NASA secretly sends two spacecraft toward Mars, and they are traveling a bold new wayNASA is sending two small spacecraft to Mars in a new and different way. The Escapade mission will help scientists learn more about Mars’ a...
10 Nov, 2025, 07.31 PM IST
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS set to pass Mars in October: 5 spacecraft race to capture rare cosmic visitor from beyondInterstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is speeding past Mars this month. It moves at 193,000 mph. NASA and ESA spacecraft are preparing to observe it ...
03 Oct, 2025, 04.03 PM IST
Soviet spacecraft bound for Venus got stuck in Earth's orbit for 50 years and now threatens usKosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft from 1972, is returning to Earth. The mission to Venus failed, trapping the spacecraft in Earth's orbit. No...
06 May, 2025, 01.17 PM IST
A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth -- how worried should we be?An asteroid, 2024 YR4, with a one percent chance of colliding with Earth in 2032, has captured scientists' attention due to its potential f...
05 Feb, 2025, 09.54 AM IST
NASA's Parker solar probe makes a historic Sun encounter as fastest man-made object ever: Explained in 10 pointsNASA's Parker Solar Probe: NASA tasted the Sun on Christmas Eve. The agency’s Parker Solar Probe made its closest-ever approach to the sun ...
27 Dec, 2024, 02.16 PM IST
European mission to imitate solar eclipse launches from IndiaA European mission launched from India on Thursday, aiming to catch a rare glimpse of the Sun's mysterious atmosphere by imitating a solar ...
05 Dec, 2024, 05.55 PM IST
NASA Europa Clipper launch: Why is it epoch-making?NASA has successfully launched Europa Clipper which will be exploring Europa, the icy moon of Jupiter in search for any traces of alien lif...
15 Oct, 2024, 01.08 AM IST
A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth testThe European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft, launched by SpaceX, is embarking on a mission to examine the asteroid Dimorphos, which was imp...
07 Oct, 2024, 09.14 PM IST
NASA shares visual of nebula resembling curved legs of black widow spider; Check it hereNASA has shared a visual of the Red Spider Nebula, located 3,000 light-years away in Sagittarius. The nebula features powerful stellar wind...
12 Sep, 2024, 12.36 PM IST
Could a space elevator bring the two scientists back to Earth?Two astronauts, Suni Williams and Barry Wilmore, are stranded at the International Space Station. Scientists are looking into a futuristic ...
06 Sep, 2024, 10.23 PM IST
Juice spacecraft to make history with Earth-Moon flyby before Jupiter expeditionThe European Space Agency's (ESA) Juice probe, launched in April 2023, will perform a historic double gravity assist flyby of the Moon and ...
28 Jul, 2024, 11.33 AM IST
Nisar satellite passes test of extreme temp, vacuum of spaceThe thermal vacuum test occurred at ISRO’s Satellite Integration and Test Establishment in Bengaluru. It’s one of a battery of tests the sa...
15 Nov, 2023, 06.51 PM IST
Arab spacecraft closes in on Mars on historic flightA spacecraft from the United Arab Emirates was set to swing into orbit around Mars in the Arab world's first interplanetary mission on Tues...
09 Feb, 2021, 11.28 AM IST
Solar Orbiter blasts off to capture 1st look at sun's polesSolar Orbiter _ a boxy 4,000-pound (1,800-kilogram) spacecraft with spindly instrument booms and antennas _ will swing past Venus in Decemb...
10 Feb, 2020, 10.35 AM IST
- NASA's InSight will decode how mountains formed on Mars
Washington, Aug 29 (IANS) NASA's InSight spacecraft, that has passed the halfway mark to Mars, carries a unique instrument that will enable...
29 Aug, 2018, 02.17 PM IST
- NASA'S OSIRIS-REX mission to flyby Earth on Friday
Washington, Sep 22 (IANS) NASA's asteriod hunting OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is all set to make a close flyby of Earth on Friday, before reachin...
22 Sep, 2017, 12.42 PM IST
Europe's Rosetta makes a historical first by arriving at a comet after a 10-year chaseESA's comet-chasing space probe woke up from a 31 month long hibernation on January 20, 2014, nine million kilometres from the comet.
07 Aug, 2014, 12.54 PM IST