Launch Vehicle Mark-III Context The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) has successfully tested the indigenously developed cryogenic engine that will power its heaviest rocket, the LVM-3. About Launch Vehicle Mark-III…

Context Skyroot to launch India's 1st privately developed rocket Vikram-S. About Vikram-S /Mission Prarambh The homegrown Vikram-S rocket will launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, marking India's…

What are coronal holes? Context Captured by the NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory, recently shared an image of the sun seemingly ‘smiling’ has dark patches on the sun’s surface resembling eyes…

Context People in India will be able to see a partial solar eclipse on 25.10.2022. What is a solar eclipse? Occurs when the Moon is positioned in between the Sun and…

Context The Indian government is pushing smartphone makers to enable support for its NavIC navigation system in new devices sold in the country from next year, a move that has spooked the…

Context China’s first fully solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle has successfully completed its maiden test flight with all onboard systems functioning optimally. About Qimingxing-50 With a wingspan of 164-ft, the drone…

Context By the end of 2022, India will establish the country’s first Dark Sky Reserve as Hanle Dark Sky Reserve in the cold desert regions of Ladakh. This facility will…

Hayabusa-2 mission Context Recently, scientists from Japan suggest that water and organic materials might have been brought to our planet from the outer edges of the solar system. The scientists…

Context A recent study has found that rainwater from many places across the globe is contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, (PFAs), which are called “forever chemicals” because of their tendency…