Topic: space
How solutions found for space garbage could help fix the plastic problem on Earth
Agencies advise capturing space waste with harpoons, nets or robotic arms and bring it it back to Earth in one piece, a process that can be replicated to gather plastic in the ocean.
Scientists create the world’s fastest camera that can record UV-range photons in real time
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week.
Jurassic Park & scientists have it wrong, giant dino Spinosaurus was probably a river monster
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week.
In Venus’ clouds, scientists find gas that suggests life, but say it’s hint, not evidence
The researchers behind the finding, from US, UK and Japan, claim to have detected the gas phosphine in Venus atmosphere. The study has been published in Nature Astronomy.
Scientists have taken the world’s biggest photo ever, and it’s of a cauliflower
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week.
This is how govt plans to bring together ISRO, private players to boost India’s space sector
ISRO Thursday announced more details about IN-SPACe and the specific roles opening up for the private industry to increase public-private partnership.
Catch a comet sighting in India as NEOWISE remains visible through July into August
The comet is visible right before sunrise for the next couple of days, and post sunset afterwards.
Private sector can put Indian space mission into higher orbit. But ISRO must take it onboard
Private sector companies need access to ISRO’s centres and labs for research and development activities in order to achieve their full potential.
Unique gravitational waves detected from collision between blackhole & mystery space object
A network of three gravitational wave detectors had picked up signals from a collision that scientists say occurred about 800 million years ago.
70-million-year-old fossils of one of world’s last megaraptors discovered in Argentina
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Globalisation of revenge
Nobody looks more ridiculous in the whole Iraq situation than the Europeans. A bit of their hypocrisy was on show in New Delhi.
Reliance Industries posts 15% profit drop as Covid hits oil demand
The company posted a net profit of Rs 9,567 crore in July-September compared with Rs 11,262 crore a year back.
Defence
First phase of Quad members’ Malabar exercise from 3-6 November in Bay of Bengal
Last week, India had announced Australia will take part in the exercise along with US and Japan, making it a drill by all 4 member nations of the Quad or Quadrilateral coalition.
Trump or Biden? Doesn’t matter to India-US ties as they’re in a full, strategic embrace
Pompeo & Esper’s visit to India for the 2+2 talks is proof that old hypocrisies are history, and supreme national interest has again driven a strategic choice.