Glise 486b is a newly discovered ‘super Earth’ that is located just 26.8 light years away from constellation Virgo. It is one-fifth of the Sun’s mass and three...
Itokawa, named after Japanese rocket engineer Hideo Itokawa, is a peanut-shaped asteroid discovered by the LINEAR programme in 1998. It is the first target of Japan’s Hayabusa space...
Crypto art refers to a niche genre of art that is related to blockchain technology. These artworks are tracked and traded through the distributed ledger system and hence...
Frontier technology is any potentially disruptive technology that can be used to address a large scale problem. It is considered as the next phase in the evolution of...
Arktika-M is a Russian satellite launched recently to monitor the climate and environment in the Arctic. This comes as the Kremlin is looking to expand its presence in...
GOMX-4 is GomSpace’s (Demark-based nanosatellite manufacturer) research and development mission. It includes two satellites – GOMX-4A and GOMX-4B. These satellites were launched in 2018 at the low Earth...
ICLED or inter-band cascade light emitting device is a new type of high powered light emitting diode that are used in quantitative analysis of several chemicals. It emits...
Devasthal Optical Telescope is a 3.6 m optical telescope in Nainital in Uttarakhand. It is the largest of its kind (reflecting telescope) in Asia. It was built by...
ADFOSC or Aries-Devasthal Faint Object Spectrograph & Camera is a low cost optical spectroscope that was designed and developed by the scientists of ARIES, Nainital. This spectroscope will help...
Starship is an under-development mission to moon. It is being developed by American aerospace firm SpaceX. It was announced in 2018. It seeks to become the first civilian...
Sindhu Netra satellite was successfully launched into space recently. It was developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to boost India’s surveillance capability and improve monitoring...
The 35th foundation day of Department of Biotechnology was celebrated recently. The DBT is in charge of administering the development and commercialisation of advanced biology and biotechnology. During...
