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Trillions Of Particles Pass Through You Every Second. What They Are
- Oct 13, 2026 14:41 pm IST
- Written by: Amit Chaturvedi
Neutrinos have always fascinated scientists as they pass through everything that's there on the plant, like Marvel's fictional character Juggernaut (though not like a wrecking ball).
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Earth Is In Firing Line Of A New Type Of Object: Here's All About Microblazar
- Oct 13, 2026 11:14 am IST
- Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi
The system attracting attention as microblazar is called IRAS 18293-0941. It is estimated to be around 12,000 light years from Earth.
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Astronomers Find Clues Of A Possible Planet Formed From A Dying Star
- Oct 13, 2026 10:45 am IST
- Edited by: Astitva Raj
The research team checked Hubble's findings using data from NASA's retired Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) mission.
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Astronaut Anil Menon Does Headstand On Space Station, Explains Importance Of Exercise
- Oct 13, 2026 07:02 am IST
- Edited by: Astitva Raj
He explained that exercising on a space station requires focus, determination and grit.
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Astronaut Anil Menon Shares Breathtaking View Of Green Aurora After Solar Activity
- Oct 12, 2026 06:38 am IST
- Edited by: Astitva Raj
The green aurora offered a remarkable sight from the space station, presenting a vivid display of colour following significant solar activity.
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Astronomers Use James Webb Telescope To Track Farthest Fast Radio Burst Yet
- Oct 11, 2026 23:21 pm IST
- Edited by: Srishti Singh Sisodia
The MeerTRAP team used the MeerKAT telescope to detect the burst on March 4, 2024, which led to its name, FRB 20240304B.
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Scientists Find Mars's Oddest Cloud Forms Through Unusual Ice-Building Process
- Oct 11, 2026 10:41 am IST
- Edited by: Astitva Raj
A study published in Nature Geoscience suggests that the cloud forms through a process called homogeneous ice nucleation.
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Astronaut Anil Menon Shares Video Of Cygnus' Controlled Departure From SpaceX Dragon Spacecraft
- Oct 11, 2026 06:54 am IST
- Edited by: Astitva Raj
Despite the faster playback, Menon highlighted that the actual release and departure were slow and controlled.
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Penguin Poop May Be Speeding Up Antarctic Snow Melt: Study
- Oct 10, 2026 14:02 pm IST
- Edited by: Astitva Raj
The findings come as Antarctica continues to lose ice amid changing environmental conditions.
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Scientists Discover Why Women In This Small Italian Village Live Exceptionally Long Lives
- Oct 09, 2026 15:01 pm IST
- Edited by: Nikhil Pandey
Scientists studying Bolotana, a small village in Sardinia, Italy, have found that women who reach 70 have a much higher chance of living to 100 than women in Italy or the United States.
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Scientists Trace How Cancer Spread Between Identical Twins Before Birth
- Oct 09, 2026 14:20 pm IST
- Edited by: Nikhil Pandey
Scientists have used DNA analysis to trace how a rare soft tissue cancer spread from one identical twin to her sister before birth.
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How El Nino And Warming Oceans Could Shape Earth's Climate In 2027
- Oct 09, 2026 10:56 am IST
- Written by: Amit Chaturvedi
From changing ocean currents to extreme weather, scientists are watching a combination of climate signals that could influence temperatures, rainfall and ecosystems in the months ahead.
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Astronaut Shows How Crew-12's Handmade Space Symbols Kept Home Close In Orbit
- Oct 09, 2026 10:07 am IST
- Edited by: Astitva Raj
The handmade Earth and its four satellites carry different meanings, but together they represent the astronauts' connections to family.
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Margaret Hamilton, Scientist Who Worked On NASA's Apollo Program, Dies At 90
- Oct 08, 2026 08:07 am IST
- Agence France Presse
The Massachussetts Institute of Technology called Hamilton, who taught at the prestigious university from 1959 to the mid-1970s, a "computing pioneer" and said she died on September 30.
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Draconid Meteor Shower 2026: When And How To Catch The Sky Show In October
- Oct 07, 2026 22:27 pm IST
- Edited by: Srishti Singh Sisodia
The meteor's origin point is the constellation Draco the Dragon, and it sits highest in the sky right after nightfall.
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A "Phoenix" World: Scientists Spot Planet Born From Ashes Of A Dead Star
- Oct 07, 2026 21:52 pm IST
- Edited by: Srishti Singh Sisodia
This discovery proves that planet formation isn't just a one-time event that happens when a star is young.
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Gene-Editing, Sleep And Appetite Experts Eye 2026 Nobel Chemistry Prize
- Oct 07, 2026 13:15 pm IST
- Agence France Presse
This year, data analytics firm Clarivate predicted that research into the hunger-regulating hormone GLP-1 was a contender for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, but the award went to neuroscientists.
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Nobel Physics 2026: How Antarctica's Ice Became A Window To The Universe
- Oct 07, 2026 10:15 am IST
- Edited by: Nikhil Pandey
Francis Halzen has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his pioneering contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos from cosmic sources.
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What Are Neutrinos? Why Nobel-Winning Researcher Francis Halzen Calls Them 'Ghost Particles'
- Oct 07, 2026 08:49 am IST
- Edited by: Nikhil Pandey
Neutrinos are electrically neutral, extremely light subatomic particles that rarely interact with matter, allowing trillions to pass through the Earth and human bodies unnoticed.
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In Medical Breakthrough, Chinese Doctors Shrink Lung Tumour Of Baby Still In Mother's Womb
- Oct 06, 2026 19:29 pm IST
- Edited by: Ritu Singh
The baby had congenital pulmonary airway malformation (CPAM), a rare condition in which abnormal lung tissue develops during pregnancy.