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

Food race: These space seeds can help grow climate-resilient crops

This is the first feasibility study by global agencies to determine the effect of cosmic radiation, microgravity and extreme

Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope in Pune helps detect atomic hydrogen from far-away galaxy

Finding opens up exciting new possibilities for probing the cosmic evolution of neutral gas with low-frequency radio telescopes

If we can change our mindsets, let’s make a heaven here… Why go elsewhere?

Wing Commander (retired) Rakesh Sharma recently completed 35 years of being the first Indian to have ever set foot in space. He talked to Down To …

Indian astronomers make surprise discovery of 25 'giant radio galaxies'

A radio galaxy is a strong source of electromagnetic radiation or radio waves

Satellite launches

Guess what NASA plans to buy? Gender-inclusive space suits

NASA had to cancel its first all-female space walk earlier March 2, 2019, as they didn't have enough space suits that fit two women

NASA releases most detailed photo of ancient, distant galaxies

James Webb Space Telescope launched in 2021 sent back its first images of our universe 

James Webb Telescope spots oldest ‘dead galaxy’ that stopped forming stars 13 billion years ago: Study

The researchers, however, do not rule out the possibility of the dead galaxy roaring back to life

Voyager 2 has lost track of Earth. Only one antenna in the world can help it ‘phone home’

NASA’s Canberra Deep Space Station 43 is the only antenna in the world that can communicate directly with both Voyagers

Life on Jupiter’s moon Europa? Discovery of table salt on the surface boosts hopes

Scientists believe that hydrothermal circulation within its ocean, possibly driven by hydrothermal vents might naturally enrich the ocean in …

Will ISRO’s scramjet rocket engine help reduce cost of space missions?

There are a number of hindrances in way of achieving cost reduction–the objective of developing a reusable system

The afterglow of an explosive collision between giant planets may have been detected in a far-off star system

If confirmed, the observation will open a window into how planets form

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 …

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx will land on an asteroid to bring home rocks and dust – if it can avoid Mt. Doom

However, nothing ventured, nothing gained

International space experts don’t agree with PM Modi’s explanation on ASAT

Concerns: Space debris, danger to other satellites, trigger to similar moves from other countries

AstroSat discovers new group of stars in globular cluster NGC 2808

The team was able to identify over 2,000 individual stars in images taken through various ultraviolet filters

Smallest-known galaxy containing a ‘supermassive’ black hole found

The black hole, according to the international space agency, is five times the mass of the one at the center of Milky Way galaxy

China takes final step towards space station assembly with launch of Mengtian module

The component was sent aboard the Long March-5B Y4 carrier rocket

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 …

Space Race 2.0: Can astronauts survive the Mars mission?

A six-month stay in space induces physiological changes to the human body and a trip to Mars will be thrice that duration

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

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 

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

Redefining how we look at the early universe | James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Two years ago, NASA launched the most advanced telescope that has been created so far