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In an image provided by Amanda Cotton, a group of sperm whales, which do not produce the eerie melodies sung by humpback whales, but instead rattle off clicks that sound like a cross between Morse code and a creaking door. In an article published in Nature Communications in May 2024, researchers assert that sperm whales are using a much richer set of sounds than previously known, which they called a “sperm whale phonetic alphabet.” (Source: New York Times)

Scientists find an ‘alphabet’ in whale songsSubscriber Only

May 9, 2024 22:24 IST

Since 2005, Gero and his colleagues have followed a clan of 400 sperm whales around Dominica, an island nation in the eastern Caribbean, eavesdropping on the whales with underwater microphones and tagging some of the animals with sensors.

Google unveils AI for predicting behavior of human moleculesSubscriber Only

May 9, 2024 08:47 IST

The system, AlphaFold3, could accelerate efforts to understand the human body and fight disease.

Crewed flight of Boeing Starliner space capsule pushed back at least 10 more days

May 8, 2024 17:49 IST

The launch was called off with less than two hours left in the countdown after a pressure regulation valve malfunctioned on the upper-stage liquid oxygen tank of the Atlas rocket as it was being readied for blastoff.

What happens next with the delayed NASA astronaut launchSubscriber Only

May 8, 2024 08:21 IST

“Our philosophy is we don’t have to change the state of the vehicle when the people are there, so we won’t,” Bruno said in a Monday night news conference along with officials from NASA and Boeing.

Sunita Williams set to fly into space for third time

Just as Sunita Williams strapped in for 3rd space mission, Boeing called off rocket launch

May 7, 2024 11:32 IST

There were problems in Boeing's Atlas rocket, with its oxygen pressure-relief valve fluttering open and close, creating a loud buzz

In this photo provided by NASA, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing's Starliner capsule aboard is illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 41 ahead of the NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test. (AP Photo)

Boeing’s new Starliner capsule set for first crewed flight to space station

May 6, 2024 17:45 IST

Although Starliner is designed to fly autonomously, the crew can assume control of the spacecraft if necessary, and the test flight calls for Wilmore and Williams to practice maneuvering the vehicle manually.

What’s common between the delayed Chandrayaan-3 launch and a damaged Florida home? Space junkSubscriber Only

May 3, 2024 14:22 IST

As per NASA, most space debris moves very fast, almost reaching speeds of 29,000 kilometres per hour. To give perspective, a bullet travels nine times slower.

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ESA’s Solar orbiter shares new video, shows Sun’s surface in great detail

May 4, 2024 10:20 IST

A new video released by the European Space Agency's solar orbiter has captured the surface of the Sun in great detail, showing a small explosion the size of the Earth and magnetic lines emerging from the star's interior.

DRDO successfully tests missile-assisted torpedo release systemSubscriber Only

May 2, 2024 08:12 IST

The system, which can be launched from both coasts and warships, was successfully flight-tested at around 8.30 am from a ground mobile launcher from the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast, according to the ministry.

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ISRO to test Gaganyaan parachutes by dropping module from chopperSubscriber Only

April 30, 2024 08:01 IST

The Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT) will see a Chinook helicopter dropping the crew module from a height of around 4-5 km.

Could Gujarat’s Luna crater be 6,900 years old? NASA deciphers

May 2, 2024 18:58 IST

Impact craters on our planet are a relative rarity, with fewer than 200 structures from around the world confirmed in the Earth Impact Database.

4 flares erupt from Sun in rare celestial event: How will it affect Earth?

April 25, 2024 08:41 IST

Current solar activity points to the Sun likely nearing or reaching the peak of its 11-year solar cycle known as solar maximum.

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Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams set for third space mission

May 2, 2024 18:58 IST

With 50 hours and 40 minutes, Sunita Williams is second on the list of total cumulative spacewalk time by a female astronaut.

Roscosmos astronauts to conduct spacewalk outside space station on April 25

April 25, 2024 08:14 IST

The spacewalk, a part of Expedition 71, is expected to begin at 10.55 am and could last up to seven hours. NASA will stream the spacewalk on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency’s website.

Japan’s moon lander wasn’t built to survive a weekslong lunar night. It’s still going after 3

April 24, 2024 11:31 IST

The probe, Smart Lander for Investing Moon, or SLIM, reached the lunar surface on January 20, making Japan the fifth country to successfully place a probe on the moon.

This artist's rendering shows NASA's Voyager spacecraft. Voyager 2 was launched on Aug. 20, 1977. Voyager 1 was launched on Sept. 5, 1977. (Photo:images.nasa.gov/)

NASA hears from Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, after months of quiet

April 24, 2024 07:24 IST

The most distant spacecraft from Earth stopped sending back understandable data last November. Flight controllers traced the blank communication to a bad computer chip and rearranged the spacecraft's coding to work around the trouble.

Watch this space: Muhammad Faris, first Syrian astronaut, dies as a refugeeSubscriber Only

April 23, 2024 18:32 IST

During his time in space, he decided to quit the military and make it his mission to educate people in science and astronomy, “to pass on the privileged view” he had been given.