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Role of Cluster N in Avian Migration

Migratory birds have long captivated the human imagination with their awe-inspiring journeys across vast distances. How these birds navigate and find their way back to their breeding grounds...

June 15, 2023

Overhauser Magnetometer

Indian scientists have developed the country’s first Overhauser Magnetometer, an instrument that helps lower the cost of sensing experiments used in geomagnetic sampling. What is an overhauser magnetometer?...

November 4, 2022

Magnetic Field of Solar Corona unveiled

The researchers in the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy have studied the interplanetary space of the sun called solar corona. Highlights The charged particles that are radiating...

June 5, 2020

Sun has entered into deepest period of Sunshine Recession

The sun has reached into a state of ‘solar minimum’. It has been more than 100 days since sun has shown zero sunspots. The sun is to enter...

May 20, 2020

New Code by Indian Scientists to study magnetosphere of the earth

The Indian Scientists at the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism has developed fluid simulation code to study electric field structure in the magnetosphere of the earth. Significance The study...

May 2, 2020

Indian Scientists Discover model to predict Ionospheric Electron Density

The Indian Institute of Geomagnetism researchers have developed a model that will predict electronic density of ionosphere. This is highly important for the communication and navigation on the...

April 20, 2020

NASA sends probes to map poles of the sun

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) of the United States and the ESA (European Space Agency) will send space probes to the sun to map its poles. The...

February 10, 2020

Molten Jet Stream discovered deep inside Earth’s core  

Scientists for the first time have discovered the so-called molten jet stream within the Earth’s molten iron core using latest data obtained from three European satellites called Swarm....

December 21, 2016

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