Asteroid 2024 YR4: Webb Telescope & Planetary Defence
Why in news? An asteroid designated 2024 YR4 briefly made headlines when early calculations suggested a small chance of it hitting Earth or the Moon i...
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Why in news? An asteroid designated 2024 YR4 briefly made headlines when early calculations suggested a small chance of it hitting Earth or the Moon i...
Why in news? Scientists have once again turned their attention to Devon Island, an enormous and desolate landmass in the Canadian Arctic, because its ...
Why in news? Researchers analysing data from NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission have found that the mission not only altered the...
Why in news? India’s Ministry of Communications announced that the BharatNet programme has connected more than 2.15 lakh Gram Panchayats with high�...
Why in news? Marine scientists from Berhampur University in Odisha have reported the first record of Stenothoe lowryi, a tiny shrimp‑like amphipod, ...
Why in news? Hospitals across the United States West Coast and parts of Northern California have reported a surge in infections caused by human metapn...
Why in news? The European Space Agency (ESA) has reported difficulties with its Proba‑3 solar‑eclipse mission after contact was lost with one of t...
Why in News? Researchers reported that the bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans survived extreme pressures similar to those experienced when rocks are bl...
Why in News? The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Denmark has become the first country in the European Union to eliminate vertical trans...
Why in news? The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting ordered the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) to stop releasing television viewersh...
Why in news? The Government of India’s Swachh Bharat Mission introduced an innovative robot called “G-SPIDER” to clean drains and canals without...
Why in news? India’s Ministry of Earth Sciences reviewed the performance of low-temperature thermal desalination (LTTD) plants installed in the Laks...