Geospatial tech can fast-track sustainable development beyond COVID-19: UNESCAP

But re-skilling youth and investments to strengthen their technological skills will be essential  

Astronomers detect biggest collision of ‘impossible’ black holes

The mammoth collision of two black holes formed another one 150 times the mass of the sun

Success of Mission Shakti a culmination of efforts made over two decades

India had been working on weapon systems to intercept space objects to be able to secure its own for a long time

Landing on the red planet

The world's powers celebrated Christmas 2003 in style: they sent robotic geologists to the red planet Mars, Earth's uninviting and hostile …

A chunk of space rock may hold clues to origin of Earth

Materials like Ryugu space rock make up 5% of the planet’s mass, likely helped make planet habitable, finds study

Artemis set to take off soon: 5 things you need to know about this NASA mission

The next giant leap for mankind not alone; Joint plans by Russia-China for research station, India's Chandrayaan has lunar …

Where did Chandrayaan-1 leave us?

Before India achieves the feat of soft landing on the Moon, let’s look at what the first mission attained and how the second will be different

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 …

ESA’s JUICE mission will soon start unlocking the secrets of Jupiter’s icy moons

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

A cosmic explosion in 2022 was the brightest ever — and may overturn decades-long theory on gamma ray bursts

New analysis by Pune institute shares more possibilities of reasons behind fast-moving jets that produce X-ray and visible light in the afterglow

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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Galaxy mergers ignite ‘quasars’ — the most powerful celestial objects: Study

Quasars likely to be future of Milky Way galaxy when it collides with Andromeda in about 5 billion years

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