Chandrayaan 3: Vikram can make soft-landing on Moon’s surface even with engine failure, says ISRO chief

Bengaluru, (IANS) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S. Somanath on Tuesday said that Vikram, the lander of India's third lunar mission Chandrayaan-3, is due to make a soft landing on the surface of the Moon on August 23 and will…

NASA study finds Mars is spinning faster

Washington (IANS) Scientists have made the most precise measurements ever of Mars’ rotation, for the first time detecting how the planet wobbles due to the “sloshing” of its molten metal core.

The findings, detailed in the journal Nature, are…

X working on feature to sort posts on profiles

San Francisco (IANS) Elon Musk-owned X is working on a new feature that will allow users to sort posts on someone's profile.

A screenshot posted by Andrea Conway, a designer at X, suggests that the feature will allow users to sort posts…

Scientists discover highest-energy light coming from Sun

New York (IANS) An international team of scientists has discovered the highest-energy light coming from the sun.

"The sun is more surprising than we knew," said Mehr Un Nisa, a postdoctoral research associate at Michigan State University in…

Leap-forward climbing plan: realme's vision for redefining smartphone market

New Delhi (IANS) In a fiercely-competitive smartphone market, where industry giants dominated, realme emerged as a daring underdog five years ago.  

Its progression from obscurity to setting new standards for the sector is nothing short of…

China at major risk of losing global memory chip, AI race

Hong Kong (IANS) China may lag behind in the global memory chip and artificial intelligence (AI) race amid Beijing's restriction on US-based Micron Technology and export sanctions by Joe Biden administration on American companies on sharing tech…

Chandrayaan-3 enters lunar orbit, 'says' feeling lunar gravity

Chennai (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday evening successfully injected the Chandrayaan 3 spacecraft into the lunar orbit, an official said.

According to the official, the firing of the onboard motors began at…

Scientists find bacteria that can curb malaria transmission

London (IANS) An international team of scientists has discovered a naturally occurring bacterium that could be the basis for new antimalarial interventions.

The research, published in the journal Science, showed that the bacterium Delftia tsuruhatensis…

Google scanner to let Android phones read QR codes from across the room

New Delhi,  (IANS) Google is working on a new feature that will enable Android smartphones to automatically detects a QR code in the camera frame, zooms in and reads it.

The Google code scanner API provides a complete solution for scanning…

4 astronauts set to reach ISS via Space X rocket on Aug 25

Washington (IANS) A group of four astronauts is set to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aboard the company’s Dragon spacecraft on August 25.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station…