India needs to launch the space act it keeps scrubbing
India’s growing space industry needs an umbrella Space Act for legal support. India needs a Space Act. It…
The Creatures Waiting At The Bottom Of The Deep Sea
At the bottom of the deep sea, it seems the creatures get stranger the farther down they live.…
The Sky Today on Sunday, September 13: Venus, the Moon, and Spica
Back to Article List Three celestial objects form a triangle in the evening twilight as Venus and the…
Meet Eknath Vasant Chitnis: The man who helped build ISRO, recognized the potential of a young APJ Abdul Kalam and brought satellite TV to Indian villages
Eknath was born on July 25, 1925, in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. India’s space programme has produced some of the…
Why sleeping less than apes helped humans become Earth’s dominant species
For most people, bedtime is a routine matter of turning off the lights and hoping for eight hours…
From 1974 to 1990 Kumamoto Prefecture sealed about 1.5 million cubic metres of Minamata Bay sediment above 25 ppm mercury under a 58-hectare landfill that cost 48 billion yen
Stand on the eastern shore of Minamata Bay today and part of the ground underfoot is manufactured: 58…
US study warns a 1-in-250-year solar storm could cut power to 5 million, cost $1.8 billion a day
New research estimates the devastating effects an extreme geomagnetic storm would have on the United States and how…
Scientists just made quantum computer operations 1,000 times faster
Quantum computers remain highly vulnerable to errors and tiny disturbances from their surroundings. The longer a quantum operation…
First case of bird flu in endangered Australian sea lion confirmed – as it happened | Australia news
Confirmed case of bird flu in endangered Australian sea lionLisa Cox South Australia has confirmed its first H5…
APOD: 2026 September 13 – Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Adriatic Sea
Explanation: This sight was worth getting out of bed early. Just over four years ago, Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) rose before…
Solar system’s smallest planet shrinking faster than we thought
There’s less Mercury in the system. Scientists found that Mercury, the solar system’s smallest planet, is shrinking far…
First case of bird flu in endangered Australian sea lion confirmed – as it happened | Australia news
Confirmed case of bird flu in endangered Australian sea lionLisa Cox South Australia has confirmed its first H5…