Technology
From ISS, Shubhanshu Shukla to interact with students: What is ham radio communication? | Explained News
[ad_1] 3 min readBengaluruUpdated: Jul 4, 2025 03:53 PM IST Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla will today (July 4) interact with the country’s students using a ham radio from the International Space Station (ISS). Here is a look at ham radio, how it works, and why Shukla will use it for ...
How astronauts eat on ISS, how they defecate | Explained News
[ad_1] Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla has been in space for more than a week, and would have had several meals during this period. On Friday, Shukla said he had shared the food he carried to the International Space Station (ISS) — gajar ka halwa, moong dal ka halwa and aamras ...
Kerala engineer held for selling drugs over the internet: What is the ‘dark web’, and is it really all dark? | Explained News
[ad_1] 4 min readNew DelhiJul 7, 2025 07:16 PM IST Written by Shaarvi Magazine A 35-year-old mechanical engineer from Kerala’s Muvattupuzha town was recently arrested for selling drugs over the dark web. According to the police, Mulayamkottil Edison was a “level-four darknet vendor”, and was allegedly caught in possession of LSD ...
Its eye on space, how the Vera C Rubin Observatory will reveal the cosmos like never before | Explained News
[ad_1] How was the Milky Way formed? Does our Solar System have a ninth planet? Is there an asteroid that can pose a threat to Earth? What are dark energy and dark matter? These are some of the questions that the Vera C Rubin Observatory, which released its first test ...
3I/Atlas: How do scientists determine if an object is interstellar? | Explained News
[ad_1] 4 min readUpdated: Jul 13, 2025 12:18 PM IST The mysterious interstellar object, named 3I/Atlas, which was discovered earlier in July could be the oldest comet ever seen, scientists said on Friday (July 11). The object could be more than seven billion years old — three billion years older ...
How Grok praising Adolf Hitler reveals a deeper AI problem | Explained News
[ad_1] Billionaire businessman Elon Musk’s company xAI apologised on Saturday (July 12) for the “horrific behaviour” of its AI chatbot Grok lately. Incorporated into the social media platform X since 2023, several users recently managed to goad Grok into posting antisemitic and abusive tirades, including praise for Adolf Hitler. Grok ...
How will space travel impact Shubhanshu Shukla’s health Why astronauts need ‘reconditioning’ to earth
[ad_1] 4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 17, 2025 02:54 PM IST Shubhanshu Shukla space travel health impacts: After spending 18 days on the International Space Station and orbiting around the Earth 288 times, Indian astronaut Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla is heading home. The Space Dragon craft, called Grace, will splash ...
Simpler, safer: Why spacecraft prefer splashdowns over landing on ground | Explained News
[ad_1] 3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jul 18, 2025 02:14 PM IST The spacecraft carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and his three colleagues on the Axiom-4 mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday after a 20-hour journey from the International Space Station. Landing in the ocean is the preferred ...
Why merger of two black holes, 100 times bigger than the Sun, holds significance | Explained News
[ad_1] Scientists have reported the discovery of gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes that are the biggest to have been observed in such an event. Black hole mergers are rare but some of the most spectacular events in the universe, releasing massive amounts of energy that are ...
Gujarat to create genome database of tribal communities: what’s the project, why | Explained News
[ad_1] In a first in the country, the Gujarat government has announced a genome sequencing project to create a database from 20 tribal groups across 17 districts of the state. The exercise, a local extension of the recently completed Genome India Project (GIP), will be carried out over the next ...
