Chandrayaan-3 Moon Landing Chief Somanath Joins RBI Board
Former ISRO Chairman Somanath, architect of Chandrayaan-3, appointed to RBI Central Board for 4 years. Space leader now enters India's financial policymaking arena.
Rahul Somvanshi
NASA’s Roman Telescope Cleared for August 30 Launch
NASA has cleared its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope for launch after teams completed a flight readiness review on Wednesday. The telescope is scheduled to lift off on August 30 at 7:26
Sunita Somvanshi
UK Awards £7.3M to Eight Companies for Zero-Emission Aviation Research
The UK government has awarded £7.3 million to eight British companies to advance research into hydrogen-powered planes and electric aircraft, marking a significant step toward zero-emission flight, as announced on July 23,
Giant Cuttlefish Count Crashes 97% in South Australia
South Australia’s PIRSA counted 1,811 giant cuttlefish this year against 63,000 in 2025, a 97% drop linked to the record harmful algal bloom.
NASA Abandons $30M Rescue as Swift Telescope Heads for Fiery Reentry
NASA and Katalyst called off the Link rescue after attitude-control failures. The 22-year-old Swift Observatory will reenter by year’s end, ending its gamma-ray watch.
Sonali Tiwary
Alaska Charter Plane Crash Kills All 8 Near Remote Radar Site
A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site in western Alaska on Thursday, killing everyone on board, the U.S. military said. The Cessna 441 had taken off from
Mushroom Packaging Goes Industrial: The Race to Replace Plastic
Mushroom® Packaging is fully biodegradable in around 45 days. The Magical Mushroom Company, a UK-based startup, is scaling up from small-batch production to industrial-scale manufacturing — a shift that reflects growing momentum
Hubble Solves Merger Mystery: Dwarf Galaxy LKH Built Early Milky Way
Hubble found a dwarf galaxy merged with the young Milky Way 11.8B years ago, per Nature Astronomy.
Amazon Drone Delivery to Reach Nearly 500 US Cities by End of 2026
Amazon says Prime Air drone delivery will reach nearly 500 US cities by the end of 2026, a sixfold expansion from the 11 locations it runs today.
Karmactive Team
Google Drive Outage Hits Australia and New Zealand With 502 Errors and Slowdowns
Estimated reading time: 1 minutes Google has confirmed an outage affecting Google Drive users in Australia and New Zealand on 19 August 2026, with users reporting slowness, 502 errors, and an inability
Karmactive Staff