Chile telescope captures image of star-forming region at heart of Milky Way

A powerful telescope in Chile has captured a detailed new image of the centre of the Milky Way, released on Wednesday by the European Southern Observatory.The image focuses on a…

Mother-daughter team finds world’s largest known coral on Great Barrier Reef

A mother and daughter have discovered what is now considered the world’s largest known coral colony on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.Sophie Kalkowski-Pope and her mother, Jan Pope, found…

Over a year on, Isro says panel traces NVS-02 failure to pyro valve signal loss

BENGALURU: More than a year after the setback to its navigation satellite programme, Isro on Wednesday released the findings of an apex committee that investigated why the NVS-02 spacecraft failed…

Your height changes daily: Why you are taller in the morning and shorter at night |

Why you are taller in the morning and shorter at night If you have ever measured your height early in the morning and then again at night, the numbers may…

NASA’s Chandra captures ‘young sun’ caught blowing bubbles in HD 61005’s astrosphere with moth-like dust wings |

Source: Chandra X-Ray Observatory Astronomers have spotted something unusual. A star, much like our own Sun when it was young, is blowing a bubble through space. The star, called HD…

Meet Nambi Narayanan: The ISRO scientist who revolutionised Indian rocket engines and survived a false 1994 spy case that nearly ended his career |

(Space.com and Wikipedia) Nambi Narayanan, a senior scientist at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), had his career turned upside down by a false espionage case in 1994. At the…

Total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026: How to watch the ‘Blood Moon’, when and where it will be visible, and more information |

Total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026 A total lunar eclipse, also called a “Blood Moon,” will happen in the sky on March 3, 2026. During totality, the Moon can…

Meet Suma Krishnan: Indian-origin scientist named among America’s greatest innovators for a breakthrough therapy to treat rare skin disorder |

With a long background in drug development, Suma Krishnan emerged as one of the most influential innovators in modern biotechnology. In her late forties, she began questioning a basic assumption…

Bill Gates is building an ‘artificial sun’ that could replace coal in the US |

Bill Gates is building an ‘artificial sun’ that could replace coal in the US The old coal plant is gone. Something very different is planned in its place. The twin…

Elon Musk says SpaceX could launch Starship ‘every hour in 3 years’ |

Elon Musk says SpaceX could launch Starship ‘every hour in 3 years’ (Source: The New York Times) SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has said the company’s next-generation Starship rocket could…