Mercury transit helps scientists study the planet

Scientists attempted to understand the processes of sodium atoms being released into Mercury’s atmosphere

Stubble burning down in Punjab, Haryana, UP since 2016: NASA maps

Data from the agency shows that all three states have made progress in reducing stubble burning between 2016 and 2019

World eagerly awaits New Horizons’ flyby past Pluto

Scientists are eager to collect data on the dwarf planet’s chemical and atmospheric makeup using the Ralph spectrometer 

Review: ‘The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth’ inspires critical conversations about safety, accountability in science

BBC documentary offers viewers an inside look into NASA space shuttle crash in 2003, also known as Columbia disaster  

NASA plans to launch two new missions to Venus by 2030

The Venus missions will provide valuable insights to our fight against climate change

NASA finds evidence of water on Mars

If water exists now, life too could be found on the planet

NASA images capture wet and dry cycles in Namibia’s Etosha Pan

The salt pan in Namibia receives most of the rainfall — as much as 46 cm — every year between October and March

‘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

US scraps CO2 monitoring programme that doesn’t cost more than a battle tank

NASA's Carbon Monitoring System provides data on greenhouse gas emissions and carbon stocks to help countries evaluate their progress towards …

Planet greening negated global warming, show NASA maps

Since 2000, at least 30% of areas with more leaf coverage were cooled by it, the research noted

Water vapour discovered on potentially ‘habitable’ planet

Using Hubble Space Telescope, scientists also detected the presence of hydrogen and helium in K2-18b's atmosphere

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 …

2016 experiences record-breaking heat for nine consecutive months

12 consecutive months from October 2015 to September 2016 have set new monthly high-temperature records

NASA’s Artemis 1 successfully takes off, heralding new era in human lunar exploration

Artemis 1 has a mission duration of 25 days, 11 hours and 36 minutes

NASA reschedules long-delayed Moon rocket launch as tropical storm barrels in

Mission will get the US closer to taking astronauts to the Moon after 5 decades

NASA rover ‘Perseverance’ captures eclipse involving Mars’ satellite ‘Phobos’

These observations can help scientists better understand Phobos’ orbit and how its gravity pulls on the Martian surface, ultimately shaping …

How dust storms are adding to pollution woes of north India

Such storms lead to increase in surface ozone, particulate matter as well as harmful greenhouse gases

Scientists recreate building blocks of life

NASA researchers recreate amino acids in lab as it may have formed billions of years ago

One in three large American rivers has changed colour in the last 34 years: Study

Most rivers in the United States appear green or yellow possibly due to human activities

Voyager 2 has lost track of Earth. Only one antenna in the world can help it ‘phone home’

NASA’s Canberra Deep Space Station 43 is the only antenna in the world that can communicate directly with both Voyagers

‘It will open up a new area of Mars exploration’

As NASA's Ingenuity touched down on Mars, Down To Earth spoke to Ingenuity’s chief engineer J (Bob) Balaram on the significance of the …

Life on Jupiter’s moon Europa? Discovery of table salt on the surface boosts hopes

Scientists believe that hydrothermal circulation within its ocean, possibly driven by hydrothermal vents might naturally enrich the ocean in …

Will ISRO’s scramjet rocket engine help reduce cost of space missions?

There are a number of hindrances in way of achieving cost reduction–the objective of developing a reusable system

Devastating Sudan flood: These NASA images show how bad the Nile overflow is

The Nile has breached its banks to the highest levels for the first time in a century

Space Race 2.0: Calendar of space launches in next 15 years

Here's a look at what governments and private firms plan to do in space