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From Moon to Mars: Women astronauts to lead upcoming space missions

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

While Anne McClain and Christina H. Koch will become the first women astronauts to spacewalk, Jim Bridenstine revealed the first person to...

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Artist's rendering of asteroids and space dust

Here's how NASA plans to stop asteroids from hitting earth, causing another extinction

Dubbed the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), this would be the space agency's first planetary-defense mission.

By Micah Ong

NASA's New Horizons encounters Ultima Thule, transmits clear images to earth

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past the distant object while setting the record for the flyby of the most distant...

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

NASA planet-hunting telescope discovers 3 new exoplanets including super-earth, 'Lava World'

It looks like HD 21749b may not be alone in its system as scientists also believe there is a second planet there that...

By Micah Ong

'Brightest Comet' to pass earth on Sunday; You can watch it without telescope

The phenomena will be one of the 10 closest comet flybys of the earth in 70 years and people can watch it with...

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

The Fairy of Eagle Nebula

Here is the image of The Fairy of Eagle Nebula, along with a brief explanation.

By IBTimes SG Desk

James Webb Space Telescope Mirror Seen in Full Bloom

NASA's Kepler receives 'goodnight' command; Is exoplanet-hunting mission over?

Here's now NASA said goodbye to the Kepler but looking forward to the success of most promising James Webb Space...

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

SpaceX's Starman has crossed Mars in his Tesla Roadster

Elon Musk used to go to work in that Tesla Roadster before the car embarked upon its space journey.

By Poulami Nag

Shenzhou-11 spacecraft returns after China's longest-ever manned space mission

Russia to assist India in sending manned mission to space

India and Russia have been close partners for the last four decades and Rakesh Sharma India's only astronaut went into...

By Ramandeep Bajwa

This chart compares the smallest known exoplanets, or planets orbiting outside the solar system, to our own planets Mars and Earth.

Among thousands of exoplanets, scientists identify best candidates to search for alien life

Scientists said that as of now 3815 exoplanets have been discovered but Kepler 452bm or "Earth's cousin", now is known...

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Artist's conception of SIMP J01365663+0933473, an object with 12.7 times the mass of Jupiter, but a magnetic field 200 times more powerful than Jupiter's. This object is 20 light-years from Earth.

Scientists detect rogue extrasolar planetary-mass object in space, just outside solar system

The mysterious rogue planet was detected by the scientists using National Science Foundation's Karl G. Jansky Very...

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Russia sets record by launching fastest-ever mission to International Space Station

The mission was to deliver nearly 3 tonnes material that includes food, fuel and other supplies, the unmanned Progress...

By Immanuel Jotham

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Remembering Japan's diplomatic folly on Pearl Harbor Day Dec. 7

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Latest Space and Astronomy News

From Moon to Mars: Women astronauts to lead upcoming space missions

Here's how NASA plans to stop asteroids from hitting earth, causing another extinction

NASA's New Horizons encounters Ultima Thule, transmits clear images to earth

NASA planet-hunting telescope discovers 3 new exoplanets including super-earth, 'Lava World'

'Brightest Comet' to pass earth on Sunday; You can watch it without telescope

The Fairy of Eagle Nebula

NASA's Kepler receives 'goodnight' command; Is exoplanet-hunting mission over?

SpaceX's Starman has crossed Mars in his Tesla Roadster

Russia to assist India in sending manned mission to space

Among thousands of exoplanets, scientists identify best candidates to search for alien life

Scientists detect rogue extrasolar planetary-mass object in space, just outside solar system

Russia sets record by launching fastest-ever mission to International Space Station

Russian scientist claims mutant space bacteria could pose threat to life on earth

NASA says Mars-bound Portable Nuclear Reactor ready, What next?

Kalpana Chawla inspired millions, says Trump remembering Indian-origin NASA astronaut

Chandrayaan-2 moon mission to cost Rs 800 crore, 3 times of Mangalyaan orbiter

SpaceX TESS Launch at 6:32 am Today, NASA in search of more exoplanets

Mission Unaccomplished? ISRO still trying to revive link with GSAT-6A

How Sunita Williams is continuing her career in space

3 astronauts to blast off for space station on March 21

Remembering Japan's diplomatic folly on Pearl Harbor Day Dec. 7

Remembering Japan's diplomatic folly on Pearl Harbor Day Dec. 7

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