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Thousands of galaxies flood this near-infrared image of galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. High-resolution imaging from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope combined with a natural effect known as gravitational lensing made this finely detailed image possible. (Image: NASA)

Exoplanet K2-18b offers clues to alien life: 5 major discoveries about life beyond Earth

April 19, 2025 9:58 am

Scientists have spotted a molecule linked to life in the atmosphere of K2-18b using the James Webb Telescope. Here is a look at five major discoveries that suggest we may not be alone in the universe.

Humans on Mars: Four ways in which these trips could prove risky

January 06, 2023 12:02 pm

A manned mission to Mars will be unlike any journey humanity has ever undertaken. Here are the many ways in which a manned Mars mission could prove to be fatal.

Olivine rich ignimbrite rocks on the surface of Mars

Special kinds of rocks on Mars hints at violent volcanic eruptions: Study

May 02, 2022 8:02 pm

Researchers have determined that the olivine-rich bedrock in the Gusev crater and in and around the Jezero crater on Mars may be a special type of rock called “ignimbrite”, which forms due to violent volcanic eruptions.

Yearender 2021: Space tourism, Mars decoded, a Webb(ed) Christmas gift, and more

December 30, 2021 8:24 pm

It's been a year of astronomical achievements. Here is proof.

How to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon? NASA invites ideas for Artemis missions

November 22, 2021 8:05 pm

The agency requires the system to work from the deck of a lunar lander or a rover and provide at least 40 kilowatts of power.

UAE to launch probe targeting asteroid between Mars, Jupiter

October 05, 2021 6:29 pm

The project targets a 2028 launch with a landing in 2033, a five-year journey in which the spacecraft will travel some 3.6 billion kilometers.

For India hand behind Mars landing, it started with Star Trek

February 25, 2021 7:04 am

She led the team that developed a technology called 'Attitude Control System Terrain Relative Navigation’, which helped the rover land accurately at the calculated spot.

NASA's Perseverance is a step in humanity’s pursuit of understanding cosmos and our place in it

February 24, 2021 8:55 am

Finding life at another place in the universe might just make us a little more humble when it comes to treating Nature as our exclusive domain.

Mars mission inspires growing fan base back in China

February 12, 2021 11:34 am

China is falling in love with space, inspired by the ruling Communist Party’s increasingly ambitious plans over the past two decades to launch humans into orbit and explore the moon and Mars.

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Uncrewed Chinese spacecraft successfully enters Mars orbit

February 11, 2021 3:48 pm

In May or June, the Tianwen-1 will attempt to land a capsule carrying a 240-kg rover in a rapid seven-minute descent onto a massive plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars known as Utopia Planitia.