NASA's Skyfall helicopters to travel to Mars aboard '1st nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft'
NASA announced on March 24 that the Skyfall mission will launch before the end of 2028.
Published: Mar 25, 2026 | By Saubhagya Mukherjee
Inexpensive fiber-optic cables could help future Moon missions by detecting moonquakes
Such cables, when laid directly on the lunar surface, can reveal other hazards, such as the blowing of particles during rocket landing on the Moon.
Updated: Mar 25, 2026 | By Biplab Das
First commercial asteroid mining could happen 'within years, not decades.' But is space law ready?
In an exclusive interview with Starlust.org, researcher outlines environmental risks and lack of legal framework.
Published: Mar 25, 2026 | By Sandip Kishan
A nearby brown dwarf pair could give birth to a new star: Here's how
The brown dwarf pair is located 1,000 light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
Published: Mar 24, 2026 | By Juhi Varma
NASA's Juno data reveals Jupiter's lightning is more Earth-like than we thought—with a ‘stealth’ twist
NASA's Juno mission reveals new details about the similarities and differences between storms on Jupiter and Earth.
Published: Mar 24, 2026 | By Biplab Das
NASA's Hubble revisits Crab Nebula to capture its expansion 25 years after first observation
The new image captured by Hubble observes the nebula’s intricate filamentary structure.
Published: Mar 24, 2026 | By Sandip Kishan
Moon may not have as much water ice as previously thought, posing challenge for future crewed missions
ShadowCam data shows no strong signal of ice-rich surface deposits in lunar PSRs.
Published: Mar 23, 2026 | By Sandip Kishan
NASA's Juno mission shows Jupiter may be smaller and flatter than previously thought
The gas giant is narrower at the equator, but flatter at the poles.
Updated: Mar 25, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Oxygen on exoplanets is not necessarily a sign of life: A new study delves deeper into the problem
Oxygen on exoplanets can be the result of simple chemical processes rather than biological ones.
Published: Mar 20, 2026 | By Biplab Das
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover finds buried river delta in Jezero, improves chances of finding life
The river delta could be between 3.7 billion and 4.2 billion years old.
Published: Mar 20, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Hubble Telescope accidentally captures comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS) breaking up after perihelion
The researchers had initially selected a different target for Hubble.
Published: Mar 19, 2026 | By Sandip Kishan
The Sun's magnetic 'engine' is located 200,000 kilometers below its surface, new study claims
Helioseismic data traces the solar dynamo to the tachocline about 200,000 km down.
Published: Mar 18, 2026 | By Sandip Kishan
One of Milky Way's neighbors is still reeling from a collision that sent its stars into chaos
Astronomers trace the Small Magellanic Cloud’s unusual stellar motions to a past cosmic encounter.
Published: Mar 18, 2026 | By Sandip Kishan
3I/ATLAS isn't just older than our solar system—it may be almost as old as the universe itself
Earlier estimates of its age were around 7 billion years, but a new study suggests it’s much older.
Published: Mar 17, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
Scientists detect dry ice in a planetary nebula for the first time using James Webb Telescope
What makes this discovery even more interesting is that ices are not known to survive in planetary nebulae.
Published: Mar 16, 2026 | By Juhi Varma
Two exoplanets collided—and the impact was similar to the one that created Earth and the Moon
It all started when a doctoral candidate at the University of Washington found a Sun-like star behaving strangely.
Published: Mar 16, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Why is April's Full Moon called the Pink Moon? History and meaning explained
The seasonal lunar name traces back to spring phlox blooms in North America, not the actual color.
Published: Mar 13, 2026 | By Sandip Kishan
High-speed solar wind from coronal hole expected to result in auroras on March 14-15
The coronal hole is a recurrent feature, having appeared in the last rotation as well.
Updated: Mar 13, 2026 | By Juhi Varma
Cosmologist explains how the oldest Milky Way stars gave away the age of the universe
Elena Tomasetti of the University of Bologna discusses her team's calculation of the estimated age of the universe in an exclusive interview with Starlust.
Published: Mar 13, 2026 | By Juhi Varma
Scientists find evidence our Sun may have migrated from the galaxy center with stellar 'twins'
Far from the harsh galaxy center, they reached a location that is hospitable for life.
Published: Mar 13, 2026 | By Biplab Das