From space to supreme honour: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla awarded Ashok Chakra
Jan 25, 2026, at 08:01 pm
Indian Air Force Group Captain and astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla was on Sunday named for the Ashok Chakra, the country’s highest peacetime gallantry award.
From space marathons to ISS command: Suni Williams bids farewell to NASA
Jan 21, 2026, at 10:28 am
After nearly three decades of distinguished service, veteran NASA astronaut Sunita “Suni” Williams has retired from the US space agency, effective December 27, 2025, NASA announced.
Moon hotel is coming: Space tourists can book a stay for $1 million
Jan 20, 2026, at 05:34 pm
A US-based space company is offering travel enthusiasts a chance to book a stay at what it claims will be the world’s first hotel on the Moon.
After 50 years, humans are going back to the Moon — NASA’s Artemis II launch is days away
Jan 17, 2026, at 02:51 pm
NASA is just days away from launching its next mission to the Moon, marking humanity’s return to the lunar neighbourhood for the first time in more than 50 years.
NASA and DOE plan a lunar power reactor — Could this change life on the Moon by 2030?
Jan 14, 2026, at 05:07 pm
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Tuesday announced a renewed commitment to their longstanding partnership to support the research and development of a fission surface power system for use on the Moon and future NASA missions to Mars.
Against all odds, ‘KID’ survives failed PSLV-C62 mission, sends data back to Earth
Jan 13, 2026, at 11:34 pm
Sometimes, getting the job done requires sheer, child-like tenacity—and KID appears to have delivered exactly that. While Monday’s PSLV-C62 mission was declared a failure after ISRO confirmed the loss of its primary payloads, a small capsule aboard the rocket has emerged as an unlikely survivor.
Baahubali roars again! ISRO launches BlueBird Block-2 with its heaviest payload yet
Dec 24, 2025, at 09:48 am
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully launched the BlueBird Block-2 communication spacecraft of US-based AST SpaceMobile aboard its heavy-lift launch vehicle LVM3-M6, also known as the ‘Baahubali’ rocket, marking a major milestone for the national space agency.
World’s tiniest robots can think, swim, and work for months—And cost just a penny
Dec 17, 2025, at 04:47 pm
The world’s smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots have made their debut at the University of Pennsylvania, powered by a “brain” developed at the University of Michigan.
This 37,000-year-old bamboo from Manipur just exposed an Ice Age mystery
Nov 28, 2025, at 02:57 pm
Among the silt-rich deposits of the Chirang River in Manipur’s Imphal Valley, researchers examining fossil plant remains have found an astonishingly intact bamboo stem, carrying the ghostly marks of long-vanished thorns.
Ozone hole recovery accelerates: 2025 size among lowest in decades, NASA reports
Nov 25, 2025, at 06:37 pm
While continental in scale, the ozone hole over the Antarctic was small in 2025 compared to previous years and remains on track to recover later this century, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported.
CERN Council reviews feasibility study for a next-generation collider
Nov 11, 2025, at 12:38 am
CERN and its partners in Europe and worldwide are currently working to identify the next collider that would succeed the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) after the latter reaches the end of operations in 2041.
From fireballs to a supermoon: November’s night sky promises a cosmic treat
Nov 05, 2025, at 11:40 pm
November is shaping up to be a spectacular month for stargazers and skywatchers, offering a series of dazzling celestial events- from meteor showers and planetary alignments to the year’s biggest and brightest full moon.
Modi’s ₹1 lakh crore tech push! India unveils game-changing innovation scheme at ESTIC 2025
Nov 03, 2025, at 05:46 pm
Indian PM Narendra Modi addressed the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC) 2025 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi when he launched the Research, Development and Innovation Scheme, with an allocation of Rs.1 lakh crore.
Nov 02, 2025, at 07:29 pm
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday launched its heaviest communication satellite to date, CMS-03, marking one of the major leaps in its satellite missions.
