NASA’s Psyche Spacecraft Beams Back Its First Images
Already 26 million km (16 million miles) from Earth, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will arrive at its target asteroid Psyche in 2029. The Psyche team wanted to test all of the…
Ice Plumes of Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus May Hold Amino Acids, Study Suggests
Enceladus is a prime target in the search for life in the Solar System, identified by NASA as the second-highest priority site for a flagship mission in the next decade.…
New Research Sheds Light on Internal Structure of Dwarf Planet Eris
The trans-Neptunian dwarf planet Eris is tidally locked to its small moon Dysnomia. Recently obtained bounds on the mass of Dysnomia demonstrate that Eris must be unexpectedly dissipative (‘squishy’) for…
ESA Astronaut Captures Stunning Images of Rare Thunder Phenomenon
As part of the Thor-Davis experiment on the International Space Station (ISS), ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen has captured images of a phenomenon called red sprite. Equipped with a specialized event-based…
Mars Odyssey Beams Back Magnificent Images of Martian Horizon
In an operation that took mission scientists three months to plan, NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter captured a series of panoramic images that showcases the curving Martian landscape below gauzy layers…
Scientists Recreate Extraterrestrial Atmospheric Hazes in the Lab
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has begun its scientific mission, which includes the atmospheric characterization of transiting exoplanets. Some of the first exoplanets to be observed by Webb have…
Wayne Gretzky spreads an important message to Canadians
Hockey Legend Wayne Gretzky Promotes RSV Vaccine in New Ads. The former NHL star joins the likes of Travis Kelce, Billie Jean King and Martha Stewart. The former NHL star,…
A rare, extremely energetic cosmic ray has mysterious origins
Efforts to find the particle’s birthplace led scientists to a mostly empty void in space In 1991, physicists spotted a particle from space that crashed into Earth with so much…
The development of quantum dots wins the 2023 Nobel prize in chemistry
The nanoparticles can light up TVs as well as the vascular networks of tumorsWork on tiny dots that light up TV screens and help doctors see the blood vessels that…
Narayana Murthy shared insights to change lifes of Indians
During an engaging fireside chat at the Bengaluru Tech Summit with Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha, Narayana Murthy, the co-founder of Infosys, shared invaluable tips on catalyzing change in India.…