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Isro chairman V Narayanan BENGALURU: Four-and-a-half years after an anomaly in the cryogenic upper stage (CUS) of the GSLV-F10 mission cost India the Geo Imaging Satellite (Gisat-1) or EOS-03, Isro is geared up to launch Gisat-1A or EOS-05, as its replacement. Gisat-1A, designed to provide near real-time images of large “areas of region of interest”…

For centuries, people all over the world have told stories about ghosts. In many cultures, the dead are believed to come back in spirit form. Some believe ghosts live in old houses. Others think they appear near cemeteries or old battlefields. These stories have been passed down for generations. They make for good campfire tales…

A lake born from the sky. That’s how Lonar Crater Lake is often described, and once you see it, the phrase makes sense. Hidden in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district, the lake looks calm and ordinary at first. Almost too calm. Trees circle the water, old temples sit quietly along the rim, and birds move across the…

NVIDIA’s Cosmos Policy uses a video model to generate robot actions and predict future outcomes (Image Source – NVIDIA) Cosmos policy describes how NVIDIA has adapted an existing video prediction system for use in robotics. The model was first trained on vast collections of video, enough to absorb patterns of movement, contact, and physical change…

Elon Musk makes bold new claim: “Optimus…capable of building civilisation by itself”; a Von Neumann machine for space expansion Elon Musk has set out an expansive long-term vision for Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot, framing it as more than a factory or household machine. Optimus is described as a general-purpose, bipedal, humanoid robot designed to perform…

Scientists have recorded footage of a large phantom jellyfish off the coast of Argentina during a deep-sea exploration, according to the Schmidt Ocean Institute.The jellyfish was observed by a remotely operated vehicle at a depth of about 820 feet while researchers were surveying the Colorado–Rawson submarine canyon wall.The species is known for its four long…

Scientists suggest asteroids can be deflected before reaching Earth Planetary defence research often sits between modelling and imagination, with few chances to test real materials under realistic conditions. A new study changes that balance slightly. Scientists have examined how actual asteroid material reacts when struck by extreme energy, the kind involved in proposed deflection efforts….

Nasa’s Curiosity rover has captured a rare nighttime image of the Martian surface by using LED lights mounted on the end of its robotic arm, offering scientists an unusual after-dark view of the Red Planet.According to Nasa, the image was taken on December 6, 2025, during the rover’s 4,740th Martian day (sol) on Mars. The…

Space missions and space tourism have started accelerating rapidly. This concept of space tourism may evoke and feels more like a sense of sci-fi, but with a sense of awe and wonder, the space tourism growth has been doing wonders. This may seem like a luxurious experience afforded only by the super-rich segment of the…

Ice in New York Bay and the Hudson River, much of which has floated down from further north, and comes and goes with the tide every six hours, in New York, Jan. 30, 2026. In the 19th century, ice sometimes clogged New York’s waterways so thoroughly that pedestrians could stroll off Manhattan — and while…