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The Artemis II astronauts conducted a historic lunar flyby, gathered invaluable data and took in unprecedented Moon views, but one of the most crucial moments of their 10-day mission is still to come: Friday’s (April 10, 2026) splashdown. Earlier this week, Americans Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch along with Canadian Jeremy Hansen voyaged...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on April 10 completed the second Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-02) at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr. Jitendra Singh announced the accomplishment of the IADT-02 in a post on X.

For more than a century, aluminium has been chemistry’s workhorse — useful, abundant, cheap, albeit limited in its abilities as a catalyst. New work reported in Nature may change that. Transition metals such as palladium, rhodium, and platinum underpin some of the most important industrial chemical processes in the world. But they are rare and...

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairperson Dr V. Narayanan said that the launch date for the first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan would be announced soon. The HLVM3 G1/ OM1 mission, which is the first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan, was scheduled to be launched in the first quarter of 2026. However, it has been delayed.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairperson Dr V. Narayanan said that the launch date for the first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan would be announced this week. The HLVM3 G1/ OM1 mission, which is the first uncrewed mission of Gaganyaan, was scheduled to be launched in the first quarter of 2026. However, it has been delayed.

If you mix cornstarch and water, you will have a substance that defies common sense. If you punch it with your first, it will feel like you hit a solid wall. But if you move your finger through it slowly, the substance will flow like honey. And scientists have long struggled to understand how this...

Indian astronomers, including from IIT-Kanpur, have developed a new way to measure distances in the universe using the pulsating cores of dead stars, by studying how their radio emissions are distorted as they travel through space. The technique combines a pair of subtle effects that occur when pulsar signals pass through clouds of ionised gas...

In an important milestone, the prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam achieved criticality on April 6. The term ‘criticality’ is familiar to India: over the decades, it has been associated with the slow and tedious successes of India’s nuclear power programme. At the same time, in keeping with many terms in the nuclear vocabulary,...

A: The earth formed as a molten world. Around 4 billion years ago, its surface cooled enough for water vapour to condense. Torrential rains then fell for centuries, filling basins to create the first oceans around 3.8 billion years ago. Once liquid water covered large parts of the surface, three forces set it in motion....