Topic
Space
SpaceNew findings trigger hope for signs of life on asteroid Bennu
As a NASA spacecraft gets ready for the historic moment to grab a sample from asteroid Bennu's surface on 20 October, scientists on the mission are hopeful that hydrated minerals and organic material ...
How NASA is preparing astronauts for next moonwalks
As NASA plans to return humans to the Moon in 2024 as part of the Artemis programme, the agency has already started preparing astronauts for the challenges that they will face on the lunar surface.
SUV-sized asteroid flies past Earth in closest known flyby
A car-sized asteroid flew past our home planet over the weekend, in the closest flyby of such space rocks on record and scientists hardly had any information about it until it departed.
School girls in India discover Earth-bound asteroid
The two girls, who hail from the western Indian city of Surat, discovered the object as part of an asteroid search campaign conducted by SPACE India along with the International Astronomical Search ...
US, Russia to hold first space security talks since 2013
The United States and Russia next week will conduct their first formal, bilateral talks on space security since 2013, following a US allegation that Russia tested a space-based anti-satellite weapon ...
First manned round-trip to Mars could take about 2 years: NASA
Stressing that human exploration of Mars is on the horizon, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine has said that the agency is planning its first round-trip voyage to Mars to take about two years during ...
SpaceX to test ‘sunshade’ on Starlink satellites to cut brightness
SpaceX is all set to test the “sunshade” it has developed to reduce the brightness of its Starlink broadband satellites which have apparently disturbed the views of the astronomers scanning the ...
Closest black hole to Earth discovered
The black hole, at least 4.2 times the mass of the sun, is gravitationally bound to two stars in a so-called triple system roughly 1,000 light years from Earth, researchers said on Wednesday.
China launches spacecraft via largest carrier rocket
China on Tuesday successfully launched its largest carrier rocket, which was carrying a new-generation spacecraft, state broadcaster CCTV said.
SpaceX to bring astronauts to short-handed Space Station for longer stay
The launch is scheduled for 27 May from Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will arrive at the ISS the following day. The mission, SpaceX's first carrying humans, marks the company's climactic test ...
Load More
