Space

Standing atop Mt. Saraswati in the Hanle Valley of Changthang, Ladakh, at nearly 14,800 feet above the mean sea level is the Indian Space Observatory—the third highest optical observatory in the world. And this is its story.

"What is that in Vyomaganga? It is not the moon because it is quite bright; not the sun because it is night; it is the internal fire in the water/ocean," reads a verse from an ancient text.

In charge of Ladakh's Hanle Observatory, G C Anupama is also the India group head of the international team of scientists that is building the $1 billion Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii!

The programme honours President APJ Kalam and will select students based on their science projects.

The technology was first developed on a commercial scale by Elon Musk's SpaceX. ISRO is looking at the next step!

The mysterious radio energy flashes, whose source is yet to be discovered, have left astronomers baffled. However, there is help at hand because some of India's most brilliant scientists are working on these perplexing questions!

From HAL to ISRO, IISc's enormously talented scientists played pivotal roles in building India’s aerospace programme. This is their story.

NASA has just executed a nail-biting historic flyby of the most distant and ancient object in the solar system, Ultima Thule. And this man from Mumbai played a pivotal role in it!

We don’t know about your travel plans, but by 2022, three Indians will be making their way to space for a week-long mission — the Centre has just approved the budget for #Gaganyaan!

"We're here to bring space closer. We are now aiming to democratise the sector by making space flight simple, reliable and accessible to businesses and organisations of all sizes, and to help create a world-class space ecosystem in India."