The year 2025 will be remembered for the remarkable scientific achievements made by researchers. The major scientific breakthroughs were seen in the field of medicine, biodiversity, astronomy and technology. The year 2025 will be also remembered for Indian scientists and researchers who made country proud through their discoveries and inventions. I will touch some of the major discoverers and inventions in different field of science and their significance for humanity.

In the area of space science, one of the major breakthrough was the discovery of spiral galaxy known as ‘The Alaknanda Galaxy’ by two Indian astronomers, Rashi Jain and Yogesh Wadadekar by using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. It is interesting to know that the name for this galaxy is given after the Himalayan River, Alaknanda. Some of the other major discoveries in astronomy in the year, 2025 were; discovery of MoM-z14 Galaxy, discovery of 128 moons of Saturn, breakthrough in astrobiology by elucidating the ‘Asteroid Bennu Organic Molecules’, discovery of O2 in the farthest galaxy (known as, JADES-GS-z14-0 at 13.4 billion light-years) etc.

In the area of technology, invention of ‘Microsoft Majorana 1 chip’ is a major breakthrough in the area of Quantum computing for the year 2025. Other inventions of the year 2025 in the area of technology include, the invention of OCC (Optical Computing Chip),........

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