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Aditya-L1: IIA-NASA collaborate to record spectroscopic observations of a CME in visible wavelength range for very first time

November 9, 2025 admin

ndian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Aditya-L1, India’s maiden solar mission, on board PSLV-C57 lifts off from the launch pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota in 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Using the VELC payload onboard India’s first dedicated space based solar mission, Aditya-L1, scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) along with…

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Crushed stones beneath our railway tracks? Why?

November 8, 2025 admin

Oh wait, the track is not alone. The track sleeps on the stone bed. | Photo Credit: Unsplash Images Clinkety-clack. Clinkety clack. The train has left the station. What remains is the solitary railway track. Oh wait, the track is not alone. The track sleeps on the stone bed. Hello, Ballast I know where…

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Sowing the seeds of change with AI

November 8, 2025 admin

Aryan hails from Kota, Rajasthan — a city known as the hub of competitive exams. Yet, unlike most students aiming for IIT or medical entrances, his path was different. “Growing up in Kota, you’re constantly surrounded by an intense focus on competitive exams. While I respect that path, my curiosity was always pulling me in…

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Mumbai-led team helps reveal mysterious twin rings around galaxy

November 8, 2025 admin

Imagine you’re playing football on a large, grassy ground. The game ends and you take a break, and that’s when you notice a coin you’d had in your pocket fell out somewhere. If you set out trying to find it by yourself, you’ll take a long time and you probably won’t even succeed. But if…

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James Watson, Nobel prize-winning DNA pioneer, dies at 97

November 7, 2025 admin

James D. Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA helix and father of the Human Genome Project, stands inside a laboratory at the Baylor College of Medicine’s Human Genome Sequencing Center in Houston. | Photo Credit: Reuters James Watson — the Nobel laureate co-credited with the pivotal discovery of DNA’s double-helix structure, but whose career was later…

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What is volcanic lightning? – The Hindu

November 7, 2025 admin

PHOTO: LUCAS JACKSON / REUTERS A different kind of lightning Volcanic lightning, in simple terms, is an incredibly eerie and mysterious phenomenon, in the form of a powerful barrage of lightning that occurs, not through thunderstorms, but rather during volcanic eruptions. Normal lightning is caused by the sudden electrostatic discharge (the sudden flow of an…

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Why do some people have perfect pitch?

November 7, 2025 admin

Musical symbols wave on white background illustration Lyrics over Lectures | Photo Credit: Freepik Perfect pitch, or absolute pitch (AP), describes a person’s ability to identify a music note without any reference tone. It needn’t be just identifying the note from a musical instrument, one can just hear an Android alarm and say, “That’s an…

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Science quiz: The infinite wonders of space

November 7, 2025 admin

Science quiz: The infinite wonders of space Name this galaxy in the constellation Serpens Caput that’s famed for being nearly symmetrical. It was identified in the mid-20th century. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | Name this galaxy in the constellation Serpens Caput that’s famed for being nearly symmetrical. It was identified in the mid-20th…

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More than just a pigment: What is melanin?

November 7, 2025 admin

Happy kids in minimal dress Diversity in skin tones | Photo Credit: Freepik Melanin is a natural pigment found in most living organisms — it colours the eyes, hair, and the skin — and even in squid ink. This natural pigment is produced by specialised cells called melanocytes, which are situated in the skin, hair,…

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Human biomass movement 40x greater than all land animals combined

November 7, 2025 admin

Humans move longer average distances of around 30 km per day, most of it on motorised vehicles. | Photo Credit: Dhruv Bhatt/Unsplash A medium-sized, grey bird that weighs just 100 g travels from pole to pole each year, covering 90,000 km back and forth. Thus the Arctic tern, with its distinct forked tail, undertakes the…

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