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A true-colour photo of the Andromeda Galaxy. M32 is visible above and slightly to the left. | Photo Credit: David Dayag (CC BY-SA) Astronomers have used data collected by the Hubble Space Telescope to piece together the clearest yet map of star formation across most of the Andromeda Galaxy over the last 500 million years….
As India’s space tech funding reached a record $200 million in 2025, Bengaluru has emerged the ecosystem leader attracting more than half of the ecosystem funding, shows a new report by market research firm Tracxn. According to the report, the sector has raised approximately $871 million in funding as of July 2026. The top 10…
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Fashion is a part of our lives, we breathe it every day. Look around, and you’ll find garment stores everywhere: from small roadside stalls to giant malls, from local shops to global brands. Fashion never goes out of trend. But have you heard of the term fast fashion? Let’s find out what it means. What…
India does not lack respected homes for theoretical physics research. Asked why it needs another, Jainendra K. Jain — founding director of the Lodha Theoretical Physics Institute (LTPI) — answers by describing what the place will not do. It will be “smaller” than the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) , narrower in scope than…
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Image of Comet 10PTempel 2 captured using a Seestar S50 smart telescope by astronomy enthusiast Deepak Choudhary. Comet 10P/Tempel 2, which was last visible from Earth five-and-a-half years ago, can now once again be spotted by observers in Bengaluru in the wee hours till early August. Comet 10P/Tempel 2, which was discovered in the year…
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How much can realistically change within the span of a single political term? The answer matters because India’s wider growth and development ambitions now hinge on how its cities handle water. Urban India is expected to drive the bulk of GDP growth this decade — yet many city water systems remain fragile. Utilities lose more…
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(Clockwise from top-left) Yu Deng, John Pardon, Hong Wang, and Jacob Tsimerman, winners of the 2026 Fields Medals. | Photo Credit: Fields Medals 2026/International Mathematical Union The Fields Medal — one of the top honours in mathematics — for 2026 was awarded to Yu Deng, John Pardon, Jacob Tsimerman, and Hong Wang. The Medal is…
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Russian Soyuz MS-28 space capsule with NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergei Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev on board descends near Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Sunday (July 26, 2026). | Photo Credit: AP A U.S.-Russian space crew landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan on Sunday (July 26, 2026) after an eight-month…
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In March 2026, the Webb and Hubble space telescopes teamed up to observe Saturn and acquire a richer understanding of its atmosphere. This image shows Webb’s view. The rings are bright because they are made of water ice, which is very reflective. | Photo Credit: Space Telescope Science Institute/NASA PRAXIS is an acronym of ‘Planetary…
A six-year-old girl in China died in March 2025 after receiving what researchers said they believed was the world’s first base-editing therapy directed at the brain, according to an investigation by Science and Retraction Watch. The investigation has raised important questions about the oversight of an experimental personalised gene-editing trial and the way the researchers…
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