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ESA confirms solar eclipse-generating Proba-3 satellite is 'alive' after a month of silence

The Coronagraph spacecraft appears stable with recovery and damage checks underway.
Published: 2 days ago  |  By Sandip Kishan

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope passes major pre-flight tests, may launch as early as this fall

The tests, conducted from January to March, confirmed that the telescope will withstand launch conditions and function as intended in space.
Published: 2 days ago  |  By Juhi Varma

SpaceX and Reflect Orbital's plans could 'scar' the night sky, warns the astronomical community

SpaceX plans on launching a million orbital data centers, while Reflect Orbital wants to deploy space mirrors to reflect sunlight onto Earth.
Published: 3 days ago  |  By Juhi Varma

NASA's Parker Solar Probe gathers data from Sun's corona again, equals distance and speed records

The probe completed its 27th closest approach to the Sun this March.
Updated: 5 days ago  |  By Pranjal Nath

World’s first commercial space science telescope Mauve returns first observation

UK-based Blue Skies Space's first satellite begins calibration with a bright star 104 light-years away.
Published: 5 days ago  |  By Sandip Kishan

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: 6 days 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: Mar 13, 2026  |  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: Mar 13, 2026  |  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: Mar 10, 2026  |  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: Mar 9, 2026  |  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
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