Space’s ‘Bermuda Triangle’ growing as mysterious force under Earth’s outer core may cripple International Space Station, NASA perplexedThe South Atlantic Anomaly(SAA), a region of weakened magnetic field over South America and the Atlantic, is intensifying. This disruption ...
05 Jun, 2025, 10.36 AM IST
Forget about asteroid: Scientists reveal expanding 'weak spot' in Earth's magnetic shield, and the consequences could be devastatingResearchers confirm the rapid expansion of the South Atlantic Anomaly, a weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field, which is now threatening biol...
23 Feb, 2025, 11.09 PM IST
Infosys-backed spacetech firm GalaxEye tests payload in 'Bermuda Triangle' of spaceThe radiation in the Bermuda Triangle of space is usually higher, which can interfere with satellite data collection, impacting systems. Th...
20 Feb, 2025, 06.18 PM IST
Massive dent in Earth's magnetic field, will this anomaly hurt humans and all? NASA on high alert overNASA is closely monitoring the South Atlantic Anomaly, which is a growing dent in the Earth's magnetic field that allows charged solar part...
01 Jan, 2025, 12.15 AM IST
Six reasons why global temperatures are spiking right nowThe world is experiencing record-breaking high temperatures due to several factors. One is the El Nino, which warms the surface ocean and r...
06 Oct, 2023, 01.55 PM IST
Earth's warmest August saw 65 countries set record high temperatures: ReportAugust 2023 was the warmest August on record since 1850, with 13% of the Earth's surface experiencing record high temperatures, according t...
15 Sep, 2023, 02.30 PM IST
Titan submersible tragedy: Here's what we know so far and what's next in the investigationThe vessel suffered a catastrophic implosion, killing all five aboard, sometime after it submerged Sunday morning. It's not clear exactly w...
24 Jun, 2023, 07.04 AM IST
El Nino expected to return, likely to fuel spike in global temperatures: WMOEl Nino and La Nina are major, but not the only, drivers of the Earth's climate system. In addition to the long-established ENSO Update, WM...
03 Mar, 2023, 04.38 PM IST
Historic UK rocket mission ends in failureA Virgin Orbit Boeing 747 carrying the 70-foot (21-metre) rocket took off from a spaceport in Cornwall, southwest England, at 2202 GMT.
10 Jan, 2023, 07.37 AM IST
Space sector startup Digantara launches second satellite to monitor space weatherThe satellite will serve as a space weather testbed in the sun synchronous orbit for enhancing precision driven situational space awareness...
03 Jan, 2023, 11.00 PM IST
Since Paris deal, climate catastrophes mountThe five hottest years on record have all come since 2015; the World Meteorological Organization said last week 2020 was set to be among th...
08 Dec, 2020, 08.55 AM IST
Snowfall may be key to why some Himalayan glaciers aren’t meltingGlobal warming is shrinking glaciers across the world, whether in the Alps or the Himalayas. Except in one spot: the Karokaram mountain ran...
21 Feb, 2020, 04.30 AM IST
India sees 2017 monsoon rains at 98% of long-term averageIn April, the state-run India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast this year's monsoon rains at 96 percent of the 50-year average of 89...
06 Jun, 2017, 04.26 PM IST
South Asia to get normal monsoon, says SASCOF forecast"The outlook suggests that during the 2017 southwest monsoon season (June – September), normal rainfall is most likely over much of South A...
26 Apr, 2017, 05.34 PM IST
Predicting the rains, despite the many scientific advances, continues to stump the weathermenOver the last decade, meteorologists have added a few more puzzling phenomena to their list of things that have to be explained by physics.
29 Sep, 2016, 01.49 AM IST
Sea surface temperatures to predict rainfallA team from IITM and IISER, Pune used historical meteorological data and modern modelling techniques to predict monsoon pattern.
26 Jul, 2015, 12.14 PM IST
So far, 2010 is warmest ever in recorded historyThe combined global land and ocean surface temperatures for the period between January and April were the warmest on record, and April was ...
18 May, 2010, 11.28 AM IST