Skygazers, it’s time for a super snow moon tonight

Today’s moon will be the biggest and brightest in 2019 as it will be the closest to Earth’s orbit

NASA calls for more astronauts for its Artemis programme

The Artemis programme is a stepping stone for NASA’s “next giant leap”: To send astronauts to Mars

NASA confirms water on moon’s sunlit surface: What does it mean for lunar science

Water distributed across surface of the moon; can help understand how the solar system evolved

Jupiter-Saturn conjunction: A once-in-a-blue moon event

As the Earth’s Northern Hemisphere observes its longest night of the year, two of the Solar System’s largest planets will put on a …

अंतरिक्ष जाने वाले पहले भारतीय राकेश शर्मा से बातचीत: भाग -2

अंतरिक्ष को भोगने के लिए धरती छोड़ना चाहता है इंसान 

चंद्रयान 2: विक्रम लैंडर का संपर्क टूटा, इसरो करेगा विश्लेषण

इसरो के अध्यक्ष के. सिवन ने बताया कि संपर्क उस समय टूटा, जब विक्रम चंद्रमा के दक्षिणी ध्रुव पर उतरने वाले स्थान से 2.1 ...

As the West toasted men on the moon, Algeria held a party to a post-imperial world

There are no such plans for a 50th anniversary event this year, as Algeria goes through its latest period of political unrest after almost 60 …

The Earth has not one, but three moons

New research confirms a 1961 discovery of two new moons, made up of extremely tiny dust particles and located at the same distance as the Earth&…

How Machilipatnam became site of a pioneering discovery in 19th century

It was in Machilipatnam that the world caught the first glimpse of light from a new material - helium

To achieve sustainable goals, world must learn from MDGs

Effective use of data can help galvanise development efforts, highlights last Millennium Development Goal report

चंद्रमा और बुध ग्रह पर उम्मीद से अधिक हो सकता है बर्फ और पानी

जर्नल नेचर जियोसाइंस में प्रकाशित अध्ययन के अनुसार, चंद्रमा और बुध दोनों ध्रुवों के पास गड्ढों में बर्फ जमा होने की संभावना है।

India’s Chandrayaan-2 will facilitate an American’s return to the moon

Starting July 15, both India and the US will work out hectic lunar activities for the next five years

First life to sprout on the Moon is already dead

A cotton seed that germinated on the Moon could not survive the long lunar night

India to witness ‘Ring of Fire’ eclipse on June 21

The next solar eclipse, which will be a partial solar eclipse, will take place on October 25, 2022

अंतरिक्ष में जाने वाले पहले भारतीय राकेश शर्मा से बातचीत: भाग -1

खत्म हो सकते हैं धरती के संसाधन इसलिए अंतरिक्ष की ओर जा रहे हैं हम 

चंद्रमा की कक्षा में स्थापित हुआ चंद्रयान 2

लगभग एक पखवाड़े तक चंद्रमा की कक्षा में घूमने के बाद 7 सितंबर को चंद्रयान 2 चांद पर लैंड कर जाएगा।  

Chandrayaan-2 in orbit, now focus on Sept 7 moon landing

The satellite will, in the next 23 days, burn its internal thrusters six times raising its height

50th anniversary of Apollo 11: Look at these panoramas from the Moon missions

It’s the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 mission, when humans stepped on the surface of the moon for the first time. The National Aeronautics …

ISRO has realised Sarabhai’s vision of using space technology to help the common man

Wing Commander (retired) Rakesh Sharma recently completed 35 years of being the first Indian to have ever set foot in space. He talked to Down To …

‘Humans are closer to setting up base on Moon’

Pushkar Ganesh Vaidya, an astrobiologist, talks about the future of China’s experiment that resulted in a seed sprouting on the lunar surface

Unlocking our universe, step by step

From time immemorial, scientists have tried to unravel the mystery of the universe-from India's Aryabhata to Albert Einstein

चंद्रयान-2 : प्रज्ञान जुटाएगा चंद्रमा पर जीवन के सबूत

कुछ ही घंटे बचे हैं जब चंद्रमा की एकदम अनजानी सतह पर भारतीय चंद्रयान-2 की सॉफ्ट लैंडिंग हो जाएगी। सॉफ्ट लैंडिंग करने वाला भारत ...

चंद्रयान-2 मिशन: 7 सितंबर को पूरा होगा सपना!

भारतीय अंतरिक्ष संगठन (इसरो) का यह मिशन  अब तक का सबसे कठिन मिशन माना जा रहा है

Renew efforts to rid planet of TB, UN chief urges governments

It is possible to end the epidemic by 2035, said Ban Ki-moon on World Tuberculosis Day

Saturn’s Titan home to sea as salty as Earth’s Dead Sea

The moon continues to prove itself as an endlessly fascinating and mysterious world, say experts