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NASA finds Earth’s magnetic field may be the hidden reason oxygen has lasted for millions of years Scientists have debated for decades whether Earth’s magnetic field plays a role in keeping the planet habitable. The question matters because Earth stands apart from other rocky worlds. It has a long-lived magnetic field generated deep inside the…

Homi Bhabha admired Picasso Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha is a well-known name in India’s scientific community. He is known as the “father of the Indian nuclear program” because he was a visionary physicist who helped shape the country’s nuclear energy policy and set up the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and the Atomic Energy…

The story of the tortoise and the hare is one of the most widely told fables across cultures. Parents, teachers, and elders have long used it to explain how success can come not from speed alone, but from patience, discipline, and persistence. The lesson is applied everywhere, from preparing for exams and surviving a competitive…

Elon Musk (Image source: Reuters) Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, has given a clear picture of how his space company plans to make money in 2026. In a post on the platform X, Musk said that NASA’s share of SpaceX’s revenue next year will be only about five per cent. That is a small portion…

Anand Mahindra’s Monday Motivation – Dr Shubha V Iyengar Every Monday, India’s well-known industrialist Anand Mahindra shares a short post on social media that many people look forward to. He calls it Monday Motivation, and his messages range from lessons in life to stories of people doing remarkable work. On one recent Monday, he posted…

Humanity has been reaching for the stars for decades. Moon landings, Mars rovers, and long stays on the ISS. But there’s one question that seems to hang in the air: can humans actually have children in space? It sounds simple. But it isn’t. Space is not just empty air with combination of radiation, microgravity, stress,…

If you laid Nasa’s Artemis II moon rocket on its side, it would stretch nearly the length of a football field. That’s because the Space Launch System (SLS) stands 322 feet tall — just a few yards shy of the 360-foot length of a standard gridiron, making it one of the tallest rockets ever built.The…

Long ago, dinosaurs ruled the Earth. Their gigantic size and immense strength allowed them to dominate land, sea and sky for millions of years. They travelled vast distances, reshaped ecosystems and sat unchallenged at the top of the food chain. Then nature took its own course. A mass extinction wiped them out, leaving behind only…

Isro chief V Narayanan (PTI photo/file) BENGALURU: The Chandrayaan-4 Mission is at least two years away, but the Isro has identified a location in the South Polar region of Moon to land its lander.The union government has approved the Chandrayaan-4 mission, designed as a lunar sample-return mission and it will be India’s most complex lunar…

In Odisha’s protected Simlipal forest, scientists have uncovered biological wealth. Similipal National Park in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha the biosphere reserve, is known to be famous for its thick forests, tigers, elephants and clean environment. This park is regarded as a pollution-free park which is home to many plants and animals, now with 148…