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Massive water tank located 600 meters below ground can help deepen understanding of ghost particles

Neutrinos are hard to detect because of their ability to pass through anything without interaction.
Published: 13 hours ago  |  By Pranjal Nath

NASA’s cereal-box-sized SPARCS sends first images as exoplanet mission begins

The tiny spacecraft will study energetic behavior the galaxy’s most common stars.
Published: 3 days ago  |  By Sandip Kishan

Mars exploration: HRSC principal investigator explains how the camera helps identify safe landing sites

The HRSC recently released images of the Trouvelot Crater which shows signs of ancient water activity.
Published: 3 days ago  |  By Juhi Varma

NASA’s Van Allen Probe A to make fiery re-entry into Earth's atmosphere today

Van Allen Probe A and B ceased operations within 3 months of each other in 2019.
Published: 6 days ago  |  By Pranjal Nath

NASA's DART created history by altering orbit of asteroid Didymos around the Sun

NASA's DART mission altered the orbits of both Didymos and Dimorphos around the Sun, validating kinetic impact as a viable technique against asteroid collision.
Updated: 7 days ago  |  By Juhi Varma

Europe may soon be getting a self-healing spacecraft

ESA-backed project tests carbon-fiber composites that detect damage and fix themselves.
Updated: Mar 6, 2026  |  By Sandip Kishan

ESA orbiters witness powerful solar superstorm hitting Mars

Earth and Mars showed very different responses to the same solar storm.
Published: Mar 6, 2026  |  By Sandip Kishan

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope images 'Exposed Cranium' nebula in never-before-seen details

Webb has captured the star within the nebula in its dying moments, yet its ultimate fate is uncertain.
Published: Feb 27, 2026  |  By Juhi Varma

'Listen' to Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus ahead of the six-planet parade on February 28

In a process known as sonification, binary data of electromagnetic radiation is translated to sound.
Updated: Feb 26, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

Exceptionally detailed map of the sky reveals over 13 million radio sources across the universe

The map will allow researchers to trace jets from supermassive black holes and galaxies undergoing extreme star formation.
Updated: Feb 24, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

NASA's Perseverance Rover can now locate itself precisely on Mars—here's how

The technology, dubbed Mars Global Localization, was first used successfully on February 2.
Published: Feb 20, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

Satellite captures Moon’s shadow traversing Antarctica during February 17 annular solar eclipse

Images obtained from South Korean GEO-KOMPSAT-2A show a warm shadow darkening Antarctica.
Updated: Feb 19, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

NASA's Roman Telescope to map dark matter and dark energy more precisely than ever

Its electronic gaze will sift through endless voids and millions of galaxies to hunt dark matter.
Published: Feb 11, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

James Webb Space Telescope discovers 'Red Potato' galaxy

The galaxy has a low star formation rate despite being located in a huge gas reservoir.
Updated: Feb 5, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

NASA's Juno finds that Jupiter isn't as big as previously thought

Researchers used radio occultations, i.e. tracking signal bending through Jupiter’s atmosphere.
Updated: Feb 5, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

Hubble Space Telescope captures sharpest image of rare 'lens-shaped' galaxy

NGC 7722, captured by Hubble, sits somewhere between an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy.
Updated: Feb 3, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

NASA's Perseverance rover successfully completes first AI-directed drive on Mars

Perseverance conducted two drives, one on December 8 and the other on December 10, 2025.
Updated: Feb 3, 2026  |  By Biplab Das

NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveals new details about the thickness of Europa’s icy shell

Thanks to Juno MWR data and a recent study, scientists have determined the depth of the icy shell encasing Europa.
Published: Jan 28, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath

NASA resumes efforts to reconnect with MAVEN as solar conjunction ends

NASA hasn't received data from MAVEN since December 6, 2025.
Published: Jan 27, 2026  |  By Mahalekshmi P

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope pictures Helix Nebula in extraordinary detail

Many observatories have captured the Helix Nebula, but none in such detail as the Webb.
Published: Jan 22, 2026  |  By Pranjal Nath
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