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South Korea's KSTAR Sustains Plasma for 102 Seconds
8+ hour, 51+ min ago (342+ words) KSTAR, or the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research device, sustained plasma in high-confinement mode for 102 seconds during experiments conducted from December 2023 to February 2024. The same experimental campaign recorded plasma at ion temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius for 48 seconds, which set…...
NASA Unveils Three-Phase Moon Base Plan
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (358+ words) NASA announced a three-phase plan for a permanent Moon base near the lunar South Pole on 24 March 2026 and reaffirmed it on 27 May 2026. The plan carries an estimated investment of $20 billion over seven years and forms part of the Artemis programme…...
Scientists Detect 10-Billion-Year-Old Radio Signal
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (256+ words) Scientists have detected a fast radio burst named FRB 20240304 B that travelled about 10 billion years before reaching Earth. The signal was first detected on 4 March 2024 by the Meer KAT radio telescope in South Africa. Researchers used the James Webb Space…...
IN-SPACe Offers Full PSLV Technology Transfer
1+ week, 5+ day ago (371+ words) The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) has offered full technology transfer of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) to Indian industry. The offer comes before the first PSLV built under an earlier private-sector contract has completed its…...
NASA Astronauts Study Cancer and Cartilage Research on ISS
1+ week, 5+ day ago (359+ words) NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) conducted biomedical experiments in May 2026 on cancer therapeutics, cartilage tissue growth, heart stem cells, and DNA-inspired nanomaterials. The work took place during Expedition 74 and used the Japanese Kibo laboratory module and its…...
IN-SPACe Leads Indian Space-Tech Delegation to Italy " GKToday
2+ week, 2+ day ago (374+ words) The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) led a delegation of nine Indian space-tech companies to Space Meetings Veneto 2026 in Venice, Italy, on 1617 May 2026. The delegation was headed by Dr. P. K. Jain, Director of the Programme Management and Authorisation…...
Scientists Find Possible Dwarf Galaxy Inside Milky Way
3+ week, 21+ hour ago (323+ words) GK Today - Scientists Find Possible Dwarf Galaxy Inside Milky Way A study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society in May 2026 has proposed the existence of a hidden ancient dwarf galaxy named Loki within the Milky Way....
James Webb Telescope studies rocky exoplanet LHS 3844 b
3+ week, 4+ day ago (243+ words) The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) directly studied the rocky exoplanet LHS 3844 b, also called Kua'kua, on 4 May 2026. LHS 3844 b is a super-Earth located about 49 to 50 light-years away and is around 30% larger than Earth. The James Webb Space Telescope is…...
Skyroot Aerospace Becomes India's First Space-Tech Unicorn
3+ week, 6+ day ago (242+ words) GK Today Skyroot Aerospace became India's first space-tech unicorn on 7 May 2026 after raising about $60 million at a valuation of $1. 1 billion The company is based in Hyderabad and works in the private space-launch sector in India Funding Round and Investors The…...
Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope achieves first light " GKToday
4+ week, 1+ day ago (190+ words) The Paranal solar ESPRESSO Telescope (Po ET) achieved first light at the European Southern Observatory's Paranal Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert. The system completed test observations and acquired spectra of the full solar disc and selected solar regions. Po ET…...