Macro, the Mightiest: Why India’s biggest macro variable still falls from the skyThe 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...
24 May, 2026, 06.11 PM IST
NASA has discovered planets so strange they sound completely impossible: From worlds that rain molten glass to giant “marshmallow” planetsScientists are discovering strange new planets beyond our solar system. These worlds defy old ideas about how planets form and what they lo...
12 May, 2026, 07.02 PM IST
Scientists Say Earth’s Inner Core May Have Slowed and Shifted Direction: But It’s Not the Dramatic Change Headlines SuggestScientists have found Earth's inner core rotation is not constant. It sometimes spins faster or slower than the outer layers, and can even ...
05 May, 2026, 06.37 PM IST
Northern lights set to dazzle US skies as coronal hole blasts solar winds this weekendA large hole in the Sun's atmosphere is expected to cause the Northern Lights to be visible across much of the northern United States this ...
18 Apr, 2026, 07.05 PM IST
Hooking the future: Scientists deploys AI to track hilsa in Bengal—but fishers fear it may net more than it shouldIndia has launched an AI-based system to help fishers locate hilsa shoals in the Bay of Bengal, using machine learning to analyse ocean con...
16 Apr, 2026, 05.51 PM IST
Waste water to clean energy: Japanese engineers harness the power of osmosisEngineers have opened the world's second osmotic power plant, generating electricity from the difference in salinity between treated sewage...
04 Apr, 2026, 12.33 PM IST
Hurricane tracker 2024: Four to seven Category 3 predicted hurricane storms to strike America. Check detailed forecastHurricane season 2024 will be active from June 1 and may bring eight to 13 hurricanes in this year.
25 May, 2024, 10.39 PM IST
Hurricane tracker: Tropical storm may hit North Carolina to New Jersey. Name, path, weather forecastA low-pressure system is situated about 200 miles south of North Carolina. It may create life-threatening storm surges, high surf and rip c...
23 Sep, 2023, 12.36 AM IST
Hurricane Lee intensifies to category 5, sweeps Atlantic Ocean. Check forecast, projected pathThe National Hurricane Center has forecast that Hurricane Lee will further gain strength on Friday and sweep large swathes of the Atlantic ...
08 Sep, 2023, 07.04 PM IST
What is tropical storm, how is it different from hurricane?A tropical storm is the movement of high-speed winds originating in a tropical region. When does it become a hurricane?
21 Aug, 2023, 10.56 PM IST
How Biparjoy became the longest-lived cyclone, why it took 10 days to make landfall in Gujarat?Cyclone Biparjoy hit Gujarat with destructive wind speeds of up to 140 kmph and rains causing severe damage. The cyclone had been moving sl...
16 Jun, 2023, 11.14 AM IST
What is a Storm Surge? All you need to know about its causes and impactStorm surge is a rise in sea level that arises during tropical cyclones, intense storms also known as typhoons or hurricanes. Storm surges ...
27 Sep, 2022, 06.13 PM IST
'Fani had longest life span among tropical cyclones in the bay'The peculiarity of this strong cyclonic storm was the persistence of its intensity till it crossed the coast.
14 May, 2019, 05.48 PM IST
- How do hurricanes form? Know from NASA scientists
Washington, Sep 10 (IANS) Even as Hurricane Harvey left Texas bruised and Hurricane Irma began lashing Florida, NASA scientists have explai...
10 Sep, 2017, 02.22 PM IST
Strong 'electric wind' removed water components from Venus' atmosphere: studyScientists discovered electric field is so strong that it can accelerate the heavy electrically charged component of water-oxygen to speed ...
21 Jun, 2016, 03.17 PM IST
NASA's Earth-observing instrument installed on ISSISS-RapidScat, is collecting its first science data on ocean wind speeds and direction following its successful installation and activation...
13 Oct, 2014, 02.29 PM IST
New approach to improve hurricane intensity forecastExperiments conducted at the UM Rosenstiel School Air-Sea Interaction Salt Water Tank (ASIST) simulated the wind speed and ocean surface co...
12 Jul, 2014, 01.24 PM IST