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Jul 25, 2025

NASA launches TRACERS Mission to Study How Earth Fights Space Storms

NASA officially launched the TRACERS mission (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) which will study the magnetic reconnection- an energy burst that occurs when the Sun's magnetic field interacts with Earth's magnetic shield. This will help in understanding on how space weather affects our planet.
The TRACERS satellites lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The mission includes two satellites flying just 10 seconds apart to take over 3,000 measurements in one year. Their job is to closely study magnetic activity in a region near Earth's North Pole called the polar cusp, where the Sun's magnetic field hits Earth's.

Jul 23, 2025

Tata Communications Partners with AWS for AI-Ready Network Rollout in India

Tata Communications partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deploy an advanced, AI-ready long-distance network across India.
The project, which is likely to involve a capital investment of about Rs. 430 crore from Tata Communications, is expected to be completed by the end of FY26.
The collaboration will establish a new high-capacity, long-distance network to connect three AWS infrastructure locations to boost generative AI adoption and cloud innovation in India.

Jul 22, 2025

NASA-ISRO Joint Satellite NISAR Set for July 30 Launch

The launch of NISAR, an earth observation satellite jointly developed by NASA and ISRO, is set to take place on July 30 from the country's only spaceport in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The satellite will be launched on the GSLV-F16 and be put in a 734 km sun synchronous orbit — an orbit in which the satellite reaches over a place at the same time each day.
The satellite will scan nearly all of Earth's land and ice surfaces twice every 12 days. The mission will measure changes in the planet's terrestrial ecosystems, growth and retreat of its ice sheets, glaciers, and sea ice, and tectonic deformation of its crust. The data will be accessible to all users across a range of disciplines, with potential applicability in disaster response, infrastructure monitoring, and agricultural decision support. Weighing 2,392 kg, it will be the first satellite ever to observe the Earth in two frequencies — NASA's L-band and ISRO's S-band.

Jul 21, 2025

ISRO Plans Space Station by 2035 and Moon Mission by 2040

India took a confident leap forward in global space exploration with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) unveiling a comprehensive vision for the next 15 years. Under the leadership of its new Chairman V. Narayanan, ISRO announced its ambitious plans to establish an independent Indian space station by 2035 and execute a human moon landing mission by 2040, reaffirming the country's growing space capabilities and global leadership.

Jul 16, 2025

China Creates Lightest Mind-Control Device for Bees

Scientists in China have built the world's lightest brain controller, which can control the flight of bees. Developed by a team at the Beijing Institute of Technology, the device turns bees into cyborgs that could be used in military missions or rescue operations. This invention opens new possibilities in using insects for work that humans or machines cannot easily do.
The brain controller weighs just 74 milligrams, making it the lightest ever made. It is strapped to a bee's back and has three tiny needles that enter the bee's brain. The device sends electronic signals that guide the bee to fly left, right, forward, or back. In tests, the bees followed the commands 9 out of 10 times.

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