Whose find is it anyway?

Indian lunar mission to US aid

US to piggyback on Indian lunar mission

Apollo's Nazi connections

Fear of asteroids is expensive

Unmanned space missions can be as helpful in garnering knowledge of outer space

The amateur asteroid hunters giving NASA a run for its money

Even with millions in funding and super high-tech equipment, the world’s space agencies need a helping hand from people at home

Nanosatellite launch is a big step forward for African space science

The MDASat nanosatellite constellation is designed to collect data that will enhance the security and protection of South African marine resources

‘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

In a galaxy far, far away... the story of black holes in pics

Here is a primer on black holes, about which Albert Einstein had predicted and which we can now observe in real terms

Indian patents make no dent in space

ISRO lags behind other space agencies in the patents it holds, a sign that it needs to ramp up technological prowess

Water, water, everywhere—where to drink in the solar system

Ice is everywhere in the solar system and there may even be liquid water beneath the surface of a number of planets. But could we ever get to it?

Sign language from outer space

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Spy which loves nature

To record environmental trends US spy satellites will now be used for monitoring natural phenomena

Life someplace else?

Evidence of water vapour in the solar system and the possibility of existence of another solar system elsewhere in the Universe has raised …

Reboot: moon

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the moon was a focus of much interest in the US and the erstwhile USSR. But that politico-scientific Cold War …

6 days to landing: Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander decouples successfully from main module

The spacecraft was launched on July 14 and is expected to touch down on August 23

Painting it red! Striking ‘Blood Moon’ to eclipse skies Nov 8

Next total lunar eclipse to happen in 2025 

NASA tweets audio of what a black hole sounds like — and it is super eerie

Space agency debunks popular misconception of no sound in space 

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

Researchers study microbial interactions in International Space Station

IIT Madras, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab conduct study to help devise strategies for disinfection of space stations

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 …

NASA confirms water on moon’s sunlit surface: What does it mean for lunar science

Water distributed across surface of the moon; can help understand how the solar system evolved

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 …

Are we about to see a rare green comet light up the sky? An expert on what to expect from Nishimura

Nishimura would swing closer to the Sun than the orbit of Mercury this month

Simply Put: Pollution’s solution

Simply Put: Turn the telescope inwards