Powerful solar flare headed towards Earth could lead to radio blackouts and disruptions to communicationsAn update regarding the solar flare, which is the powerful bursts of radiation from the sun, has come from NASA that it has been hurled out...
04 Oct, 2024, 10.12 PM IST
China's lunar lander brings back something astonishing from the moon, everything we knowChina's Chang'e-5 lunar lander that returned to the Earth after exploring the far end of the moon, has come back with some interesting arte...
28 Jun, 2024, 11.28 PM IST
Aurora-sparking sunspot comes back for yet another trip across Sun, are more cosmic surprises expected?The historic sunspot region that had resulted in some record auroras last month, has now come back for the third time with a colossal solar...
27 Jun, 2024, 08.26 PM IST
Two Sunspots re-emerge, stare at Earth, ready to send strong geomagnetic storms again. How will they affect us?Two Sun regions have emerged on the other side of the star. The NOAA has said that in the next 12 days, these two regions will be closer to...
31 May, 2024, 09.02 PM IST
NASA warns of powerful solar storm and blackouts. When it is likely to hit earthA significant solar flare has been released by the Sun, peaking at X1.4, according to NASA Solar flares are intense bursts of radiation but...
31 May, 2024, 10.39 AM IST
Northern Lights to emerge again? How can you watch the dazzling sight?Scientists have predicted the occurrence of yet another incident of Northern Light in the first week of June. This will happen due to the i...
29 May, 2024, 10.26 PM IST
Biggest solar flare in 10 years hits Earth, more to come. Know about geomagnetic storms that disturb our planetThe X8.7 solar flare was seen blasting out of the active sunspot region of the Sun responsible for the recent solar weather. It also caused...
15 May, 2024, 07.47 PM IST
Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in almost 2 decadesFlorida witnessed its strongest sun flare in almost 20 years, part of the 11-year solar cycle peak. The X8.7-rated flare, captured by NASA'...
15 May, 2024, 10.03 AM IST
Oil India to invest Rs 25,000 crore for net zero by 2040State-owned Oil India Ltd is planning to invest Rs 25,000 crore in clean energy projects to achieve its net zero carbon emission goal by 20...
14 Sep, 2023, 04.56 PM IST
Solar flare and geomagnetic storm set to burst Earth as huge sunspot set to burst; what is it, here's all the informationA sunspot on the surface of the sun is growing at a double rate everyday. This is set to cause some geomagnetic storm and fling some solar ...
21 Jun, 2022, 08.38 PM IST
China successfully launches two satellites for gravitational wave detectionChina on Thursday successfully launched two satellites for the detection of gravitational waves into planned orbit from the Xichang Satelli...
10 Dec, 2020, 10.28 AM IST
- Sun-like stars calm down after turbulent youth
Washington, Sep 7 (IANS) Sun-like stars and their less massive cousins calm down surprisingly quickly after a turbulent youth, making the a...
07 Sep, 2017, 11.17 AM IST
- TRAPPIST-1 could be twice as old as our solar system
Washington, Aug 12 (IANS) The intriguing ultra-cool dwarf star of the TRAPPIST-1 system of seven Earth-size worlds could be up to twice as ...
12 Aug, 2017, 11.22 AM IST
What would happen if a massive solar storm hit the earth?There's an even bigger worry than wind and rain: space weather. If a massive solar storm hit us, our technology would be wiped out.
31 Aug, 2015, 01.33 PM IST
What would happen if a massive solar storm A hit the Earth?We all know that major storms can wreak havoc, flooding cities and decimating infrastructure. But there's an even bigger worry than wind an...
21 Aug, 2015, 02.23 PM IST
Spooked by geopolitics? Warren Buffett has some brilliant advice for investorsDuring the darkest days of the financial crisis in 2008, Warre wrote an op-ed for the NYT, reminding us that bad things happen all of the t...
30 Aug, 2014, 10.34 AM IST
Orbital Sciences' cargo ship blasts off for space stationOrbital Sciences is one of two firms hired by NASA to fly cargo to the station, a $100 billion project of 15 nations, following the retirem...
10 Jan, 2014, 01.10 AM IST