Perseid Meteor Shower: Up to 100 Shooting Stars per Hour Expected
The Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak on the night of August 12 and into the early morning hours of August 13. This year, […]
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The Himalayas hide a 600-million-year-old river, say Indian and Japanese scientists
IISc scientist collaborates with a Japanese university Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in collaboration with Japan’s Niigata University have made a remarkable […]
July 2023 Meteor Showers: Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids Light Up the Night Sky
Meteor Showers grace the sky Celestial enthusiasts and stargazers are in for a treat as two meteor showers, the Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids, are […]
Watch: Japan’s Epsilon rocket engine explodes during test
The Epsilon S rocket engine exploded at a test site in Akita Prefecture on Friday, another setback for Japan’s space agency for developing advanced rockets. […]
Chandrayaan-3 launch on Friday: All eyes on LVM-3 as ISRO clears mission for liftoff
The ship bound for the Indian port is expected to arrive at 14:35 on 14 February. Chandrayaan-3 is a follow-up mission to the Chandrayaan-2 mission, […]
Chandrayaan-3: Everything You Need to Know
Chandrayaan-3 is the third lunar mission of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The mission is scheduled to launch on July 13, 2023, from the […]
NASA’s Humanoid Robot Valkyrie Prepares for a Challenging Mission in Australia
NASA’s humanoid robot, Valkyrie, is heading to Australia for a series of tests and experiments. The robot, which stands at 1.8 meters tall and weighs […]
Mars Helicopter ‘Resurrects’ After Mysterious Silence of 63 days
NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter “phoned home” after 63 days of dead silence on July 3, 2023. The helicopter had lost contact with mission controllers on […]
Watch NASA’s Spectacular Video of Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Flows on Earth
NASA Reveals the Movement and Distribution of Carbon Dioxide on Earth with a Spectacular Video Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the main greenhouse gases […]
Life on Enceladus? Scientists Find Rare Ingredient for Life in Saturn’s Moon’s Ocean
Scientists have found evidence of phosphorus, a key ingredient for life, in the water spewing out of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. The discovery, published in the […]
Enceladus: A Water World with a Huge Plume
Enceladus is one of the most fascinating moons of Saturn. It is a small, icy world that harbors a global ocean of liquid water beneath […]
The Strawberry Moon: What It Is and How to watch It on June 3
The Strawberry Moon is a special name for the full moon that occurs in June every year. It is also known as the Rose Moon, […]
How Elon Musk plans to implant computer chips in human brains with Neuralink
Elon Musk’s Neuralink has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin human trials of its brain implant technology. The company […]
Watch: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Arabsat Badr-8 Satellite to Geosynchronous Orbit
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Arabsat BADR-8 satellite on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The […]
Yellowstone Volcano’s Last Super-eruption Not One Big Bang, But a Series of Explosions
New research suggests that the last super-eruption at Yellowstone volcano was not one huge explosion but a series of smaller eruptions or multiple vents spewing […]
NASA’s Latest Lunar Lander To Be Built By Bezos’ Blue Origin
NASA’s director announced on Friday, May 20, closing a high-stakes competition, that a team led by Jeff Bezos’ space firm Blue Origin had won the sought-after […]
Mysterious Cosmic Explosion 8 Billion Lightyears Away Baffles Scientists
Astronomers have spotted the largest cosmic explosion ever witnessed. The explosion, called AT2021lwx, is more than 10 times brighter than any known exploding star, or […]
NASA Warns of Solar Storm Threat from Massive Sunspot
A massive sunspot has been spotted on the far side of the Sun. It is so large that it is changing the way the Sun […]
Saturn Reclaims Title of ‘Moon King’ with Discovery of 62 New Moons
A team of astronomers has discovered 62 new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the planet’s total number of moons to 145. The discovery, made using the […]
Mysterious Cosmic Explosion Puzzles Astronomers
Astronomers are baffled by the largest cosmic explosion ever seen. The explosion, dubbed AT2021lwx, is more than 10 times brighter than any known supernova and […]