Traffic jam up there
Orbiting space junk poses a serious threat to future space exploration
Riding on microwave
Microwaves can not only pave a path into orbit for spaceships but also make a trip to the moon an affordable reality
Its cold on Mars
Although freezing temperatures have led to a loss of contact with the Mars Pathfinder, data collected by the mission is invaluable in improving …
US-Africa Leadership Summit: Nigeria & Rwanda become first African signatories of Artemis Accords on space collaboration
US-Africa space partnership will help address challenges like climate change, biodiversity & global food crises
New physics needed to explain Universe’s expansion rate: NASA
Scientists are certain about veracity of a long-standing discrepancy in the value of the rate of expansion known as Hubble Constant
Review: ‘The Space Shuttle That Fell to Earth’ inspires critical conversations about safety, accountability in science
BBC documentary offers viewers an inside look into NASA space shuttle crash in 2003, also known as Columbia disaster
Simply Put: Spacing out Budget
Brightest object in night sky not a star: BlueWalker 3 satellite for cellular broadband interferes with astronomical studies
The trend towards the launch of increasingly larger and brighter satellites continues to grow
Spirit and Opportunity: Celebrating 10 years on Mars
Space Race 2.0: Who does it belong to?
Governments have been exploring space for a while, but the influx of private players has altered the rules of the game. What are the laws …
ISRO has realised Sarabhai’s vision of using space technology to help the common man
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 …
‘Humans are closer to setting up base on Moon’
Pushkar Ganesh Vaidya, an astrobiologist, talks about the future of China’s experiment that resulted in a seed sprouting on the lunar surface
Water vapour discovered on potentially ‘habitable’ planet
Using Hubble Space Telescope, scientists also detected the presence of hydrogen and helium in K2-18b's atmosphere
A small moon found floating around Neptune
Scientists confirm small moon Hippocamp may have broken away from a larger one
Jupiter’s moon Europa produces less oxygen than we thought — it may affect our chances of finding life there
Although Europa boasts three basic ingredients for life –we don’t yet know if there has been enough time for life to develop
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
Venus’ volcanoes may be active, show decades-old radar images
NASA Magellan spacecraft captured images of Venus from 1990-1992
Signs of life? Why astronomers are excited about carbon dioxide & methane in atmosphere of alien world
Chemical traces have been found in atmosphere of planet K2-18b, about 124 light-years from Earth
Chandrayaan 2 launch called off due to technical snag
Isro to tell revised launch date later
ISRO launches sixth satellite of IRNSS
Launch brings India closer to putting in place its own Global Positioning System
Voyagers' space odyssey
35 kg too heavy?
Satellites are burning up in upper atmosphere — and we still don’t know what impact this will have on Earth’s climate
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has announced it will dispose of 100 Starlink satellites over the next six months
Earth’s resources not infinite, so space exploration natural