Why do monsoons hit Kerala first?

Why do monsoons hit Kerala first?

Dark clouds loomed over the skies of Palakkad, Kerala. | Photo Credit: K K Mustafah The summer kicks in and sets in hard, with the scorching sun right above us. Then we wait — eyes on the skies, hoping for the first splash of rain. And where does it fall first? On the lush, green…

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Heaviest proton emitter astatine-188 detected

Heaviest proton emitter astatine-188 detected

The study is part of Henna Kokkonen’s doctoral thesis. | Photo Credit: University of Jyväskylä/Special arrangement Thirty years after bismuth emitting a proton was detected and measured in 1996, an international collaboration led by researchers at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, detected and measured the half-life of the heaviest proton emitter 188At (astatine) isotope, which…

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Axiom mission 4 launch date and time: Shubhanshu Shukla set to take spaceflight tomorrow, check NASA’s latest update

Axiom mission 4 launch date and time: Shubhanshu Shukla set to take spaceflight tomorrow, check NASA’s latest update

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shared an update on the Axiom-4 mission on June 24 which is set to carry Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station. After several delays, the space mission is now eying June 25 as its launch date. NASA issued a statement on Tuesday to make this…

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