ISRO plans mission to Venus in December 2024

The aim of the mission is to study the planet’s atmosphere, which is toxic and corrosive as it is covered by clouds of sulfuric acid.

Scroll Staff

· May 05, 2022 · 02:02 pm

International cooperation in space has fallen victim to strategic rivalries on Earth

In the past five years, several new space blocs have emerged with varying levels of capabilities.

Svetla Ben-Itzhak, The Conversation

· May 01, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Volcanoes on Pluto baffle scientists: How can such a cold body power eruptions?

The amount of rock inside the celestial body is not enough to produce much heat from radioactivity.

David Rothery, The Conversation

· Apr 06, 2022 · 11:30 pm

An asteroid sample brought to Earth reveals the Solar System’s building blocks

Missions such as Hayabusa2, its precursor Hayabusa and NASA’s Osiris-REx are gradually filling in some blanks in our knowledge of asteroids.

Trevor Ireland, The Conversation

· Feb 13, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket is on course to crash into the Moon – but it won’t be the first to do so

While various spacecraft have naturally decayed and fallen on the lunar surface, others have been intentionally crashed at the end of their mission life.

Alice Gorman, The Conversation

· Jan 31, 2022 · 11:30 pm

Shooting stars do exist, but not in the way you imagine

Astronomers are just beginning to understand the hypervelocity stars that zoom through the cosmos at millions of kilometres per hour.

Idan Ginsburg, The Conversation

· Jan 11, 2022 · 11:30 pm

In photos: Five of the most thrilling telescope images of the cosmos

The fact that light carries so much information, allowing us to piece together the history of the universe, is remarkable.

Carole Haswell, The Conversation

· Dec 26, 2021 · 09:30 pm

James Webb Telescope: The largest space observatory may lead to discoveries not even imagined yet

We are poised on the edge of new discoveries about the origins of our universe and our place within it – insights that will fill the textbooks of tomorrow.

Leigh Fletcher, The Conversation

· Dec 21, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Moon’s surface has enough oxygen to sustain 800 crore humans for 1 lakh years – but there’s a catch

Extracting the gas from the layer of lunar rock and fine dust would require a lot of energy and substantial industrial equipment.

John Grant, The Conversation

· Nov 14, 2021 · 09:30 pm

NASA’s Juno mission has unlocked the secrets of Jupiter’s shrinking red spot and colourful bands

The explorer has opened a new window onto the dark, deep atmosphere and the results are challenging our understanding of the giant planet.

Leigh Fletcher, The Conversation

· Nov 02, 2021 · 11:30 pm

With a new telescope, humans will soon get to look back in time at the Dark Ages of the universe

The most powerful space telescope ever built, Nasa’s James Webb Space Telescope, is set to usher in the next era of astronomy.

Chris Impey, The Conversation

· Oct 18, 2021 · 07:30 pm

BepiColombo’s photos of Mercury may help unlock some of the planet’s secrets

Once in orbit, the spacecraft’s advanced payload of scientific instruments will help us understand how the planet was formed and what it is made of.

David Rothery, The Conversation

· Oct 07, 2021 · 11:30 pm