Study disproves Hawking, shows tiny black holes may not account for Dark Matter
For a whole night, the research team took 190 consecutive images of Andromeda galaxy
India to get real time forest fire alert system
Forest Survey of India's new programme also tracks big fire incident
Will India's Mars mission succeed?
ISRO has a contingency plan to salvage the mission in case the LAM engine fails
ISRO’s new space company gets its first order
American space rideshare company Spaceflight bought payload slot on the first commercial launch of ISRO’s newest rocket, Small Satellite …
Chandrayaan-2 in orbit, now focus on Sept 7 moon landing
The satellite will, in the next 23 days, burn its internal thrusters six times raising its height
Mission Shakti was supposed to make India proud. Is it doing so?
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine says such events are not compatible with human space flight; increased risk to ISS by 44%
India to send manned mission to space within 40 months
This feat has only been achieved by three countries till now—the United States, Russia and China
'ISRO's nanosatellites can become a global system for navigation'
ISRO's navigation system can prove to be more accurate and economical than current ones
Where are the heroes?
Book>> Destination Moon by Pallav Bagla and Subhadra Menon Harper Collins New Delhi 2008, Rs 195
Economic survey 2022: India saw 47 new space start-ups
At present, India accounts for only about 2% of global space economy
Why no debate on independence of research?
There was no discussion on how promoting PPP model will affect independence of research
LIFE STRATOSPHERIC
‘There is a fundamental joy in exploring our universe, but it comes with great responsibility’
In a week when India created history with Chandrayaan-3, Down To Earth spoke to biologist Jyotsna Dhawan, daughter of the late Dr Satish Dhawan, …
A year around the moon
India’s second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, completed one year in orbit around the moon August 20, 2020. Space agency ISRO said it has …
ISRO has realised Sarabhai’s vision of using space technology to help the common man
Wing Commander (retired) Rakesh Sharma recently completed 35 years of being the first Indian to have ever set foot in space. He talked to Down To …
"ISRO has capabilities to build geostationary satellites for air quality monitoring”
Since satellite observations are limited to cloud-free regions, several countries plan to launch geostationary satellites for continuous …
Space agencies of 60 countries come together to monitor greenhouse gas emissions
Data from satellites will help keep tabs on countries’ efforts to reduce emissions in line with their climate action commitments
Eyes on S-band
Mobile phone operators want reallocation of the spectrum. Say ISRO is wasting the resource
James Webb Telescope spots oldest ‘dead galaxy’ that stopped forming stars 13 billion years ago: Study
The researchers, however, do not rule out the possibility of the dead galaxy roaring back to life
Chandrayaan 2 launch called off due to technical snag
Isro to tell revised launch date later
India launches IRNSS-1G, gets own navigation system
The last of the seven navigation satellites was launched from Sriharikota on Thursday
ISRO launches sixth satellite of IRNSS
Launch brings India closer to putting in place its own Global Positioning System
35 kg too heavy?
ISRO satellite detected 500 black hole formations in 6 years. Mission scientist tells us how they did it
Dipankar Bhattacharya talks about how AstroSat uses gamma ray bursts to detect formations of black holes
Chandrayaan 2 in Moon’s orbit, now gets ready for ‘15 minutes of terror’
On September 7, the lander will use its four thrusters and central engine to attempt to soft land on the lunar surface
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