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A fowl’s eye view of confluence of Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers in Devprayag, some extent from which the river is known as the Ganga. | Photo Credit: AKHILESH KUMAR/The Hindu The Ganga river sustains a inhabitants of extra than 600 million individuals and is central to South Asia’s economic system and tradition — and it’s […]

NASA on Monday unveiled its latest class of astronaut candidates at Johnson Space Center in Houston, choosing 10 people from a aggressive pool of 8,000 candidates. This group, comprising six women and 4 men, marks the first time women outnumber men in a NASA astronaut class. Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy described them as “America’s

Life as a Dream Born on March 14, 1854 at Strehlen, Germany (now Strzelin, Poland), Paul Ehrlich was the son of Ismar Ehrlich and his spouse Rosa Weigert. Educated at the gymnasium at Breslau, he went on to check at the Universities of Breslau, Strassburg, Freiburg-im-Breisgau and Leipzig. With a dissertation on the idea and

Saturn, the majestic sixth planet from the Sun, is famend for its spectacular rings and enigmatic hexagonal storm on the north pole. Recently, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) revealed astonishing new particulars in its higher atmosphere, capturing phenomena by no means earlier than seen on any planet. Scientists detected drifting “dark beads” in the

These days, an inky, sightless evening is a uncommon sight in a lot of the world. From the harsh glare of streetlamps that make us squint to the gaudy flicker of neon billboards that drive sunglass shields, synthetic gentle is blurring the line between day and evening. This has meant birds stay lively for nearly

Representative Image (AI-generated) A analysis group in California has used synthetic intelligence to design viral genomes, which had been later constructed and examined in a laboratory. Some of these AI-created viruses efficiently contaminated micro organism, demonstrating that generative AI fashions can produce practical genetic materials.Researchers at Stanford University and the Arc Institute in Palo Alto

For all its obvious serenity, the universe is a really violent place teeming with cataclysmic occasions: from colliding galaxies and supernovae (the explosive deaths of huge stars), to immensely highly effective geysers of X-rays and black holes that gobble up stars. In this deafening cosmic din, astronomers have all the time thought of gamma-ray bursts

The yr 2025 has been outstanding for celestial phenomena, starting with the Blood Moon lunar eclipse on 7 September and adopted by a partial photo voltaic eclipse on 21 September 2025. Although this eclipse won’t be seen in India, it stays an thrilling occasion for astronomy fans all over the world, drawing curiosity from scientists,