What lies between the stars? Astronomers map a mysterious ‘interstellar tunnel’ of plasma stretching from our solar system to distant starsAstronomers have found an interstellar tunnel using the eRosita X-ray telescope. This tunnel is a channel of hot, low-density plasma. It st...
17 Aug, 2025, 12.56 AM IST
NASA satellite GOLD makes startling discovery. What are these X- and C-shaped formations around Earth? Details hereNASA's GOLD satellite discovered unexpected shapes in Earth's ionosphere, challenging existing beliefs and emphasizing the need for further...
08 Jul, 2024, 11.33 PM IST
'Artificial Sun' reaches a temperature of 100 million Celsius for record period. Know in detailScientists generally use a donut-shaped reactor called a tokamak in which hydrogen variants are heated to extraordinarily high temperatures...
01 Apr, 2024, 06.55 PM IST
Aditya-L1, ISRO'S first solar spacecraft enters Sun's final orbitIndian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has achieved a major milestone as they successfully completed the last manoeuvre to position the ...
06 Jan, 2024, 04.43 PM IST
Aditya-L1 spacecraft of ISRO to be placed in its final destination orbit todayIndia's ISRO is set to perform the final manoeuvre at 4 pm on Saturday to position the Aditya-L1 spacecraft, the country's first space-base...
06 Jan, 2024, 11.11 AM IST
How to test the purity of gold?When it comes to gold, how pure is pure? And how does anybody know? The question of testing the purity of gold has been a live one for thou...
10 Nov, 2023, 11.29 AM IST
Chandrayaan-3's rover discovers minor elements, measures lunar plasma environmentAlpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) onboard the rover, was deployed to observe the lunar sample, ISRO announced on Thursday. Later in ...
01 Sep, 2023, 05.46 PM IST
Chandrayaan-3: Rover mobility operations have commenced; lander module payloads turned onThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has provided an update on the activities of the Lander Vikram and Rover Pragyan on the lunar ...
28 Aug, 2023, 11.05 AM IST
ISRO gearing up for mission to study Sun, satellite arrives at Sriharikota for launchAditya-L1, the first space-based Indian observatory to study the Sun, is getting ready for its launch soon, ISRO said on Monday. The satell...
14 Aug, 2023, 02.11 PM IST
Chandrayaan-3 to be launched in July this year, ISRO chief confirmsChandrayaan-3 mission carries scientific instruments to study the thermo-physical properties of the lunar regolith, lunar seismicity, lunar...
29 May, 2023, 03.19 PM IST
ISRO getting ready for Chandrayaan-3 mission in July second week: Senior officialThe Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch its ambitious Chandrayaan-3 mission in July, which will carry scientifi...
29 May, 2023, 03.00 PM IST
- World's fastest water heater produces exotic state of liquid
London, May 15 (IANS) In an experimental set-up that can be seen as the world's fastest water heater, scientists have used a powerful X-ray...
15 May, 2018, 06.22 PM IST
- Scientists recreate solar eruption in 3D
New York, March 10 (IANS) Scientists have combined data from three NASA satellites to develop a 3D model that simulates how shocks followin...
10 Mar, 2018, 02.42 PM IST
Universe's primordial soup recreated at CERNA few billionths of a second after the Big Bang, the universe was made up of a kind of extremely hot and dense primordial soup of the most ...
15 Feb, 2016, 03.31 PM IST
NASA spacecraft spots giant 'hole' in SunNASA's orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory has mapped an enormous coronal hole - a gap in the Sun's outer layer and magnetic field - which ...
18 Oct, 2015, 06.05 PM IST
Scientists find evidence of plasma tubes floating above for the first timeResearchers using a radio telescope to see in 3D detected the existence of tubular plasma structures in the inner layers of the magnetosphe...
02 Jun, 2015, 03.47 PM IST
Irregularities in Earth's atmosphere can distort GPS signalsSignals travelling between Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and electronic devices, especially at high latitudes, can get distort...
01 Mar, 2015, 06.35 PM IST