Asteroid Alert: Our Earth faces an asteroid almost every day. One such ‘rocky’ disaster is coming to ‘shake’ on 24th December, just before Christmas. According to reports, the asteroid named 2024 XN1 is moving at a speed of about 24 thousand kilometers per hour and when it comes close to our planet, the distance between…
The return to Earth of NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) for the last several months, has been postponed till March next year. In June this year, both these astronauts reached ISS via Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. American space agency NASA has said that their return has been…
Scientists around the world have been exploring the moons of the planets of our solar system for many years. One thing is common in all the discoveries and that is the discovery of water in these moons. Be it the search for water in Jupiter’s planet Europa or the hope of water in the distant…
The continuous warming of the Earth can now be said to be a cause of concern for every human being living on this planet. The increasing temperature of the earth every year is causing severe heat waves in some countries. Its long-term consequences are said to be very frightening. But meanwhile a good news is…
Artificial Intelligence, or better known as AI, has made human life easier to a great extent. It is seen that it has taken up a lot of space in back-office operations. It has become included in the lives of common people in many ways. AI devices have become quite popular even in everyday tasks. From…
Space scientists and those interested in science around the world were shocked earlier this year. In January-February, news came out that NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter had met with an accident during a flight on Mars. That was the 72nd flight of Ingenuity. The helicopter’s rotors were badly damaged in the accident and scientists came to the…
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams has been in space for several months. She went for a few days, but has not been able to return to Earth yet due to a malfunction in the spacecraft. While staying in the International Space Station (ISS), Sunita is participating in different activities. Recently she hosted a session for the…
A new study says that people who eat dark chocolate have a 21% lower risk of type-2 diabetes! According to the study, calories and saturated fat are found in equal levels in dark chocolate and milk chocolate. But the rich polyphenols found in dark chocolate reverse the effects of saturated fat and sugar that cause…
If you want to see the planet Jupiter in the sky with your own eyes, then this opportunity is going to come on 7th December when the Sun, Earth and Jupiter will be present in the same line. With this, the planet Jupiter can be easily identified in the sky. This will be a rare…
The search for life on Mars is an ambitious mission for space scientists. Space agencies around the world including NASA are busy searching for evidence of life on the Red Planet. But the question is, can this once hot and wet planet still become suitable for life? Or can there still be signs of life…