If you laid Nasa’s Artemis II moon rocket on its side, it would stretch nearly the length of a football field. That’s because the Space Launch System (SLS) stands 322 feet tall — just a few yards shy of the 360-foot length of a standard gridiron, making it one of the tallest rockets ever built.The…
Isro chief V Narayanan (PTI photo/file) BENGALURU: The Chandrayaan-4 Mission is at least two years away, but the Isro has identified a location in the South Polar region of Moon to land its lander.The union government has approved the Chandrayaan-4 mission, designed as a lunar sample-return mission and it will be India’s most complex lunar…
In Odisha’s protected Simlipal forest, scientists have uncovered biological wealth. Similipal National Park in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha the biosphere reserve, is known to be famous for its thick forests, tigers, elephants and clean environment. This park is regarded as a pollution-free park which is home to many plants and animals, now with 148…
Mars, the Red Planet, seems to have had rivers, lakes, maybe even seas. Minerals, channels, and rock formations all hint at water once flowing freely. Scientists have long wondered what happened. Recently, researchers reported a rare dust storm might have played a role not just any storm, as cited in the study published by the…
Scientists reconstruct a 31-foot crocodilian nicknamed “Dinosaur-killer” (Credit – Tellus Science Museum) A giant crocodilian that once shared wetlands with dinosaurs has taken physical form again, this time inside a museum. A new life-sized mounted skeleton of Deinosuchus schwimmeri has been installed at the Tellus Science Museum in Georgia, following years of scientific work behind…
SpaceX has shifted its long-standing ambition of sending humans to Mars to the backburner and is now prioritising the establishment of a human settlement on the Moon, founder Elon Musk said on Sunday.The move marks a strategic recalibration for the private space company, which has emerged as a major contractor for NASA, and also brings…
Nikola Tesla (Image source: Wikipedia) Nikola Tesla was a scientist and inventor whose work helped shape the modern world. Born in 1856 in what is now Croatia, Tesla went on to study engineering and physics. Over the course of his life, he imagined and created many ideas that became part of everyday life. His work…
It almost sounds like a sci-fi movie. But scientists say something like this could really happen to Earth, just not for billions of years. Astronomers have spotted a bizarre strip of iron stretching across the Ring Nebula, like a cosmic bar floating in space. Experts suggest it could be the remains of a planet, ripped…
Can Mars let humans age faster? It sounds more poetic than reality, but it may be true technically. Two identical clocks: One on Earth other on Mars, after months, they slowly drift apart. Space already feels strange to most of us. A strange revelation: Time itself doesn’t behave the same everywhere. Recent research suggests clocks…
SpaceX appears to be putting its Mars plans on hold for the time being. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company is now prioritising the Moon instead. The current goal is an uncrewed lunar landing scheduled for March 2027, with no astronauts aboard initially. Elon Musk had previously aimed to send an uncrewed mission…
