Economy launch for satellites

A cost-effective motor to launch satellites is being developed in the US

NASA to shut down SOFIA telescope that found water on Moon

SOFIA also discovered the first molecule formed in the Universe 

Continued cooperation

Rocket row will delay space plan

Trouble for SOHO

Umbrella for the Earth

In Court

Danger mark

Scientists monitor riverbank erosion to predict floods

Could invisible aliens really exist among us? An astrobiologist explains

A popular suggestion for an alternative biochemistry is one based on silicon rather than carbon

The most powerful space telescope ever built will look back in time to the Dark Ages of the universe

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch into orbit and usher in the next era of astronomy December 18, 2021

NASA‘s capsule returns with asteroid Bennu samples

It is likely to provide fresh insights into the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago and possibly how life started

Explorers of the moon

Five orbiters and one rover are currently active on the moon. Overall, countries have made 47 attempts at soft landing on the moon of which only …

Will El Nino make 2024 the hottest year on record?

Under climate change, the impacts of El Nino events are going to get stronger, according to the head of the UK Met Office

How did James Webb telescope detect CO2 in a giant Jupiter-like planet? Experts tell us

Detecting CO2 allows experts to understand the history and evolution of planets  

How did our Moon get its water? A new study suggests Earth’s magnetic field could be involved

A shower of water ions coming back on Earth through its magnetosphere may combine to form lunar permafrost

Milky Way’s supermassive black hole exploded 3.5 million years ago: Study

The blast took place 63 million years after an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs; and when our earliest ancestors — the Australopithecines &…

As the West toasted men on the moon, Algeria held a party to a post-imperial world

There are no such plans for a 50th anniversary event this year, as Algeria goes through its latest period of political unrest after almost 60 …

World Earth Day: Why the planet is worth saving

On World Earth Day, six stunning photos from NASA show the beauty of our unique planet and warns us of the threat from imminent climate change

Sugar molecule found in DNA could be floating in deep space

NASA-led study sheds light on the possibility of these molecules being scattered across the universe, potentially aiding life forms on other planets

The Earth has not one, but three moons

New research confirms a 1961 discovery of two new moons, made up of extremely tiny dust particles and located at the same distance as the Earth&…

India’s R&D expenditure has tripled in a decade

However, the composition of R&D expenditure in India contrasted sharply when compared with select developed and emerging economies

Flip side of skyglow

City lights are creating fogs of light pollution as the entire population lives under a sky so bright that the eye cannot fully dark-adapt …

Phytoplankton blooms in the Atlantic may originate in autumn rather than spring: NASA

The finding is startling as autumn and winters are a harsh time when growth conditions for phytoplankton are at their worst

Countdown to self-reliance

Indian space scientists have been forced on the indigenisation track to launch communications satellites

The model man

Whether it is his well-known monsoon model or his new population model, Vasant Gowarikar enjoys defying the classical definitions of a specialist.…