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Rare Blood-Red Aurora Lights Up Ladakh Sky After Powerful Solar Storm Strikes Earth
A powerful geomagnetic storm triggered by a fast coronal mass ejection from the Sun produced rare red aurora over Hanle, Ladakh, on January 1920, captured by the Indian Astronomical Observatory.
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$50,000 A Month: How Cash-Strapped Pak Lobbied Hard In US After Op Sindoor
Cash-strapped Pakistan, amid its severe economic crisis, spent millions of dollars to lobby its agenda in Washington, exposing the massive scale of diplomatic pressure Islamabad unleashed as it struggled to blunt India's Op Sindoor response.
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Scientists Create Earth's Most Accurate Digital Twin To Date, Could Revolutionise Climate Modelling
The model operates at a 1.25-kilometer resolution, a massive improvement over traditional models that typically have a 40-kilometer resolution.
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When Jane Goodall Wanted To Send Trump, Musk, Putin Off Earth
In her last Netflix interview, Jane Goodall revealed she would like to send Trump, Musk, and Putin on a one-way space journey.
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India’s PRATUSH Computer Could Detect Signals From the Universe’s First Stars: Report
RRI’s PRATUSH—a credit-card-sized computer payload—will detect faint radio signals from hydrogen to study the “Cosmic Dawn”. Designed for deployment on the Moon’s far side, the system offers noise-free, efficient data handling using an SBC and FPGA combo. If successful, it could help determine when the first stars formed and expand our ...
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African Union Urges Adoption Of World Map Showing Continent's True Size
The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa's size.
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Rocket Lab Launches Kushinada-I Satellite to Orbit for Japan’s iQPS
On August 5, 2025, Rocket Lab launched Japan’s QPS-SAR-12 satellite, nicknamed Kushinada-I, aboard its Electron rocket from Mahia, New Zealand. Built by the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS), the satellite joins a growing constellation of synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) spacecraft designed for high-resolution, all-weather, day-and-night...
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892-Kilometres Megaflash From Texas To Kansas Shatters World Record For Longest Lightning Strike
Researchers used data from the GOES East weather satellite, which orbits 22,236 miles above Earth's surface, to detect the enormous lightning strike.
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While Shubhanshu Shukla Was Away, Another Astronaut Simulated Space On Earth
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has announced that in a pioneering step for India's space programme, it enabled a 10-day Space Analogue Mission named ANUGAMI at the Institute for Aerospace Medicine (IAM) in Bengaluru under the ICMR.
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Europa Could Briefly Sustain Life When the Sun Becomes a Red Giant Star, Scientists Say
Scientists at Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute propose that Jupiter’s moon Europa could host life for up to 200 million years during the sun’s red giant phase. While Earth would be incinerated, Europa’s subsurface oceans might temporarily support microbial life, offering a final refuge in the solar system and expanding the search for biosigna...
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Rare Blood-Red Aurora Lights Up Ladakh Sky After Powerful Solar Storm Strikes Earth
A powerful geomagnetic storm triggered by a fast coronal mass ejection from the Sun produced rare red aurora over Hanle, Ladakh, on January 1920, captured by the Indian Astronomical Observatory.
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$50,000 A Month: How Cash-Strapped Pak Lobbied Hard In US After Op Sindoor
Cash-strapped Pakistan, amid its severe economic crisis, spent millions of dollars to lobby its agenda in Washington, exposing the massive scale of diplomatic pressure Islamabad unleashed as it struggled to blunt India's Op Sindoor response.
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Scientists Create Earth's Most Accurate Digital Twin To Date, Could Revolutionise Climate Modelling
The model operates at a 1.25-kilometer resolution, a massive improvement over traditional models that typically have a 40-kilometer resolution.
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When Jane Goodall Wanted To Send Trump, Musk, Putin Off Earth
In her last Netflix interview, Jane Goodall revealed she would like to send Trump, Musk, and Putin on a one-way space journey.
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India’s PRATUSH Computer Could Detect Signals From the Universe’s First Stars: Report
RRI’s PRATUSH—a credit-card-sized computer payload—will detect faint radio signals from hydrogen to study the “Cosmic Dawn”. Designed for deployment on the Moon’s far side, the system offers noise-free, efficient data handling using an SBC and FPGA combo. If successful, it could help determine when the first stars formed and expand our ...
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African Union Urges Adoption Of World Map Showing Continent's True Size
The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favour of one that more accurately displays Africa's size.
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Rocket Lab Launches Kushinada-I Satellite to Orbit for Japan’s iQPS
On August 5, 2025, Rocket Lab launched Japan’s QPS-SAR-12 satellite, nicknamed Kushinada-I, aboard its Electron rocket from Mahia, New Zealand. Built by the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space (iQPS), the satellite joins a growing constellation of synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) spacecraft designed for high-resolution, all-weather, day-and-night...
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892-Kilometres Megaflash From Texas To Kansas Shatters World Record For Longest Lightning Strike
Researchers used data from the GOES East weather satellite, which orbits 22,236 miles above Earth's surface, to detect the enormous lightning strike.
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While Shubhanshu Shukla Was Away, Another Astronaut Simulated Space On Earth
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has announced that in a pioneering step for India's space programme, it enabled a 10-day Space Analogue Mission named ANUGAMI at the Institute for Aerospace Medicine (IAM) in Bengaluru under the ICMR.
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Europa Could Briefly Sustain Life When the Sun Becomes a Red Giant Star, Scientists Say
Scientists at Cornell’s Carl Sagan Institute propose that Jupiter’s moon Europa could host life for up to 200 million years during the sun’s red giant phase. While Earth would be incinerated, Europa’s subsurface oceans might temporarily support microbial life, offering a final refuge in the solar system and expanding the search for biosigna...
