Lab-grown diamonds are manufactured in laboratories using cutting-edge technology that replicates the natural diamond-growing process. They are more affordable and environment-friendly. To the naked eye, they are identical to natural diamonds. Lab-grown diamonds are basically made from two processes: High Pressure High Temperature or Chemical Vapour Deposition.

Ethylene oxide contamination in Indian food prompted bans in Hong Kong and Singapore, with EU concerns. European authorities detected it in 527 products, leading to 87 rejections. Despite warnings, proactive measures remain elusive. Urgent calls for safer alternatives and stringent testing persist to ensure food safety in Indian exports.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) moon lander SLIM has sent a picture of the lunar surface after surviving its third freezing lunar night. The lander was not designed to survive lunar nights but is functioning even after three overnight stays, the space agency said. The lander arrived at the Moon in January.

A video shared by the European Space Agency shows 'Little Dumbbell Nebula', also known as Messier 76 or M76, about 3,400 light-years away from Earth. Located in the constellation Perseus, the planetary nebula's name comes from its shape which features a ring and two lobes. The nebula gets its red colour from nitrogen and blue from oxygen.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams is training to pilot Boeing's Starliner spacecraft for its Crew Flight Test mission, marking her third mission to International Space Station. The mission, set to launch on May 6, targets a week-long stay at ISS. Williams and astronaut Butch Wilmore will lift off aboard United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Bengaluru witnessed a 'Zero Shadow Day' around noon on Wednesday, with many X users and organisations sharing pictures of animate and inanimate shadow-less objects. School children and adults alike demonstrated the lack of shadows by standing in open spaces under the Sun in Bengaluru. The city will next witness Zero Shadow Day on 18th August this year.

Two lifeforms have merged into a single organism for the first time in a billion years. In two recent papers, an international team of scientists described the first known nitrogen-fixing organelle within an eukaryotic cell through the process called primary endosymbiosis. "A billion years ago or so, it happened with the chloroplast, and that gave us plants," a scientist said.

NASA shared a picture of the Moon on Instagram and wrote, "After throwing a little shade our way earlier this month, our Moon is back in the spotlight as it heads toward a full phase from April 23-25." "It's also known as the Pink Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, Egg Moon, or Fish Moon," NASA added.

NASA astronaut Sunita Lyn Williams has spent 321 days, 17 hours, and 15 minutes of her life in space and she is all set to embark on her third space mission soon. Williams is undergoing training as one of the first-ever pilots of the Crew Flight Test mission aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. Read on to know her story.

Scientists compile most of the information about Earth and Venus in this new study. Their work describes Venus as an anchor point for scientists to better understand the conditions that preclude life on planets around other stars. They also found that Venus hosts a pressure-cooker-like atmosphere that would instantly flatten a human.