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China detonates non-nuclear hydrogen bomb, blast creates 1,000°C fireball

Chinese researchers have detonated a new non-nuclear hydrogen bomb capable of generating a sustained, ultra-high-temperature fireball, marking a significant leap in military and energy technology. In a controlled field test, as reported by the South China Morning Post, the 2kg device produced

April 21, 2025

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50 Years of Aryabhata: A successful failure that sparked India’s space odyssey

On April 19, 1975, India took a bold leap into the cosmos with the launch of its first satellite, Aryabhata. Named after the ancient Indian mathematician and astronomer, the satellite not only marked a historic milestone but also laid the cornerstone of

April 21, 2025

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Watch: NASA astronaut marks 70th birthday by falling back to Earth after 220 days in space

While most people mark milestone birthdays with quiet reflection, NASA’s oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit celebrated his 70th birthday by returning to Earth after seven months aboard the International Space Station. Pettit landed near Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, on April 20, the day he

April 21, 2025

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Isro’s SpaDeX satellites complete second docking successfully, more tests to follow

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has achieved another milestone with its Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) satellites successfully completing a second docking. Union Minister Jitendra Singh, while sharing the update on X on Monday, wrote, “Glad to inform that the second docking

April 21, 2025

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Nasa’s Lucy flies close to asteroid Donaldjohanson before heading to Trojans

Nasa’s Lucy spacecraft completed a close flyby of the small main belt asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a critical milestone in its 12-year mission to explore Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids. The spacecraft approached the asteroid at a closest distance of approximately 960 kilometers, executing a

April 21, 2025

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Where did Moon get its water from? Scientists discover big lunar secret

It was India’s Chandrayaan Mission that discovered water on the Moon, and ever since the race to find its mysterious source has been on. A team of scientiests have now discovered where did it all come from. Nasa-led researchers have confirmed that the

April 21, 2025

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Gasping for breath: Indians battle respiratory issues in world’s most polluted city

Two-year-old Sumaiya Ansari, a resident of India’s Byrnihat town, which is ranked the world’s most polluted metropolitan area by Swiss Group IQAir, was battling breathing problems for several days before she was hospitalised in March and given oxygen support. She is amongst

April 21, 2025

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Myanmar earthquake was so powerful satellites saw the ground moving

On March 28, 2025, a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck near Mandalay, Myanmar, followed twelve minutes later by a magnitude 6.7 aftershock about 31 kilometers south. The two quakes killed over 5,000 people and left behind damage worth billions in their wake.

April 21, 2025

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Nasa launches atomic clocks to space to prove Einstein’s theory about time

Nasa, in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), has launched two state-of-the-art atomic clocks to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES) mission. The atomic clocks were launched aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft

April 21, 2025

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Oceans are getting hotter: Temperatures rising 4.5 times faster than expected

Global sea surface temperatures (SST) have been rising 4.5 times faster since 2019 as climate change worsens the situation worldwide. During the period between 1985 and 1989, a warming of 0.06 Celsius per decade was observed, while the temperatures rose by 0.27

April 21, 2025