China has named its first-ever Mars rover “Zhurong” after an ancient fire god ahead of Read More …
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Zhurong-China’s first ever Mars rover
PM CARES to fund 551 PSA oxygen plants in hospitals
Background Government hospitals Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) Background According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the Read More …
Covid-19 breakthrough infection
Background Centers for Disease Prevention and Control Covaxin and Covishield Background According to the Indian Read More …
Unicorn-The smallest-known black hole in the Milky Way galaxy
Background The Unicorn V723 Mon Black hole Background Scientists have discovered what may be the Read More …
Harlequin ichthyosis case reported in Odisha
According to Down to Earth, Odisha reported its first-ever case of a baby born with harlequin Read More …
First human-monkey embryos created – a small step towards a huge ethical problem
Julian Savulescu, University of Oxford and César Palacios-González, University of Oxford Scientists have created the Read More …
Tyrannosaurus rex had a preferred walking speed of just 5 kmph
According to a study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, the Tyrannosaurus rex Read More …
Perseverance Mars Rover Extracts First Oxygen from Red Planet
GS TIMES STAFF The US space agency NASA has announced that on April 20, 2021, Read More …
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled Read More …
Aditya-L1 Support Centre
India has planned to launched Aditya-L1 next year to study the Sun and the region Read More …
IMD forecasts normal monsoon for 2021
According to the IMD’s long-range forecast (LRF), southwest monsoon seasonal (June to September) rainfall over Read More …
Mars and Moon to play hide and seek on April 17, 2021
TV Venkateswaran, Vigyan Prasar. (@TVVen) Mars is about to perform a vanishing act on April Read More …
Electronic nose to detect hydrogen sulphide
Scientists have developed an electronic nose with biodegradable polymer and monomer that can detect hydrogen Read More …
Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST)
Denmark has become the first country to stop using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine altogether. The health Read More …
Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxy
Astronomers have discovered a new active galaxy identified as the farthest gamma-ray emitting galaxy that Read More …
Nano Sniffer-a Microsensor based Explosive Trace Detector
Union Education Minister, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on April 9, 2021 launched Nano Sniffer, the world’s first Microsensor Read More …
Muon g-2 experiment
The result of the Muon g-2 experiment on muon-one of the fundamental particles of Universe, shows Read More …
B.1.617: Double mutant virus classification
The “double mutant” virus that scientists had flagged in March 2021 as having a bearing Read More …
Rare discovery quasars quads
A group of astronomers have discovered a dozen quasars that have been warped by a Read More …
What are Wolf–Rayet stars?
Indian astronomers have tracked a rare supernova explosion and traced it to one of the Read More …
India emerging a leader in supercomputing
India is fast emerging a leader in high power computing with the National Super Computing Read More …
Sadabahar-an innovative mango variety
Shrikishan Suman (55 years), a farmer from Kota, Rajasthan, has developed an innovative mango variety Read More …
NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity on mars
NASA’s Ingenuity mini-helicopter has been dropped by the Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars in Read More …
Baikal-GVD-Russia’s underwater neutrino telescope
Russian scientists have launched one of the world’s biggest underwater neutrino telescopes called the Baikal-GVD (Gigaton Volume Read More …
Indian researcher working on quantum dots (QDs)
A researcher from the Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, West Bengal, is using Read More …