‘This Was A Return-To-Flight Mission, Bar Was Set Much Higher’ BENGALURU: Determined to leave nothing to chance, Isro put the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) through an unusually rigorous preparation cycle ahead of its Jan 12 mission, its first since the setback that grounded the workhorse launcher on May 18, 2025.“Instead of the usual number…
Archaeologists in Spain have brought back the voice of the Neolithic by successfully playing ancient shells that had been buried for around 6,000 years. The instruments, made from large marine snail shells and discovered across several prehistoric sites in Catalonia, produced powerful, stable notes that researchers say were loud enough to carry across valleys and…
In tropical forests across Central and South America, a quiet tree hides one of the most violent forms of seed dispersal found in nature. Known to scientists as Hura crepitans and to locals as the dynamite tree, it earns its name not through myth but through sound and force. When its fruit reaches maturity, it…
The International Space Station on Monday witnessed the change of command with outgoing Crew 11 handing over the charge to Roscosmos.The ceremony, broadcasted live, was necessitated early after one of the astronauts of Crew 11 faced medical issues, the details of which the space agency hasn’t revealed. Nasa‘s Mike Fincke turned the station over to…
Pluto takes 248 years to go around the Sun and it will complete its orbit in 2178. AI- generated Pluto sits far out in the Solar System, small and dim, moving at a pace that barely fits human timelines. It was found in 1930, at a time when astronomy still relied on patient observation and…
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is becoming home to some aquatic species. AI-generated Plastic drifts across the Pacific in no particular hurry. Some pieces have been moving for years, thinning and softening as the sun and salt work on them. Far from land, where the sea usually offers little to cling to, those fragments have…
The Indian space program has kick-started its launch plans for 2026 with the launch of PSLV-C62, a crucial move that will involve coupling commercial satellite launchers with a high-end earth observation system.According to the latest reports available, ISRO has confirmed that there had been a technical anomaly on board the third stage of the mission…
SRIHARIKOTA: The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) on Monday said that the PSLV-C62 mission encountered an anomaly during end of the PS3 stage and a detailed analysis has been initiated.“Today we have attempted the PSLV C62 / EOS – N1 Mission. The PSLV vehicle is a four stage vehicle with two solid stages and two…
NEW DELHI: Isro will mark its first launch of 2026 – PSLV C62 mission – on Monday (Jan 12) at 10.17 am from the first launchpad at the Sriharikota spaceport. The rocket will launch an advanced earth observation satellite EOS-N1 (code-named ‘Anvesha’), another ‘eye in the sky’ that will boost India’s surveillance powers from space….
Shri Kulkarni, an Indian-origin astronomer and one of the world’s leading figures in modern astrophysics, has been awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). It is the highest honour conferred by the UK-based scientific body.Awarded annually since 1824, the RAS Gold Medal recognises exceptional contributions to astronomy and geophysics. Past recipients include…
