NASA’s Mars-bound ESCAPADE mission snaps family portrait of Earth and the Moon
The photo, taken 363,250 miles from Earth, provided an important check for ESCAPADE's cameras.
Published: 23 hours ago | By Harsh Vardhan
New technique to allow LIGO to look farther into the universe for neutron star mergers
The new technique involving thermal imaging will improve LIGO's sensitivity by helping it overcome a major challenge.
Published: 6 days ago | By Biplab Das
ESA’s Plato, set to hunt Earth-like exoplanets, is now ready for launch after acing final tests
Short for PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations, Plato will launch in March 2027 aboard an Ariane 6 rocket.
Published: 6 days ago | By Harsh Vardhan
NASA-ISRO’s NISAR satellites captures stunning ‘hummingbird’ feature in Antarctica
NISAR saw beneath the surface and revealed the movement of a glacier beneath a mountain.
Published: 6 days ago | By Harsh Vardhan
Crater Island in Utah becomes testing ground for DAVINCI, NASA's future mission to Venus
The mission is expected to capture Venus in unprecedented detail.
Published: Jul 15, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope may finally reveal how the universe's first black holes formed
Could this telescope help solve the mystery of black holes' origins? Here's what scientists say.
Published: Jul 15, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Meet NASA's NEO Surveyor: A 'one-of-a-kind mission' designed to find the most dangerous asteroids
“By identifying objects that ground telescopes can miss, this mission will provide the critical data we need to safeguard our planet for years to come.”
Published: Jul 13, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Nuclear weapons in space? MIT scientist proposes way to detect hidden nukes on satellites
The proposal involves an inspector satellite with a neutron detector that could identify nukes.
Updated: Jul 10, 2026 | By Biplab Das
SpaceX's Falcon 9 launches world's first commercially built nuclear-powered satellite
The satellite, called BOHR, was built by the Florida-based company City Labs.
Published: Jul 8, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
NASA-backed coating for space shield roughly 250x thinner than a human hair could help detect alien life
The coating could be applied on future spacecraft designed to block light from distant stars hosting exoplanets.
Published: Jul 7, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Scientists propose novel particle detector that could help hunt down elusive dark matter
The proposed semiconductor-based design uses magnetic fields to catch dark matter particles.
Published: Jul 3, 2026 | By Biplab Das
NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory: 5 key features of the upcoming mission to search for alien life
The mission is still in the early stages of its conception, with contracts given recently to firms.
Published: Jul 1, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
Large Hadron Collider, detector of 'God particle,' will be out of action for 4 years, starting today
The world's most powerful particle accelerator will undergo some major upgrades during the 4-year hiatus.
Published: Jun 29, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Caltech's new powerful radio telescope could find 20 million hidden cosmic objects on its first day
By the time its initial survey comes to an end, the telescope will have discovered about 1 billion new radio sources.
Published: Jun 23, 2026 | By Biplab Das
NASA's DAPHNE mission takes key step toward predicting space weather for future Moon and Mars crews
The mission, if confirmed, will include two identical spacecraft, which will scan the thermosphere for neutral winds, temperature, and composition.
Published: Jun 23, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
NASA tests new rover technology that would put Perseverance and Curiosity to shame
The rover can travel much faster and can overcome obstacles that could stop current Mars rovers.
Published: Jun 19, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
ESA rover Rosalind Franklin, designed to look for molecules of life on Mars, passes a stress test
For the test, the rover hunted for organic molecules in rock samples from the Murchison meteorite.
Published: Jun 19, 2026 | By Biplab Das
NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory may find signs of alien life with this proposed upgrade
JWST lacks the precision to detect life on exoplanets, and this new telescope aims to change that.
Published: Jun 19, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
NOAA’s SOLAR-1 is now operational—and it's changing how the U.S. watches space weather
The SOLAR-1 probe is a significant upgrade over existing research observatories and instruments that watch the Sun.
Published: Jun 11, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
A fleet of six spacecraft could be Earth's first active defense against solar storms
"It's like people in a village who see a river flooding—maybe they can predict when that will happen, but probably what's even better is if they could build a storm wall."
Published: Jun 11, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti