India’s first night sky sanctuary to come up in Ladakh, boost Astro tourism

India’s first night sky sanctuary will be established in Ladakh in a bid to boost Astro tourism in the country and attract foreign researchers to work with high-altitude telescopes in the region. The Department of Science and Technology will set up the proposed Dark Sky Reserve at Ladakh’s Hanle as part of…

How were the Pyramids of Giza built? A long-lost branch of Nile helped

While the Pyramids of Giza, the iconic relics of the old Egyptian kingdom, have withstood the test of time, surviving thousands of years, they remain enigmatic in their own way. Archeologists from the world over continue to speculate how these massive structures were built at a time when technology was limited. Nearly…