[ad_1] Isro scientists on Sunday completed the second manoeuvre around Earth to push Chandrayaan-3‘s altitude at the closest point to Earth (perigee) in its current elliptical orbit. This was a minor operation compared to the one carried out Saturday. The onboard thrusters were fired for about 42 seconds and the perigee of Chandrayaan-3 is now … Read more
[ad_1] An already warming Earth steamed to its hottest June on record, smashing the old global mark by nearly a quarter of a degree (0.13 degrees Celsius), with global oceans setting temperature records for the third straight month, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday.June’s 61.79 degrees (16.55 degrees Celsius) global average was … Read more
[ad_1] An already warming Earth steamed to its hottest June on record, smashing the old global mark by nearly a quarter of a degree (0.13 degrees Celsius), with global oceans setting temperature records for the third straight month, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday. June’s 61.79 degrees (16.55 degrees Celsius) global average … Read more
[ad_1] From climate change to species loss and pollution, humans have etched their impact on the Earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th century that a special team of scientists says a new geologic epoch began then. Called the Anthropocene – and derived from the Greek terms for “human” and … Read more
[ad_1] Sweltering heat is blanketing much of the planet, and the past seven days have been the hottest week on record, the latest grim milestone in a series of climate-change-driven extremes.Earth’s average temperature on Wednesday remained at an unofficial record high set the day before. And for the seven-day period ending Wednesday, the daily average … Read more
[ad_1] BENGALURU: The interpretation that the universe was expanding came after astronomers’ discovery in 1929 that galaxies are streaming away from us and each other. However, when they measured how fast it is expanding, they got different answers using different methods. The difference continues to be a thorn in their description of the expanding universe.Now, … Read more
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Phosphate, a key building block of life, has been detected in one of Saturn‘s moon’s, Enceladus’s, ocean, and in what scientists call the “first finding of phosphorus on an extraterrestrial ocean world”. The phosphates were detected in particles ejected from the ice-covered global ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, the international team of … Read more
[ad_1] THIRUVANANTHAPURAM): Chandrayaan-3, the third edition of ISRO‘s lunar mission, would be launched between July 12 and 19, 2023 if tests go as planned, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath.The ISRO Chairman was speaking at Kothavara St Xavier’s College, Vaikam in Kottayam district after inaugurating a one-day workshop and space exhibition organised … Read more
[ad_1] LONDON: In a first, the European Space Agency (ESA) live-streamed historic live images directly from Mars on YouTube. The historic images were also shared on ESA‘s Twitter account.It took about 18 minutes for images to travel directly from Mars to Earth for the live-streaming late on Friday.The live-streaming link, which is still available on … Read more
[ad_1] BENGALURU: A new Jupiter-sized exoplanet — a planet that orbits a star outside the solar system — with highest density of around 14 g/cm3 known till this date, and mass 13 times that of Jupiter has been discovered by an international team of scientists.The team was led by Prof Abhijit Chakraborty at the Exoplanet … Read more