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Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla will pilot the Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station, marking India’s return to human spaceflight after nearly 40 years since Rakesh Sharma’s 1984 mission. The launch is planned for June 8, 2025.

A new study shows that children born in 2020 could face four times more extreme weather events than older generations due to global warming, with heatwaves, floods, and crop failures hitting the poorest regions hardest.

For the first time, scientists have observed 'negative light,' a breakthrough involving negative-frequency photons. This discovery challenges understanding of light and energy, offering potential for quantum computing, and fundamental physics.

A new study finds that left-handed CEOs lead more innovative companies and are more likely to embrace diversity. Their creative thinking and unique leadership style are now being linked to stronger company performance and global hiring.

A new study says the global fertility rate needs to be 2.7 children per woman—higher than the previously believed 2.1—to ensure long-term human survival, challenging assumptions about population sustainability and collapse.

NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers successfully conducted the fifth all-female spacewalk, marking a significant achievement in space exploration. McClain's participation comes six years after missing the first due to suit sizing issues.

Scientists say East Africa is slowly splitting along a tectonic rift, potentially forming a new ocean over millions of years. The process, while gradual, offers rare insight into how continents reshape themselves.

A new study warns that burning up thousands of old satellites yearly could release aluminium and other metals into the upper atmosphere, risking ozone damage, climate disruptions, and hindering global efforts to protect Earth’s environment.

Astronomers have unearthed compelling new evidence hinting at the existence of a mysterious ninth planet, lurking in the icy abyss far beyond Neptune.

For more than 25 years, The Matrix has gripped audiences with the unnerving possibility that our reality may be nothing more than a grand illusion. Now, a physicist claims that idea may not be pure science fiction after all.