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Mapping Ocean Floor Mysteries, NASA’s SWOT Satellite Unveils Earth’s Hidden Terrain Beneath the Waves
NASA and the French space agency CNES's SWOT satellite provides researchers with the tools to create the most accurate ocean maps yet.
Knowledge Nugget: Why is solar flare ‘kernel’ important for UPSC?
Recently, the Aditya-L1 mission captured a solar flare ‘kernel’ in the lower solar atmosphere. What is a solar flare? In ...
Much of what lies on the seafloor remains a mystery. NASA is fixing that.
Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...
Watch this ultra-detailed animation of the seafloor
NASA’s new video is also just fun to watch. The animation shows what the seafloor looks like off the coasts of Mexico, South ...
Gravity, And Its Uncanny Resemblance To The Adventures Of Suni And Butch
The unpredictable turn of events that led to the NASA duo being stuck in space is eerily similar to this 2013 sci-fi thriller ...
NRL's narrow field imager launches on NASA's PUNCH mission
Narrow Field Imager (NFI) was launched into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as a part of NASA's Polarimeter to Unify ...
War in Space is coming. Satellites will be armed with lasers and the MOON will be invaded. Sound far-fetched? The world's superpowers are already preparing for this …
It's official - space is a war-fighting domain. Who says so? The British, the Americans, Nato and, among many other nations, ...
MIT Technology Review1d
Europe is finally getting serious about commercial rockets
The continent’s imminent attempt at a commercial orbital launch could be the start of a bold new era that ends Europe’s ...
UPSC Key: Splashdown, Heatwave and Currency exchange rates
Why is urban heat island relevant to the UPSC exam? What is the significance of topics such as the global navigation satellite system, Houthis, and sonic weapon on both the preliminary and main exams?
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German company set for first commercial rocket launch from Europe
Isar Aerospace is preparing to launch its Spectrum rocket from a base in Norway, which would make it the first orbital launch ...
Gulf of understanding: The way we see the Earth has never been set in stone
Despite centuries of efforts to map our planet precisely, our view of the world will always be political and imperfect.
Rocket Report: Falcon 9 may smash reuse record; Relativity roving to Texas?
Welcome to Edition 7.36 of the Rocket Report! Well, after nine months, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are ...