaelin Jr, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe, Gregg L. Semenza win Nobel prize in Medicine

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

New York:  The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine have been won by three scientists belonging to the US and the UK.

Chandrayaan-2 lander Vikram had a 'hard landing': NASA

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Washington, Sept 27 (IBNS): The Chandrayaan-2 lander, Vikram, attempted a landing on Sept 7 on a small patch of lunar highland smooth plains between Simpelius N and Manzinus C craters but it had a hard landing and the precise location of the spacecraft in the lunar highlands has yet to be determined, NASA said.

Vikram Lander has been located: ISRO

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

New Delhi: ISRO on Tuesday announced that the Vikram Lander has been located by the orbiter of Chandrayaan-2.

Chandrayaan 2 lander located on moon, trying to establish contact: ISRO Chief

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Bengaluru, Sept 8 (IBNS): Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chief K Sivan on Sunday said the lunar lander Vikram of Chandrayaan 2 has been located on the moon's surface and the ground station is working to establish contact.

Efforts will go on to contact Chandrayaan 2 lander for 14 days: ISRO chairman

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Bengaluru: India's hope to reach the moon is not over yet as Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K Sivan said the efforts to contact Chandrayaan 2 lander will continue for the next 14 days, media reports said.

Chandrayaan 2 goes wrong: ISRO loses communication with Vikram lander

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Bengaluru: While India waited with bated breath to watch live the landing of Chandrayaan 2 on lunar surface, disappointment greeted them in the wee hours of Saturday when ISRO Chairman after tense moments said they have lost communication with Lander Vikram at the last stage (2.1 km above the Moon's surface). It cannot be said if the mission is a complete failure at this stage as ISRO scientists hope for a miracle. 

Chandrayan-2 mission has 3 components from Sona College of Technology, Salem

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Bengaluru: As Chandrayan-2, India’s ambitious moon mission seeks to create history on September 7, scores of Researchers, Professors and Doctoral students from Sona College of Technology, Salem, Tamil Nadu are viewing the landmark event with excitement tinged with pride.  

Scripting history Chandrayaan 2 to land close to moon's south pole tonight

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): The highly popular and talked about mission of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will finally reach its crescendo with Chandrayaan 2 scheduled to soft land on the lunar surface at 1:55 am on Saturday.

Second de-orbiting manoeuver of Chandrayaan-2 successful

Sep 19, 2024, at 01:54 am

Chennai: Two days after Lander Vikram got separated from Orbiter, the second de-orbiting manoeuver for Chandrayaan-2 was performed successfully on Wednesday as the spacecraft inched further closer for a soft landing on an hitherto unexplored frontier, the Moon's South Polar region on September seven.