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US attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities: The radiation leak threat, explained | Explained News
[ad_1] The United States attacked three key nuclear installations in Iran on Sunday morning (June 22), with President Donald Trump claiming that all the three facilities had been “completely and totally obliterated.” The US attacks follow a series of missile strikes by Israel last week, also targeting Iran’s nuclear installations, ...
Axiom-4 Mission: What Shubhanshu Shukla’s trip to ISS means for India’s space program | Explained News
[ad_1] Ten minutes into the launch of the Axiom-4 mission on Wednesday, Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla made a short statement. He said the lift-off was not just the start of his journey to the International Space Station (ISS), but also the beginning of India’s human spaceflight program. His remark might ...
How Shubhanshu Shukhla’s Dragon spacecraft docked with ISS
[ad_1] The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukhla and three others docked with the International Space Station (ISS) at 4 pm IST on Thursday. Docking is a process by which two spacecraft are joined in space. While a routine procedure today — the ISS witnesses around a dozen ...
GPS interference threatening flights, ships: What is happening, possible solutions | Explained News
[ad_1] A Delhi-Jammu flight was forced to turn back last week. Two tankers collided at the entrance of the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month. A container ship ran aground near the port of Jeddah in May. All three mishaps had a common cause: GPS interference which, in recent years, ...
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 ...
