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 …
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 …
Africa has ambitious goals for 2063: plans for outer space hold the key to success
The outer space programme seeks to enable Africa to obtain maximum benefits from space science, technology and applications
Countries bet big on nuclear energy to explore deep space
From fuel to outer space power plants, the world is developing different usages of nuclear energy to explore space
Economic survey 2022: India saw 47 new space start-ups
At present, India accounts for only about 2% of global space economy
James Webb Space Telescope: How our launch of world’s most complex observatory will rest on a nail-biting knife edge
If all goes well, humanity will have a new eye on the cosmos, with capabilities that far surpass anything that has gone before
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
Pentagon report says UFOs can't be explained, and this admission is a big deal
The report does not, as many were hoping, conclude UFOs are alien spacecraft.
‘Vapour on Venus will tell us if it’s alive’
More than two-and-a-half decades after its last missions to Venus, NASA has planned a trip to Earth’s nearest neighbour
Want to visit Mars? Zebrafish may help
Queen’s University researchers observed zebrafish in a state of induced torpor; they believe such a state could protect humans during …
Europe is recruiting astronauts: Here is what it takes to become one
Recruiting new astronauts is the first step into this new era of human space exploration. Many people may have dreamed of becoming an astronaut …
5 twinkling galaxies help us uncover the mystery of the Milky Way’s missing matter
But about half of matter in our galaxy is too dark to be detected. It takes the form of cold, dark clumps of gas, in which lies Milky Way’s&…
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
SETI: New signal excites alien hunters. Here’s how we could find out if it’s real
A mysterious radio signal seemingly coming from the nearest star to the Sun, Proxima Centauri, has generated a flood of excitement among …
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
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
Fast radio bursts detected in the Milky Way for the first time
The superpower blasts of radio waves, ascribed to sources ranging from alien ships to colliding black holes, are actually generated by dead stars …
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 …
Mars: mounting evidence for subglacial lakes, but could they really host life?
Although the new findings make Mars even more interesting than before, they haven’t advanced its ranking in the list of solar system bodies …
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
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 …
Pentagon UFO videos steal limelight from COVID-19
Older, leaked clips of unidentified flying objects now confirmed by US defence department
On 3 decades of Pale Blue Dot, Nasa cleans up iconic image
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory of Nasa published a new version of image taken by Voyager 1 on its 30th anniversary
Fast radio bursts: The mystery deepens
Research by Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment and Fast Radio Burst Project finds repeated pattern to FRBs
Watch: What 30 years of Hubble has meant for humanity
The telescope has been the eyes of astrinomers above the Earth's atmosphere
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