GSAT-7R Satellite: ISRO to launch Indian Navy’s communication satellite today
Nov 02, 2025, at 03:58 pm
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is scheduled to launch Indian Navy’s GSAT-7R (CMS-03) communication satellite on Sunday.
Trio wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing new form of molecular architecture
Oct 08, 2025, at 06:07 pm
Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a new form of molecular architecture.
Oct 07, 2025, at 06:54 pm
India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with the Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) and the Tri-Services, formally released Indian Radio Software Architecture (IRSA) standard 1.0 to enable interoperability in Military Communication.
U.S.-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis win Nobel Prize in Physics
Oct 07, 2025, at 04:30 pm
U.S.-based scientists John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis have won the Nobel Prize in Physics for “the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit", the award-giving body announced on Tuesday.
Sep 28, 2025, at 02:14 pm
The Indian Space Research Organisation, the pioneer of Indian science research, has issued an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) inviting scientists within India to utilise the archival data available from past Venus missions.
Acharya Balkrishna recognised among world’s top 2% scientists by Stanford University
Sep 23, 2025, at 09:21 pm
Acharya Balkrishna, Managing Director of Patanjali Ayurved, has once again been recognised among the top 2% of scientists worldwide, according to a prestigious list published by Stanford University in collaboration with leading academic publisher Elsevier.
Indian scientists used data from more than 6,000 open clusters to map the dusty veil of Milky Way
Sep 17, 2025, at 04:25 pm
Indian astronomers have mapped in detail the invisible layers of cosmic dust that veil our Milky Way and redden the light of the stars.
NASA is giving you a chance to send your name to the Moon, check out the way it can be done
Sep 15, 2025, at 06:37 pm
NASA is inviting the public to join the agency’s Artemis II test flight as four astronauts venture around the Moon and back to test systems and hardware needed for deep space exploration.
India to witness rare total lunar eclipse tonight
Sep 07, 2025, at 04:58 pm
New Delhi: On Sunday night, the skies over India will stage a celestial performance as a total lunar eclipse unfolds, visible in its entirety across the country.
ISRO, Japan's JAXA to collaborate for Chandrayaan-5 mission, announces Modi in Tokyo, details inside
Aug 30, 2025, at 10:42 am
Indian PM Narendra Modi, who is currently visiting Tokyo, on Friday announced that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are collaborating for the lunar mission Chandrayaan-5.
India sees space as the future of tomorrow's economy, security, energy & humanity: Rajnath Singh
Aug 24, 2025, at 09:34 pm
Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the country sees space as the future of tomorrow's economy.
ISRO unveils model of Bharatiya Antariksh Station
Aug 23, 2025, at 12:20 am
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday unveiled a model of the Bharatiya Antariksh Station (BAS) module during the National Space Day celebrations in New Delhi.
ISRO’s National Space Meet 2.0 charts roadmap for Viksit Bharat 2047
Aug 22, 2025, at 11:42 pm
As part of the 2nd National Space Day celebrations, commemorating the successful soft landing of the Vikram rover on the lunar surface, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Friday hosted the National Space Meet 2.0 on “Leveraging Space Technology and Applications for Viksit Bharat 2047” at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
India successfully test-fires Agni-5 intermediate-range ballistic missile from Odisha
Aug 20, 2025, at 09:20 pm
India successfully test-fired its Agni-5 intermediate-range ballistic missile on Wednesday from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, off the Odisha coast.
From tiny rocket to 6,500 kg satellite: ISRO set to launch US-built payload in coming months
Aug 10, 2025, at 07:00 pm
Chennai: India’s space programme, which began modestly in 1963 with a small rocket provided by the United States, is now preparing to launch a 6,500 kg communication satellite built in America within the next two months, ISRO Chairman V Narayanan said on Sunday, PTI reported.
Agra-born Arvinder Bahal touches space aboard Jeff Bezos founded Blue Origin’s NS-34 mission
Aug 03, 2025, at 11:58 pm
Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos, completed its latest suborbital space tourism mission, NS-34, on Sunday.