Topic: Earth
NASA discovers 240-year-old ‘newborn’ neutron star that’s twice the sun’s mass
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.
World Environment Day: Flowercycling to sewage treatment, these startups are saving Earth
As India faces cyclones, a pandemic, a locust invasion and multiple earthquakes, it is important to reflect on environment conservation.
Proxima Centauri, nearest star to solar system, confirmed to have an Earth-sized planet
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.
70-million-year-old fossils of one of world’s last megaraptors discovered in Argentina
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.
Scientists reveal why North Magnetic Pole has shifted from Canada towards Siberia
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.
Earth Day turns 50, and the world is celebrating it digitally for the first time
Theme for 50th anniversary of Earth Day is climate action, already the topic of conversation around the world in the coronavirus pandemic.
A trove of Viking-era artefacts and an ocean creature that may be the world’s largest animal
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A dancing star in the heart of the Milky Way proves Einstein right, again
Astronomers at European Southern Observatory have discovered that the orbit of star S2 around a Milky Way black hole is flowery in shape, not elliptical.
Earth has a second moon — car-sized, dark and temporary
Detected by astronomers at University of Arizona, the small and dark moonlet has been in the Earth's orbit for the past three years and will be ejected by April 2020.
‘State of planetary emergency’: Global climate tipping points seen in fresh warning
Scientists lay out 9 crucial tipping points to suggest that the Earth is dangerously close to passing into irreversible planetary damage.
Not Modi, not Yogi, it is Ram versus the rest for the BJP in UP 2022 election
Modi-Shah’s BJP knows the politics of George Bush-esque's binaries is clever and pushes opponents into a corner. That’s exactly what happened with the Ayodhya bhoomi pujan.
Jugaad and Covid pose new threats to India’s diesel consumption
Rise of natural gas & electric vehicles will crimp diesel demand over longer-term, but coronavirus is adding to the pressure by cutting economic activity.
Defence
Govt will take more steps towards indigenisation of defence infrastructure, says Rajnath Singh
Kick-starting the 'Atmanirbhar Week' in the defence sector, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the govt is looking to expand defence manufacturing capability in India.
Modi redefined secularism with Ram Mandir as Hindu voters were fed up of Sonia-Left version
Assumptions that Indian secularism died with Ram Mandir bhoomi pujan are bunk. It is enshrined in the Constitution, and is worth preserving.