[ad_1] A whole population of ‘minimoons’ – tiny natural satellites – may be quietly circling near Earth, scientists now believe, after discovering a second Moon-origin rock drifting close to our planet. The newly observed object, named 2024 PT5, was spotted near Earth last August and is thought to be a lunar fragment, possibly blasted off…
[ad_1] India is conducting a rare and very sophisticated “dogfight” in space between a ‘chaser’ and ‘target’ satellite orbiting nearly 500 kilometers above the Earth. This comes close on the heels of Chinese defence satellites practising “dogfights” in low Earth orbits in 2024. Dogfighting in space refers to the concept of coordinated, close-range maneuvers between…
[ad_1] Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla NEW DELHI: The Axiom-4 Space Mission, which will carry Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla along with three other crew members, is scheduled to be launched on May 29, according to a spokesperson.The announcement was made by the Axiom Space at a press conference on Tuesday. This mission is expected to mark…
[ad_1] The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating 35 years in orbit with an amazing batch of new images, including everything from seasonal changes on Mars to a moth-shaped planetary nebula and a distant spiral galaxy. Hubble was deployed from the space shuttle Discovery on April 24, 1990, and has delivered unparalleled cosmic views from low Earth…
[ad_1] Indian Air Force officer Shubhanshu Shukla is set to create history by piloting NASA and ISRO’s joint space mission to the International Space Station (ISS) later this year. According to a NASA statement last week, Shubhanshu Shukla will pilot the agency’s mission to the ISS aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from Florida “no earlier…
[ad_1] India is poised to achieve a significant milestone in its space exploration journey as Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla of the Indian Air Force is set to become the first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS). Scheduled for May 2025, this mission will mark India’s return to human spaceflight after a gap…
[ad_1] Blue Origin launch today: Popstar Katy Perry, is part of a six-member, all-women crew, that is set to take off from Texas later today, as part of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ space venture, Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-31 mission. Also part of the crew are Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez, who handpicked her companions…
[ad_1] BENGALURU: In what it describes as a significant advancement, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) Tuesday said it has successfully developed a lightweight Carbon-Carbon (C-C) nozzle for rocket engines, marking a breakthrough in rocket engine technology.This innovation, accomplished by the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), promises to enhance the vital parameters of rocket engines,…
[ad_1] The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the US space agency shared an exquisite video capturing a mind-boggling collection of dazzling stars that are located 30,000 light-years away. In a social media post on its Instagram handle, the space agency stated, “Liller 1 is a globular cluster – a roughly spherical grouping of stars…
[ad_1] Artificial Intelligence is the reason scientists have not found any evidence of Extra-terrestrial civilisations? Scientist have come top believe that there has to be a connection in the development of AI on Earth to the lessening probability of finding evidence of an alien civilisation. Scientists adhering to the Fermi Paradox have stated that the…
