China is aiming to outrun NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) by retrieving samples from Mars two years earlier. According to a report by Space News, Sun Zezhou, chief designer of the Tianwen-1 … [+2092 chars]
NASA has teamed up with Japan’s Tohoku University to test whether its next-generation Mars helicopter, also known as Mars Science Helicopter (MSH), can take flight in the red planet’s fragile atmosph… [+5119 chars]
Vishal Dadlani sends a message to Indian muslims amid prophet row, says, 'You are seen and heard, loved and treasured'
NASAs Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) has spotted a peculiarly-shaped cloud hovering over the largest inland body of water on the planet, the Caspian Sea. In sharp contrast wit… [+1714 chars]
We are just 98 days away when a NASA spacecraft will intentionally collide with an asteroid moonlet. This one-of-a-kind outer space action will unfold under the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART… [+2027 chars]
The Hubble Space Telescope, which has been humanity's eyes for peering deep into outer space, is back with another enigmatic picture. Captured by its Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), the picture fe… [+1894 chars]
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured this view of Jupiter's auroras, one of the beautiful features of the largest planet in the solar system, in 2016. Aurora's are stunning light shows in a … [+1796 chars]
Each electron has a magnetic moment that aligns itself in a magnetic field. The strength of this magnetic moment, given by the so-called g-factor, can be predicted with extraordinary accuracy by quan… [+4260 chars]
A new map of one of the most massive stars in our galaxy is shedding light on what happens in the final stages of a giant star's death. Astronomers created a detailed 3D map of VY Canis Majoris, a d… [+5791 chars]
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission is gearing up for its second close flyby of Mercury on 23 June. ESA's spacecraft operation team is guiding BepiColombo through six gravity assists of the planet befor… [+6961 chars]
Astronomers discovered complex carbon molecules drifting through interstellar space in the 1980s, with perhaps the most famous example being Buckminsterfullerene, or buckyballs, spheres made up of 60… [+2294 chars]
Graphitic carbon nitride/graphene hybrids for electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction reactions (ORR) in metal-air fuel cells and batteries are proven to be viable, inexpensive, and long-lasting alterna… [+5497 chars]
