India faces severe heat wave conditions on May 25, 2026, with temperatures touching 45 degrees Celsius in Delhi and 47.1 degrees Celsius already recorded in Vidarbha.
A massive dust storm originating from the Thar Desert is expected to hit Delhi-NCR tonight, with IMD issuing a yellow alert for reduced visibility and gusty winds. Here is the science behind it and what you should do to stay safe.
Scientists have used the James Webb Space Telescope to detect a daily cloud cycle on a Hot Jupiter exoplanet called WASP-94A b, located nearly 700 light years from Earth. The discovery clears decades of atmospheric fog and gives the most accurate picture yet of the planet's composition.
Pint of Science 2026 ran from May 18 to 20 across bars in Indian cities, mixing cold beer with rocket science, tattoo immunology, and pandemic prediction. Former Isro chief Dr S Somanath, who led Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1, headlined the Delhi edition and nobody in those rooms left early.
North, East, and Central India are bracing for peak heatwave conditions with temperatures hitting 49 degrees Celsius until May 28. A Western Disturbance is expected to bring rain relief only toward the month end.
Cities from Delhi to Ahmedabad are recording minimum temperatures near or above 30°C amid an intense heatwave. Experts say prolonged daytime heating and atmospheric moisture are trapping heat and driving oppressive warm nights.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued severe heatwave warnings for northern and central India on Sunday, May 24. Temperatures are set to soar past 45 degrees Celsius while the south tracks monsoon rains.
A viral 2015 UFO sighting resembling the Ghostbusters marshmallow man has resurfaced in declassified military files. The Department of War has officially labelled the vertical floating object as unresolved.
IMD satellite images show thin, light clouds over north India with no organised rain-bearing system approaching Delhi. Here is what the imagery reveals about Delhi's rain chances right now.
The dust storm that swept Delhi-NCR on May 23, 2026 brought a brief drop in temperature and welcome relief from the searing heat. But the IMD says the respite is short-lived, with a 45°C heatwave set to return from May 24 and stretch through May 27.
A rush of announcements in May 2026 put India's private space companies in sharp focus. Together, they suggested the sector was moving from support roles to strategic and commercial scale.
SpaceX brought Starship down in a planned splashdown zone in the Indian Ocean, where it exploded on impact.
SpaceX's Super Heavy booster exploded mid-air while descending after a Starship test launch from Texas.
The latest test flight featured the upgraded Version 3 configuration of Starship, with improvements to both the Super Heavy booster and the upper-stage spacecraft.
SpaceX's Starship Flight 12 launches on May 22 with liftoff at 4:00 am IST on May 23, debuting an entirely new rocket design powered by Raptor 3 engines. Here is everything you need to know to watch the historic launch live.
The Pentagon released a second batch of declassified UFO files, including Apollo 12 astronauts' audio describing mysterious "streaks of light" seen in space during the 1969 mission.
India faces a weather split on May 23, with severe heatwave conditions gripping Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and the northwest plains even as heavy rain and thunderstorms lash the south and northeast.
A ground report from Delhi's Nand Nagri area found that road and vehicle surfaces reach 65°C under direct sunlight even as weather apps show 42°C at the same location.
AQI.in rankings on Friday evening showed that all 50 of the world's hottest cities were in India, with more than half of them located in Uttar Pradesh.
Forest teams are searching the Shyampur Range for a missing tigress after her two sub-adult cubs were found poisoned and mutilated. The hunt has intensified fears that she may be dead or dangerously distressed close to villages.
