How do solar storms impact Earth’s magnetic field? ISRO’s Aditya-L1 decodesISRO's Aditya-L1 solar mission has revealed new details about solar storms. A recent study analyzed a major space weather event from Octobe...
10 Jan, 2026, 04.11 PM IST
Blue Origin to renew Mars satellite launch bid as geomagnetic storm fadesBlue Origin's New Glenn rocket is set for another launch attempt this week, carrying two Mars-bound satellites for NASA. Previous attempts ...
13 Nov, 2025, 10.59 AM IST
This Christmas, the fastest human-made object will pass the sun at 430,000 mph—250 times faster than a bulletNASA's Parker Solar Probe is flying closer to the sun than any previous mission. It is breaking its own speed record and exploring the sun'...
24 Dec, 2024, 06.03 PM IST
PM launches 3 supercomputers, says tech upgradation should empower the poorPrime Minister Narendra Modi launched three indigenously developed PARAM Rudra supercomputers to boost scientific research. These supercomp...
26 Sep, 2024, 09.17 PM IST
UFO, Aliens? What is it in North Carolina?Sighting of a space debris in North Carolina once again raised curiosity about UFOs and aliens. Space experts have given a clarity.
26 May, 2024, 12.11 AM IST
ETtech Explainer: Aditya-L1 anticipated to reach Sun-Earth Lagrangian Point on Jan 6, why is this significant?The Sun-Earth Lagrangian Point L1 is 1.5 million km from Earth, and Aditya L1 was expected to reach its destination after a 125-day journey...
28 Dec, 2023, 12.01 PM IST
Aditya-L1: ASPEX payload has commenced its operations, says IsroAditya-L1 is the second spacecraft that the ISRO could send outside the sphere of influence of the Earth. The first one was the Mars Orbite...
02 Dec, 2023, 08.51 PM IST
Aditya-L1 spacecraft healthy, on its way to the Sun-Earth L1 point: ISROAditya-L1 had escaped Earth’s sphere of influence on September 30. It underwent a trajectory correction manoeuvre (TCM) on October 6 for ab...
08 Oct, 2023, 07.50 PM IST
India's Adtya-L1 spacecraft successfully escapes sphere of Earth's influenceThe ISRO said earlier this month the Aditya-L1 solar mission spacecraft has commenced collecting data which will help scientists analyse th...
30 Sep, 2023, 07.39 PM IST
After Chandrayaan, ISRO now gearing up for its solar mission with Aditya in Aud-end, SeptIndia's Aditya-L1 solar observatory is set to launch at the end of August, having arrived at Sriharikota spaceport after development at the...
14 Aug, 2023, 05.30 PM IST
ISRO plans mission to capture effects of space weather events on Earth's atmosphereIn the near-Earth environment, the space weather is governed by the eruptive phenomena from the Sun, which affect the ionosphere-thermosphe...
12 May, 2022, 06.34 PM IST
From space, astronaut sounds the alarm about climate crisis"We see the pollution of rivers, atmospheric pollution, things like that. What really shocked me on this mission were extreme weather or cl...
04 Nov, 2021, 09.31 PM IST
- Scientists to capture sunspot images during solar eclipse
New York, Aug 19 (IANS) During the upcoming total solar eclipse on August 21, a team of solar physicists are planning to capture high-resol...
19 Aug, 2017, 02.17 PM IST
Earth-like planetary waves discovered on SunOn Earth, Rossby waves are associated with the path of the jet stream and the formation of low- and high-pressure systems, which in turn in...
28 Mar, 2017, 03.59 PM IST
Solar telescope operationalised at Udaipur observatoryUdaipur Solar Observatory has operationalised a unique telescope 'Multi Application Solar Telescope' for detailed study of solar activities...
04 Aug, 2015, 07.59 PM IST
US scientists record 2014 as the hottest yearThe year 2014 was the hottest on record, with global average temperature increasing about 0.8 degrees Celsius since 1880- US government sci...
18 Jan, 2015, 02.32 PM IST
- ISRO to launch three weather satellites
India will get sharper eyes to track ravaging cyclones and forecast monsoon when the Indian Space Reserach Organisation (ISRO) launches the...
14 Feb, 2007, 10.50 AM IST