About the Perseverance rover NASA launched its Mars Perseverance Rover on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in July 2020. The rover landed at Jezero Crater in February 2021. The Mars 2020 mission addresses …
Why in News: An experiment carried out by the University of Oxford researchers combined high-precision atomic clocks and quantum entanglement, to achieve two atomic clocks that are “entangled.” This means the inherent uncertainty in measuring their frequencies simultaneously is highly …
What was the Hayabusa-2 mission? The Hayabusa-2 mission was launched in 2014 when the spacecraft was sent on a six-year voyage to study the asteroid Ryugu. It was launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA). The spacecraft arrived at …
What are clouds? Clouds blanket 70% of the Earth’s surface at any given time. They are like a thin layer of the floating ocean, with enough water to cover the entire surface of Earth with about one inch of rain. …
Why in News: India’s first intra-nasal vaccine – delivered through the nose instead of a shot in the arm – has received approval from the country’s apex drug regulator for emergency use in adults. The need With the vaccine being …
Why in News: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully tested a technology that could aid cost-effective recovery of spent rocket stages and safely land payloads on other planets. The Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD) was designed, developed and successfully …
Whats in News: In a unique and first-of-its-kind initiative, the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt of India, has undertaken to set up India’s first-ever “Night Sky Sanctuary”. A part of Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary at Hanle, Ladakh is all …
What is the Artemis mission? NASA’s Artemis mission is touted as the next generation of lunar exploration, and is named after the twin sister of Apollo from Greek mythology. Artemis is also the goddess of the moon. Artemis I is …
What’s the news? The China’s Agriculture ministry stated that it will try to protect its grain harvest from record-setting drought by using chemicals to generate rain as factories in Sichuan province were shut down due to shortages of water to …