NASA on February 27 abruptly said it was shaking up its Artemis lunar program that has suffered multiple delays in recent years, a bid to ensure Americans can return to the Moon’s surface by 2028. That goal remains unchanged, but the US space agency is shifting its flight line-up to include a test mission before...
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February 28, 2026February 28, 2026Children, Science & Tech
Shining a light on the life of C.V. Raman
A prodigious student Born on November 7,1888, in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman displayed remarkable brilliance from the beginning. As Physics and academia ran in the family (his father, R. Chandrasekhar Iyer, was a lecturer in Physics and Mathematics), he was drawn to Physics. He went on to earn gold medals in his Bachelor’s and...
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February 28, 2026February 28, 2026Children, Science & Tech
How an Indian start-up sparked a global girls’ space mission
If there’s one thing that keeps Dr. Srimathy Kesan going, it is her “unwavering desire to create a platform for girls who are curious about space exploration and deep tech”. The CEO and founder of Space Kidz India, a Chennai-based aerospace and defence start-up pioneering in the launch of small satellites and spacecraft, is all...
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February 27, 2026February 27, 2026Science & Tech
Tamil Nadu launches its first Dark Sky Park in Kolli Hills for stargazing
The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday announced the launch of the State’s first Dark Sky Park at the Ariyur Shola Reserve Forest in Kolli Hills, Namakkal district. The initiative was inaugurated by Forests Minister R.S. Rajakannappan in the presence of senior officials, including Environment, Climate Change and Forests Secretary Supriya Sahu, Principal Chief Conservator of...
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February 27, 2026February 27, 2026Science & Tech
Kerala scientist bags Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship
Saranya J.S., a native of Tanur in Malappuram, has been selected for the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA) instituted and funded by the European Commission. The highly competitive two-year fellowship will support her project titled “Indian Ocean Warming Pattern, Surface and Subsurface Marine Heatwaves: Storylines and Mechanisms (IO-WAVE)”, to be carried out in France. Ms. Saranya’s research will examine how...
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February 27, 2026February 27, 2026Science & Tech
NASA overhauls Artemis moon programme with new docking test mission
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) added a new mission to its Artemis moon programme involving a spacecraft docking test in Earth’s orbit before landing its first astronauts on the moon in over half a century, overhauling the flagship U.S. moon effort amid competitive pressure from China. The new Artemis mission, planned for 2027,...
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February 27, 2026February 27, 2026Science & Tech
Mosquitoes began biting hominins 1.8 million years ago, study says
Between 1992 and 2020, a group of intrepid scientists walked deep into the forests of Sundaland, across the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo, to collect mosquito larvae of 11 species to understand the evolutionary origins of anthropophily, or the affinity for humans. This effort, the researchers have written in a new paper in Scientific...
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February 27, 2026February 27, 2026Children, Science & Tech
National Science Day| An astrophysicist’s journey from starlight to solving the solar neutrino puzzle
From childhood inspiration to working at the Institute for Advanced Study — once home to Albert Einstein — she reflects on curiosity, challenges, and uncovering the Sun’s deepest secrets. The Sun is right under our noses, so to speak, and when one thinks of astrophysics, one thinks of more distant celestial objects. What made you curious...
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February 27, 2026February 27, 2026Children, Science & Tech
National Science Day | What do scientists do?
Everyone knows scientists are in the business of “discovering” things. But what exactly do they do? When I was growing up in a small village in Kerala, there were no scientists around to ask this question. Even now, my friends ask me this question, half joking, half curious. I often laugh it off and change...
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February 27, 2026February 27, 2026Children, Science & Tech
National Science Day | The A to Z Science Quiz!
*Note: The answers are from A to Z (that is, the first question’s answer would start with A, the second one’s with B, so on and so forth. Please note that in case the answer is a person’s name, it would be the last name that would start with the designated letter. Reference image for...
