Trouble for SOHO

Umbrella for the Earth

In Court

Spending time in space can harm the human body — but scientists are working to mitigate these risks

Space radiation can harm the nervous and cardiovascular systems including heart and arteries

The most powerful space telescope ever built will look back in time to the Dark Ages of the universe

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch into orbit and usher in the next era of astronomy December 18, 2021

China became the first country to sprout a seed on the moon

This is the farthest point from the Earth where humans have grown plants. A lone cottonseed sprouted in a canister aboard the Chang’e-4, …

Sugar molecule found in DNA could be floating in deep space

NASA-led study sheds light on the possibility of these molecules being scattered across the universe, potentially aiding life forms on other planets

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&…

NASA's Juno arrives at Jupiter to lift cloudy veil

The Juno mission could help reveal how Jupiter formed, whether it has a rocky core and whether it influenced life on earth

How much radiation damage do astronauts really suffer in space?

Astronauts get the equivalent of a lethal x-ray dose during a six-month stay at the ISS. We don't have to worry too much though.

Countdown to self-reliance

Indian space scientists have been forced on the indigenisation track to launch communications satellites

The model man

Whether it is his well-known monsoon model or his new population model, Vasant Gowarikar enjoys defying the classical definitions of a specialist.…

The halo is hotter than the star

An astrophysicist tries to explain why, in violation of the laws of thermodynamics, the corona is hotter than the Sun.

Wormholes may be lurking in the universe — and new studies are proposing ways of finding them

Nature may have found a way to create wormholes to keep the universe from expanding

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

Space ballet

Listen and learn

Greenland ice melts

A bridge too far-fetched

Wholesome find

Ozone hole over Antarctica is smaller in size this year due to atmospheric conditions

Is there anybody out there?

An amino acid's discovery in deep space raises hope of finding life forms there

Techno rainbird

NASA develops computer model to track origins of rain

More space for soyabeans

A recent find raises hope for further space invasion

Cutting-edge tech at low cost behind India’s first private rocket

Down To Earth catches up with Pawan Kr Chandana, co-founder of Skyroot Aerospace, whose Vikram-S became the first privately made rocket to …

Japan’s space probe first to capture material beneath asteroid surface

Hayabusa2 made its first touchdown on Ryugu — a kilometre-wide asteriod, with a relatively dark surface and almost zero gravity — in …