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    Roscosmos Spacewalk Coverage Outside Space Station

    Roscosmos Spacewalk Mark your calendars for Thursday, June 22, as NASA gears up to provide an exciting live broadcast of a spacewalk performed by two Roscosmos cosmonauts outside the International Space Station. In order to move stuff from the Rassvet segment to the new Nauka multifunctional research module, two Roscosmos cosmonauts will perform an array […]

    Handing over European Service Module for Artemis II

    Anthony Thirkettle, who serves as the European Service Module production manager for ESA, and Howard Hu at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, executed the handover of the necessary hardware.   Dependence of Artemis on European Service Module for Two Week Journey This momentous event took place in the presence of one of the […]

    Life on Europa? The New Search for Extraterrestrial Life

    For centuries, Mars was the prime part of our solar system, so let’s have a look at life on Europa. Telescopes have scrutinized the red planet for years, spacecraft have traveled its orbit, and rovers have combed its terrain, but still, no conclusive evidence of life on Europa has been found. Scientists are shifting their […]

    BepiColombo Mission braces for third Mercury flyby

    News: The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission project is preparing for its next close flyby of Mercury on June 19. It will be about 236 km above the planet’s surface at that time. Solar Electric Operations for BepiColombo Third’s FlyBy  This is the third of six flybys that ESA’s spacecraft control team is leading BepiColombo mission through […]

    ULA Conducts 1st Test-Fire of New Vulcan Centaur Rocket

    News: The Vulcan Centaur launch schedule proceeded with the necessary test. The next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket from United Launch Alliance (ULA) recently made a significant advancement toward its initial launch. If you are wondering what is the Vulcan Centaur’s launch date, then it is recently launched on the evening of June 7. As we all know […]

    Solar Wind- Parker Solar Probe Revealed its Origin

    In order to detect any sort of small features of the solar wind, NASA’s Parker Solar probe has flown near enough to our sun. And revealed about its origin that is “coronal holes” in the sun’s atmosphere. “A Blessing in a Disguise”? How is it Possible? Scientists may now be able to better forecast solar […]

    A Giant Sunspot Solar Flare has been seen with Naked Eye. Let’s see how you can see it

    You will be surprised to know that a new, and giant sunspot solar flare is currently visible, and to put the icing on the cake, it’s four times bigger than the size of the Earth and can be seen with the naked eye. Sounds intriguing? Yes, it is! If you are an astrology person and […]

    Perseverance Rover Snaps Images of Belva Crater on Mars

    During its most recent science campaign, the six-wheeled scientist came across the crater while looking for rock samples that could be transported back to Earth for further investigation. The Mastcam-Z instrument on NASA’s Perseverance rover recently took 152 photos while exploring Belva Crater, a large impact crater within the much larger Jezero Crater. The data, […]

    Curiosity rover discovers water-carved ‘book’ rock on Mars

    Following its groundbreaking cloud-imaging mission last month, NASA’s Curiosity rover continues to astound scientists with captivating observations, including the recent discovery of a hardcover-shaped feature on April 15, marking the mission’s 3,800th Martian day (or sol). Geologists, akin to meticulous librarians, carefully examine the evidence surrounding them to unravel the mysteries of Mars‘ past. NASA […]

    LP 791-18 d: Earth-size Exoplanet Unveils Volcanic Activity Beyond Our Solar System

    Astronomers have identified an Earth-size exoplanet, or globe outside our solar system, that may be covered in volcanoes. The planet, known as LP 791-18 d, may have volcanic outbursts as frequently as Jupiter’s moon Io, our solar system’s most volcanically active body. NASA’s TESS, Spitzer Space Telescope, and an array of ground-based observatories were used […]