Harsh Vardhan
Harsh Vardhan brings over five years of experience in space reporting - a niche he discovered after staring at the night sky years prior. His interests lie in watching thrilling rocket launches, learning about mind-bending outer space discoveries and telling his readers about them. Since his journalism career began in 2021, Harsh has worked at Republic Media Network, Mashable India and Deccan Herald as a science writer - while learning about the nuances of video production on the side. When Harsh is AFK, you can find him on a bike, behind a camera or in bed binging on movies.
Latest From Harsh Vardhan
Data from NASA's MAVEN orbiter shows Mars gets Earth-like auroras—here's how
Scientists have long observed localized auroras on the Red Planet, but it wasn’t until now that they fully understood how they’re formed.
NASA’s Juno spills surprising subsurface secrets of our solar system's most volcanic world, Io
Juno has revealed that there is significant heating underway beneath Io’s surface which is smoother than previously thought.
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.
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.
Private Chinese rocket Gravity-1 accomplishes third launch from sea, deploys nine satellites in orbit
China's Orienspace has completed its third sea-based launch of the Gravity-1 rocket, said to be the world’s most powerful solid-fueled vehicle.
Size matters: A planet needs to be at least as big as Mars for alien life to survive on it
The size of a planet is a major factor that determines if life can gain a foothold on it, even if it's in the habitable zone of its star.
Milky Way may have tilted sideways after collision with a dwarf galaxy 10 billion years ago
A new study suggests that a violent collision between the Milky Way and another galaxy called the Gaia Sausage may have reoriented our galaxy into the position it is in today.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches Northrop Grumman's two-armed robot on mission to extend satellite lifespans
The mission involves the first privately owned robotic spacecraft for active satellite maintenance.
Perseid meteor shower and total solar eclipse to coincide on August 12—here’s what you need to know
Stargazers in the northern hemisphere are in for a celestial treat this August.
MS-28 astronauts prepare for departure from ISS this weekend after 8-month-long stay
NASA astronaut Chris Williams is scheduled to return this weekend with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, concluding the MS-28 mission, which began last November.
SpaceX aborts a Falcon 9-Starlink launch at the last moment due to a mystery glitch
"Standing down from today’s Starlink launch; vehicle and payload remain safe," SpaceX said in an update after the scrub.
Elon Musk's SpaceX targets July 23 to launch Starship on Flight 13 after recent scrub
The first attempt at launching Flight 13 was canceled following a technical issue with some of Starship's engines.
China plans to surpass NASA’s DART mission by smacking an asteroid at 26 times the speed of sound
China is planning an asteroid redirection test similar to NASA's DART. It could launch before 2030.
A near-Earth asteroid has revealed itself as a comet 27 years after its discovery in a NASA study
Scientists began suspecting the object when they saw unanticipated changes in its orbit.
The next era of lunar exploration: Upcoming Moon missions to watch in 2026 and beyond
Now that the Moon is in focus again, a slew of global missions are in the pipeline to harness the untapped lunar resources in order to ensure sustained human presence.
International Moon Day: A look back at humanity's most significant lunar missions
On July 20, 1969—now celebrated as Moon Day—humans opened a new chapter in space exploration.
Total solar eclipse on August 12: Path of totality, timings and best viewing locations
Next month, Greenland, Iceland, Russia, Spain, and Portugal will witness a rare total solar eclipse.
Apollo 11 launch anniversary: Celebrating NASA’s historic mission that sent humanity to the Moon
July 16 this year marks the 57th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 mission, which saw two men walk on the Moon.
ESA and JAXA's BepiColombo to arrive at Mercury later this year after 8-year journey—what to know
Some key stages remain before BepiColombo's instruments sit in Mercury's orbit.
Mission Aagaman: Inside India's Skyroot Aerospace's attempt to make history with its Vikram-1 rocket
Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-1 rocket is scheduled to launch no later than August 4.