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India Built a Railway Bridge Taller Than the Eiffel Tower. It's Not Even the Boldest Thing It Finished This Decade.
A train now crosses a Himalayan gorge 359 metres up — higher than any railway bridge on Earth. And it's just one of a half-dozen record-breaking spans and tunnels India quietly finished this decade.
Jul 9, 2026
India Builds the Fighter Jet. It Still Has to Import the Engine.
Two decades ago India bought almost all its weapons abroad. Now it exports missiles to the Philippines and builds its own aircraft carrier. So why is a finished Indian fighter jet sitting on the runway waiting for an engine from Ohio?
Jul 7, 2026
India Reached Mars for Less Than a Hollywood Movie
India got to Mars on its first attempt for about $74 million — less than the Hollywood film Gravity cost to make. The story of how ISRO does world-class space science on a shoestring.
Jul 5, 2026
We Can Now Hear Black Holes Collide — and We've Caught Hundreds
When two black holes collide, they shake spacetime itself. A decade ago we felt that shudder for the first time. Now catching them has become almost routine.
Jul 4, 2026
India Let Private Companies Into Space. Look What They Built.
For fifty years, 'space' in India meant ISRO and nothing else. Then the government opened the door to private companies — and startups started 3D-printing rocket engines and flying hyperspectral satellites.
Jul 3, 2026
Humans Just Flew to the Moon for the First Time in Over 50 Years
In April 2026, four astronauts left Earth orbit, looped around the far side of the Moon, and came home — the first crewed trip beyond low Earth orbit since 1972.
Jun 30, 2026