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Blue Origin launches capsule to space with astronaut perks

11:47 pm January 15, 2021

Cape Canaveral: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company launched a new capsule into space Thursday to test all the astronaut perks before people strap in. Thursdays flight with a dummy named Mannequin Skywalker lasted 10 minutes and reached 66 miles (106 kilometers) above West Texas. Both the New Shepard rocket and the capsule landed successfully. It was the 14th flight to the […]

Second alignment plane of solar system discovered

9:32 pm September 30, 2020

Washington: A study of comet motions indicates that the solar system has a second alignment plane. Analytical investigation of the orbits of long-period comets shows that the aphelia of the comets, the point where they are farthest from the Sun, tend to fall close to either the well-known ecliptic plane where the planets reside or […]

Delhi’s air quality in ‘moderate’ category

11:23 pm September 26, 2020

New Delhi: The national capital recorded its air quality in the “moderate” category on Saturday, and favourable ventilation conditions will keep it that way for next two days, a government forecasting agency said. Delhi recorded a 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) of 165, which falls in the “moderate” category. It was 134 on Friday. […]

Bus-size asteroid to zoom by Earth, ducking below satellites

12:14 am September 24, 2020

Cape Canaveral: An asteroid the size of a school bus is headed our way, but NASA says the space rock will zoom safely past Earth on Thursday. The newly discovered asteroid will come within 13,000 miles (22,000 kilometres) of Earth, well below many of the communications satellites orbiting the planet, scientists said this week. The closest approach will occur Thursday […]

People Matters TechHR: Industry leaders converge to rewrite HR & Worktech playbook

5:54 pm August 18, 2020

New Delhi: The current COVID-19 crisis has called for rewriting the HR and Worktech playbook. It is about embarking on a journey of opportunities, of resetting your focus, accelerating your impact for now and “bouncing forward” to the next. People Matters TechHR 2020 that was held from 10th – 14th August brought together the most progressive business […]