Researchers have discovered about 1700 ancient virus species hidden in the snow of the Himalayas. This study has been published in the Nature Geoscience magazine. It says that about three-fourths of the viruses found were not known to scientists. Scientists had taken samples of snow layers from Guliya Glacier located on the Tibetan Plateau. Virus…
Nasa’s Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams and her partner Butch Wilmore have been stranded in space for several days. They went to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. Due to a major malfunction in the spacecraft, the Starliner is not being brought back to Earth and Sunita and Butch are left in space….
Today, on 23 August, India is celebrating its first National Space Day. National Space Day was announced after the success of Chandrayaan-3 mission. On this day last year, India’s Vikram Lander landed on the South Pole of the Moon and India became the first country in the world to do so. This day has now…
There is a huge possibility of development in the solar energy sector. It is believed that the more advanced and easy to use solar panels are, the easier it will be to produce electricity in the world and this will also be a big effort towards clean energy. Is that time coming soon? According to…
Sunita Williams: The way for the return of Indian-origin astronaut ‘Sunita Williams’ and her partner Butch Wilmore to Earth has been decided. Sunita and Butch, who have been stuck in space since June, will be brought back to Earth with NASA’s Crew-9 mission. However, this return may happen in February next year or later. NASA…
Aditya L1 Mission LIVE Updates: The country’s first solar mission ‘Aditya’ (Aditya L1) is going to be launched on Saturday, September 2. Indian Space Agency ‘ISRO’ will launch it from Sriharikota Spaceport in Andhra Pradesh. Aditya L-1 spacecraft will be sent on the mission at 11:50 am through PSLV-C57 rocket. This is India’s first solar…
Sunita Williams: Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on June 5 with her partner Butch Wilmore. She had gone on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which malfunctioned and both the astronauts are now stranded on the ISS. Last Saturday, NASA confirmed that Sunita and Butch will no longer return by Starliner. They…
Many incidents have told us how dangerous a tsunami is after an earthquake. Japan is the country most affected by this. But in the year 2023, a megatsunami was also generated due to a large landslide in eastern Greenland, which created a stir in the whole world. This incident has shocked scientists. The Seismic Record…
Falcon 9 rocket Blast: SpaceX’s Falcon-9 rocket has given another blow to Elon Musk’s company. The first-stage booster of this reusable rocket did not land properly and caught fire. Just last month, this rocket failed in space and due to that 20 Starlink satellites could not reach their orbit. Now the failure has raised the…
Boeing Starliner Update: Boeing’s Starliner, which went to the ISS (International Space Station) with Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams, is now going to return to Earth. The US space agency NASA has confirmed its date. On Thursday, the agency said that the Starliner spacecraft can leave the International Space Station (ISS) next Friday i.e. on September…
