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September 7, 2026 10:47 AM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday shared a Sanskrit Subhashitam invoking peace, well-being, and harmony with nature, offering prayers for the wind, the Sun, and the rain to bring comfort, blessings, and life-giving abundance. The Prime Minister wrote on X; "शं नो वातः पवतां शं नस्तपतु सूर्यः। शं नः कनिक्रदद् देवः पर्जन्योऽभिवर्षतु॥" May the wind blow for us in ...
July 30, 2026 6:42 PM
Scientists have discovered that the Sun's upper atmosphere rotates significantly faster than its visible surface, with the rotation speed increasing at greater heights above the solar surface, challenging long-held expectations based on classical physics. The findings, published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, are expected to improve understanding of the Sun's behaviour and help refine models of solar activity and space weather, which can affect satellites, communication sy...
May 21, 2026 1:14 PM
Scientists from Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) Nainital, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi have developed a new method to detect hidden turbulence in the Sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona, potentially helping solve one of solar physics’ biggest mysteries - why the corona is far hotter than the Sun’s visible surface. The study, recently published in The Astrophysical Jou...
November 19, 2025 6:38 PM
Astronomers have tapped into more than a century’s worth of solar observations from the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory (KoSO) to reconstruct the Sun’s past polar magnetic behaviour—paving the way for better predictions of its future activity. For decades, scientists across the world have tried to decode the Sun’s rhythmic patterns of sunspots, flares, and magnetic storms, which directly impact Earth’s environment, satellites, and power grids. A key to understanding these solar cycles li...
September 30, 2025 3:30 PM
Yemen’s first large-scale solar plant is helping to alleviate electricity shortages in the southern port city of Aden, bringing some relief to residents and businesses which suffer losses particularly when the intense summer heat hits. Funded by neighbouring United Arab Emirates and operational since July 2024, the Aden Solar Power Plant marks a significant shift towards renewable energy in a country the International Energy Agency lists as the Middle East’s least electrified. Yemen has be...
