Space Race 2.0: Is this democratisation of space or a high-tech coup?

A handful of billionaires are working hard to make space colonisation a reality. In the process they are reviving a sector that had stagnated for …

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Photos: James Webb reveals intricate networks of gas, dust in nearby galaxies

Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope are getting their first look at star formation, gas and dust in nearby galaxies with …

Understanding the cosmos: Bizarre flash of light traced back to kilonova a billion light years away

Odd behaviour by gamma ray burst breaks long-held traditional paradigm

Blasting out Earth’s location with the hope of reaching aliens is a controversial idea – two teams of scientists are doing it anyway

Two international teams of astronomers are planning new attempts at alien communication; one is using a giant new radio telescope, and the …

A mysterious ring on a dwarf planet is puzzling astronomers

Quaoar, which revolves the Sun beyond Neptune, has a ring that is too far out according to current theories

Artemis: Why it may be the last mission for NASA astronauts

Within the next few decades, robotic exploration of Mars could be almost entirely autonomous

Six space missions to look forward to in 2021

From Artemis 1 to Chandrayaan 3, here are some missions to keep an eye out for 

Green eye in the sky

A voyage into space for a three-dimensional monitoring of the polluted environment

Venus’ volcanoes may be active, show decades-old radar images

NASA Magellan spacecraft captured images of Venus from 1990-1992

Take heed!

Worldwide increase in temperatures is becoming a major cause for concern

Space camera can help detect skin cancer, says European Space Agency

The camera’s sensor can spot changes that cannot be seen by the human eye, opening up the possibility of multiple applications for the camera

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Death by star: Scientists spot alien planet spiralling to ruin

Kepler-1658b’s orbit is getting closer to its ageing star; likely to crash in 2.5 million years

Bad news from above

A new space-borne instrument helps NASA scientists come to a 'comprehensive' conclusion that the earth is being exposed to increasing amounts of …

Devils in the sky

It is possible to identify non-productive clouds through satellite-transmitted pictures, say Israeli scientists

Taming wild fires

Computer simulations can help prevent devastating wildfires

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There’s a splitting dent in Earth's magnetic field; here’s why NASA will track it

The weakening field poses concern for low-Earth orbit satellites: Highly charged particles may cause a glitch in the satellite or permanently …

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Test drive to Mars

India’s first inter-planetary flight is now well on its way. Once the satellite orbits the Red Planet, the country will become the fourth …

NASA’s Artemis I mission flies past the moon

Spacecraft Orion to enter orbit around the Moon November 25

‘Blue marble’: How half a century of climate change has altered the face of the Earth

 A photo taken by NASA in December 1972 has become an icon of the global environmental movement

Mars may have been less oxygen-rich than previously assumed

But there’s still a possibility of life on the Red Planet, finds study