‘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.
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.
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.
Paris Agreement aimed to limit increase in global temperatures to 'well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels'. Scientists express concern about spike, which came days ahead of COP28.
Psyche has a core of iron & nickel exposed to space, a rarity among asteroids. Mission could give insight into collisions that created asteroids & Earth in early days of solar system.
US space agency's OSIRIS-REx mission, launched in 2016, dropped off capsule containing sample in Utah desert. Asteroid Bennu could potentially collide into Earth a few centuries later.
Located just south of Sri Lanka, it is here that Earth’s gravitational pull is weakest & sea level is 100 m lower than global average. Findings published in Geophysical Research Letters.
As Visakhapatnam readies a mega airport, the Andhra Pradesh government has revived its shelved Dagadarthi project, aiming to boost cargo and connectivity on the south coast.
Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries are leaning on drones, but they’re also firing cruise and ballistic missiles, some of them relatively new and experimental.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
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