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 …

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

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  

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  

Spirit and Opportunity: Celebrating 10 years on Mars

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

‘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

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 …

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

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

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

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

ISRO satellite detected 500 black hole formations in 6 years. Mission scientist tells us how they did it

Dipankar Bhattacharya talks about how AstroSat uses gamma ray bursts to detect formations of black holes

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 …