Satellite control

Has forest cover really increased?

The provisional figures for India's forest cover are now ready, and Down To Earth has managed to acquire a copy. The figures, when compared to …

Why can't Indians access maps for 43 per cent of their country?

How is it that you can buy a map of India in Paris with details as fine as the location of all tyre puncture shops in Delhi (updated every six …

Do space laws need to be modified?

Laws on outer space should ensure that

India's Chandrayaan programme is "ambitious"

A moon rush is hotting up, with India, China and Japan devising substantial space exploration programmes to compete with the big players -- the …

How the ExoMars mission could sniff out life on Mars – and what to do next

If we do find life on Mars, it will be difficult to prove that we didn't bring it there from Earth. An insider talks us through what's at stake

NASA spacecraft detects ‘monster cloud’ near south pole of Saturn’s largest moon

Discovery adds evidence to fact that winter ‘comes in like a lion’ on this moon

Little to show for crores of rupees spent

Inefficient use funds, not lack of resources, is responsible for the failure of scientific departments to meet their targets, says a recent CAG …

Universally changing

A recent research throws light on the possibility that the laws of physics were different in the past

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India can play leading role in global future space explorations: Rakesh Sharma

He emphasised on the importance of Indian space programme and the role it has played in the last few decades in different sectors

Has ISRO found its humanoid for space travel?

If India's space agency has a bot ready, why are its scientists scouting for another

ISRO's PSLV-C42 launches 2 foreign satellites

Both satellites belong to Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, UK, which has a contract with ISRO

Earth 2.0: NASA finds planet's 'cousin' that could be supporting life

It would, however, take decades to reach the planet to know more about it

Common man's access to space

Small satellites are providing cost-effective and reliable means of space exploration

Satellite mapping of flora hotspots

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Water mark

Can Cassini do it?

The technical wizardry that has gone into programming the probe will be put to the test in the most crucial post-launch event -- placing Cassini …

Miles to go

Despite achievements, India's space programme is still struggling with projects targeting rural India, finds out T V JAYAN

Space Race 2.0: ISRO now stands at the cusp of next change

The next step involves sending humans to space and responding to the changing dynamics of global space business

Space Race 2.0: Why go beyond the Earth?

The urge to look towards the sky stems from an intrinsic human curiosity emanating out of not just scientific but also existential queries

The stakes just got higher

Website review: Stargazers' delight

http://www.science.nasa.gov - This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)-maintained website should be of immense interest to space-…

2020 Nobel Prize in physics for work on black holes: An astrophysicist explains trailblazing discoveries

At the singularity, our conceptions of space, time and matter fall apart; resolving this issue is perhaps the biggest open problem in theoretical …