NASA’s Juno spacecraft, in orbit around Jupiter, had a huge problem when its JunoCam imager started to fail after sitting through the planet’s harsh radiation belts for so many orbits. Designed to only last through the initial few orbits, JunoCam astonishingly endured 34 orbits. Yet by the 47th orbit, the effects of radiation damage became…
The Old Trafford has witnessed some of Indian cricket’s memorable and heartbreaking moments. In 1990, a young Sachin Tendulkar scored his maiden Test century here. In 2019, India’s hopes of making it to the ODI World Cup final were dashed as it went down to New Zealand in a rain-marred semifinal. On Thursday, a story of grit and determination was…
Realme’s numbered series is finally getting an all-new addition with the 15 series, comprising the 15 and 15 Pro smartphones. Out of the two, the Realme 15 Pro is the first to feature the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 chipset, which comes with a significant leap in performance and AI capabilities. The company claims that it…
Indian middle-order batter Tilak Varma scored a hundred for Hampshire against Nottinghamshire in a Division One match in the County Championship on Thursday. Tilak’s century kept his team in pursuit of Nottinghamshire’s first-innings total of 578/8d. The left-handed batter scored 13 fours and two sixes before being dismissed for 112. Left-arm spinner Sai Kishore, representing Surrey,…
With the increase in global rocket launches, scientists are reporting concerns about their impact on the ozone layer, our planet’s natural shield against harmful UV radiation. The research team, which includes Sandro Vattioni and other scientists, put emphasis on the environmental risks that can increase with the rocket emissions are still now underestimated. However, it…
Arsenal announced the signing of Valencia defender Cristhian Mosquera on Thursday. The Spain under-21 international joins for an initial fee of around £13 million, with performance-related add-ons, and is understood to have agreed a five-year deal with an option of a further year. This takes the Premier League club’s spending during the summer transfer window…
India’s Koneru Humpy outmaneuvered China’s Lei Tingjie in the semifinal of the FIDE Women’s World Cup in Batumi, Georgia on Thursday. Humpy’s win sets up an all-Indian final, with Divya Deshmukh entering the summit clash on Wednesday after bettering China’s Tan Zhongyi in a topsy-turvy semifinal. The day started in sedate fashion as Humpy and…
The Pakistan hockey team’s participation in the 2025-26 FIH Pro League lies in jeopardy because of financial crunch, derailing the three-time Olympic champions’ much-anticipated comeback at the international stage. The Pakistan men’s hockey team, which has won the World Cup four times, has been invited to compete in the FIH Pro League 2025-26 after New…
Off-spinner Shreyanka Patil and leg-spinner Priya Mishra have been ruled out of India Women ‘A’ team’s upcoming tour of Australia. The duo’s participation in the tour was subject to fitness clearance as intimated by the BCCI on July 10. But both players now remain under the care of the BCCI Medical Team at the Centre…
The much-anticipated duel between double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra and reigning champion Arshad Nadeem at the Diamond League in Poland lies in uncertainty after the Pakistani javelin thrower underwent a surgery on his calf muscle in England recently. Chopra and Nadeem were scheduled to face each other for the first time next month, one year…