Space

From lunar exploration to Martian Moons: The important space missions set to launch in 2024

2024 is shaping up to be another exciting year for space exploration. Several new missions under NASA’s Artemis plan and Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative will target the Moon. The latter half of the year will feature several exciting launches, including Martian Moons exploration and Hera

North Korea wants to dominate space. Here's why some are worried

In a renewed bid for space dominance, North Korea is gearing up for another satellite launch — its third attempt since 2016. The country has informed Japan of its intention to launch a satellite sometime between Wednesday and 1 December

Why Gaganyaan mission has a special place in India’s space ascent

The mission's most significant milestone will be being technically equipped to not only send living humans into space but also to bring them back safely

The Astronaut Wears Prada: A revolution in space fashion is coming our way

Fashion house Prada is going where no luxury brand has gone before – space. It is teaming up with US space company Axiom Space to design the spacesuits for NASA’s Artemis III mission to the moon in 2025. With space tourism on the rise, it’s not surprising that designers see a market beyond earth

How Moon missions are adding to space junk

People think of space as vast and empty, but the near-Earth environment is starting to get crowded. As many as 100 lunar missions are planned over the next decade by governments and private companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin, which will only add to the junk there

A giant leap for the beauty world: How skincare for space travel is on the rise

With less gravity and exposure to radiation, skin ages faster in space. Now a Japanese cosmetics brand has unveiled a face wash and lotion designed especially for astronauts. But they are not the only ones. The space care industry is growing and how

Astronomers puzzled as a cow, a camel, a koala and a finch exploded in space. But, how?

The continued use of animal-based naming conventions for these phenomena aids in better coordinating discoveries and making them more memorable and easier to classify

Scientists finally reveal evidence of universe’s ‘background hum’, and it sounds like THIS

The breakthrough was achieved through the collaborative efforts of hundreds of scientists who utilised radio telescopes located in North America, Europe, China, India, and Australia

NASA achieves new milestone, recycles 98% of astronauts' urine and sweat into drinkable water in space

This accomplishment was made possible through the implementation of subsystems within the Environment Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS), which are designed to regenerate or recycle essential resources like food, air, and water for further utilisation in space

Alien mock signal sent to Earth from Mars for the first time

To explore the possibility of contact with extraterrestrial civilisations, the European Space Agency (ESA) used its ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter to transmit a simulated signal from Mars