Seeing the Earth from space never gets old. NASA astronaut Zena Cardman recently shared a breathtaking time-lapse video that seems to capture the planet in all its glory. Filmed during SpaceX’s CRS-33 mission, the clip compresses hours of orbital movement into a few magical seconds. Lightning storms flicker, sunsets blaze, stars twinkle, and the Moon…
Sir Isaac Newton (Image source: Wikipedia) Sir Isaac Newton is widely remembered as one of history’s greatest scientists, best known for his laws of motion and work on gravity. However, less commonly discussed is the fact that Newton spent decades studying theology, biblical texts, and historical chronology. A large part of his writing was not…
“Boomerang” earthquake: The earthquake that can turn around and strike the same area again Earthquakes are generally understood to rupture outward from their starting point beneath the ground, sending seismic waves along a fault line in one or two directions. New research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology suggests that, in certain conditions, a rupture…
Moon mission delayed again as NASA faces fresh Artemis II technical trouble (Image Source – NASA) NASA is working through a technical issue affecting the Artemis II rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft remain on the launch pad at Complex 39B. Engineers observed an interruption in…
Source: National Geographic The Moon is about to get its own brain. For the first time, real-time artificial intelligence and edge computing have been installed on a lunar rover. The milestone might not make headlines like a rocket launch, but it is huge. 384,400 kilometres from Earth, machines will soon process data instantly, analysing sensor…
Galileo Galilei (Image source: Wikipedia) Galileo Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist, and engineer who lived in the 1500s and 1600s. A lot of people think of him as one of the most important scientists in history because he found things that changed how people thought about the universe. Galileo’s work laid the groundwork for…
For almost two centuries, glass jars holding animals collected by Charles Darwin have remained sealed in museum stores. Any attempt to open them risked evaporation, contamination and irreversible damage to some of the world’s most historically important specimens. As a result, much about their preservation remained uncertain. That has now changed. Scientists from the Natural…
Source: Discover Magazine A fossilised dinosaur egg was uncovered in South America, and scientists are calling it a remarkable discovery. The egg is estimated to be around 70 million years old and is astonishingly well-preserved. The find was made by the Laboratory of Comparative Anatomy and Evolution of Vertebrates (LACEV) at the Argentine Museum of…
Nasa on Friday set March 6 as the earliest possible launch date for Artemis II, the first crewed mission to fly around the Moon in more than five decades.Senior Nasa official Lori Glaze said additional work at the launch pad and a full dress rehearsal must still be completed before the agency can lock in…
Did alien signals reach Earth? If they did why have they gone undetected For more than six decades, astronomers have listened for possible signals from extraterrestrial civilisations, with no confirmed detection to date. A new statistical study considers a narrower and more uncomfortable possibility. It asks whether one or more alien signals may already have…
Sunita Williams back to Earth after spending months in space Nasa has sharply criticised Boeing’s Starliner programme following an investigation into the spacecraft’s troubled 2024 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), that led to astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore being stuck in space for months. The agency blamed both technical flaws and management…
First wooden satellite developed by Japan aims to reduce space debris and prevent it from re-entering Earth (Credit: Kyoto University) Wood has entered low Earth orbit in a form rarely seen before. In December 2024, five CubeSats were released from the International Space Station, including LignoSat, a small satellite built largely from magnolia timber. The…
UAE’s Hope Probe Extended to 2028: What More Will We Learn About Mars? The United Arab Emirates Space Agency has announced a major extension of its Emirates Mars Mission (EMM), known widely as the Hope Probe, extending operations all the way through 2028, three years beyond its original mission timeline. The announcement was made by…
Alexander Graham Bell (Image source: Wikipedia) People know Alexander Graham Bell as the man who invented the phone. But he also thought a lot about what work and success mean. Bell was born in Scotland in 1847. He spent most of his life working on communication technology, teaching, and doing experiments. His work changed how…
NEW DELHI: India’s human spaceflight programme marked a significant milestone after the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted a qualification-level load test of the drogue parachute for the Gaganyaan mission.The test was carried out on Thursday at the Rail Track Rocket Sled (RTRS) facility of DRDO’s Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory in Chandigarh. The…
NASA Warns: Thousands of City-Killing Asteroids Untracked, Earth Vulnerable In a stark and widely reported warning, NASA’s planetary defence chief has revealed that Earth currently has no reliable way to stop thousands of “city-killing” asteroids that could one day strike our planet, raising emergency concerns in the scientific community and beyond. These insights come from…
Why some people sneeze when they look at the sun For a lot of people, going outside into the bright sun makes them feel warm or clear. For some, it makes them sneeze out of nowhere. Doctors and scientists have been trying to figure out this strange reaction for decades. A person walks from a…
Mars in 30 days – Russian scientists are building a plasma engine that could slash travel time Long before any spacecraft can attempt a faster journey to Mars, scientists must first solve one of space exploration’s biggest challenges: propulsion. Chemical rockets, used to launch spacecraft into space from Earth, burn fuel quickly and produce a…
Can humans cause earthquakes and can they ever be prevented Earthquakes are usually linked to natural movements along faults deep inside the Earth, but in certain situations, human activity can also produce measurable seismic events. Scientists distinguish natural tectonic earthquakes and vibrations or quakes triggered by human actions such as mining, reservoir filling, or the…
The Worm Moon is one of those quiet wonders of early spring. It rises around March, just when the nights are still long but the days are hinting at warmth. The name comes from earthworms, which start appearing as the ground thaws. It’s the third full Moon of 2026, set to rise on 3 March….
