ISRO’s launch vehicle GSLV-F16 carrying the NISAR earth observation satellite lifts off from the launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Sriharikota. | Photo Credit: PTI The historic NISAR mission, a landmark collaboration between NASA and ISRO, has entered its crucial 90-day commissioning phase, during which scientists will carry out rigorous checks, calibrations … Read more
In 2023, malaria infected nearly 294 million people and killed close to 6,00,000. Despite early victories in the fight against malaria, global progress has stalled in recent years. The parasites are adapting, becoming resistant to treatments, while mosquitoes are surviving insecticides. It’s a shape-shifting enemy—and the old tools are slipping. India has reduced its malaria … Read more
Radha Krishna Kavuluru highlighted the mission’s importance as ISRO’s first major partnership with NASA for an Earth observation satellite. File Photo: X/@iamkrishradha The NISAR mission, a collaborative effort between ISRO and NASA, will demonstrate Indian space engineering capabilities for Earth observation on a global scale, a top scientist has said. The NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic … Read more
On July 31, the India-US space collaboration crossed a historic milestone with the successful launch of NISAR, or the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite, a flagship earth observation mission jointly developed by the two nations’ space programmes. It is the first satellite to use radars of two frequencies — the L-band radar by NASA and … Read more
To prepare for possible manned space missions to the Moon and potentially Mars, Protoplanet, a Bengaluru-based company involved in space science popularisation, launched human outer planet exploration (HOPE) in Tso Kar, Ladakh, according to a statement from the company. HOPE is intended to be a research station where selected ‘crew’ — beginning August 1 — … Read more
Could your gut help clear out toxic “forever chemicals”? Scientists are beginning to explore the possibility that certain gut bacteria might help remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – colloquially known as forever chemicals – a class of chemicals linked to cancer and other health harms from the body. A study published in Nature Microbiology … Read more
Image used for representation. | Photo Credit: Fabrice Coffrini (This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Subscribe now!) Usually, scientists believe that an immune system response kicks in after the infecting pathogen has entered the body. However, a new … Read more
The Indian portable harmonium is a close cousin of the larger foot-pumped organs once found in European churches and homes. It’s a wooden box roughly the size of a small suitcase. You sit on the floor behind it and pump a pair of bellows with one hand and play piano-like keys with the other. All these … Read more
GSLV-F16 rocket carrying the NISAR satellite lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on July 30, 2025. Screengrab: X/@isro The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F16) with the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite successfully lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on (Wednesday (July 30, 2025). … Read more
GSLV-F16 rocket carrying the NISAR satellite lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on July 30, 2025. Screengrab: X/@isro The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F16) with the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite successfully lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on (Wednesday (July 30, 2025). … Read more