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Thursday, July 31, 2025
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‘Today’s the day!’ $1.5 bn ISRO-NASA partnered NISAR satellite set for liftoff

A first-of-its-kind, NISAR is the most powerful SAR satellite providing high-resolution images for scientists to better understand the processes involved in natural hazards.

‘City-killer’ asteroid headed towards Earth with 2.3% chance of impact in 2032. India a possible target

Situation is significant enough to warrant global planetary defence community's attention. Astronomers plan to use James Webb Space Telescope to get precise estimate of asteroid's size.

Earth has a ‘mini moon’ for 57 days. All you need to know about this bus-sized celestial visitor

Asteroid 2024 PT5 entered Earth orbit Monday & will exit the planet’s gravity on 25 November. It will travel in a horseshoe-shaped orbit & require powerful telescopes to be seen.

Venus Orbiter Mission gets Cabinet nod. Why ISRO wants to study ‘Earth’s twin’ & what mission will entail

Mission approved with total funding of Rs 1,236 crore, of which Rs 824 crore will be spent on the spacecraft. ISRO officials say it will likely take flight by March 2028.

Life-sustaining freshwater first appeared on Earth 4 billion years ago, finds Nature study

Geologists analysed ancient rock crystals from Australia to find that freshwater appeared on earth a mere 600 million years after the formation of the planet.

Space debris on the rise, ISRO performed record 25 collision-avoidance manoeuvres in 2023

ISRO report highlights 'growing congestion', with number of objects sent to space having increased by 24% in 2023 from previous year. India aims to have debris-free space missions by 2030.

Total solar eclipse to happen today, won’t be visible to people in India

The whole event will take about two and a half hours, but totality will only last about four minutes. Google has created a special animation to mark this astronomical spectacle.

Ladakh & Bhopal to Mexico, ‘Critical Zones’ exhibition tells the story of an Earth in crisis

‘Critical Zones’, a travelling exhibition that blends art and science to provoke conversations about climate change, is currently on display at the Max Mueller Bhavan in Delhi.

Set your alarm for a fireworks bonanza that won’t disappoint — Geminids meteor shower at 2am Saturday

Geminids are one of the very few exceptions where source of dust is an asteroid and not a comet. This meteor shower originates from the asteroid 3200 Phaethon.

ISRO brings back Chandrayaan-3 propulsion module to Earth’s orbit in a ‘unique experiment’

The objective behind the propulsion module was to ferry the lander module from the Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) to the final lunar polar circular orbit and separate the lander.

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Big win for Delhi factories as MCD scraps an extra layer of red tape for ease of doing business

Until now, units operating even in recognised industrial areas needed a separate factory licence. The move is expected to especially give a boost to small and medium enterprises.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.