When the rover Perseverance landed on Mars, it was equipped with the first working microphone on the planet's surface. Scientists have used it to make the first-ever audio recording of an extraterrestrial whirlwind.
NASA's Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday after a record-breaking mission, traveling more than 1.4 million miles on a path around the Moon and returning safely to Earth, completing the Artemis I flight test.
On Dec. 11, 2021, NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected a blast of high-energy light from the outskirts of a galaxy around 1 billion light-years away. The event has rattled scientists' understanding of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most powerful events in the universe.
Macron, who is US for his official visit, agreed with Harris to strengthen US-France space cooperation across civil, commercial, and national security sectors, according to the statement released by the White House.
On its journey to a world-record-breaking orbit, NASA‘s Orion spacecraft capsule, which had test dummies in place of astronauts, buzzed the lunar surface and whipped around the far side before arriving at the moon on Monday. It marks a significant accomplishment in the $4.1 billion test journey that started last Wednesday and is the first […]
The James Webb Space Telescope discovered the two galaxies, one 350 million years and the other 450 million years after the big bang, respectively, formed. The James Webb Telescope, which replaced the Hubble Space Telescope by having improved resolution and sensitivity that enable it to view objects that are too ancient, far away or even […]
On November 16, NASA’s lunar mission Artemis 1 launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center in a historic move after encountering numerous problems during taking-off operations. The Orion spacecraft, which has disengaged from the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) and is currently en route to the lunar orbit, carried the rocket. Artemis took the first images […]
Finally, Artemis-1, NASA’s unmanned Moon mission, has successfully launched. The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida at 0647 GMT (12:17 PM IST) on Wednesday after enduring numerous delays brought on by technical issues and natural disasters (Read: Hurricane Ian and Nicole). About the Artemis launch […]
Insects may be a bothersome nuisance most of the time, but the entire Phylum Arthropoda—a scientific word used to categorize the creatures—is essential to maintaining the delicate balance of life on Earth. Despite physically sucking human blood, they pollinate crops and aid in food production. Our continued presence on the blue planet is entirely due […]