Astronomy & Space Exploration

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The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was developed by NASA in collaboration with the European Space Agency.

The Hubble Space Telescope is an iconic observatory that has revolutionized our understanding of the universe. Launched in 1990, it orbits Earth and captures stunning images of distant galaxies, stars and planetary systems using a variety of instruments.

Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA in 1977. It is the most distant human-made object from Earth, having traveled over 13 billion miles away from our planet to explore the outer solar system and beyond.

The search for habitable planets beyond our own solar system has been a topic of great interest in recent years. With the advancement of technology, astronomers have been able to identify and study a number of exoplanets that may be capable of supporting life.

NASA's one of the rovers called Perseverance captured sounds from Mars. The study made by observing the recordings concluded that the speed of sound is slower on Mars than on Earth. Since February 2021, it is for the first time the rover has recorded the phonic environment of Mars.

Matter is stuff, substance, material. It is made up of chemical compounds, molecules, elements, and atoms. But what is space?

The James Webb Space Telescope; Humanity's latest eye into the vast reaches of the Universe. Lets take a dive into the telescope, its Past, Present and Future...

Space is a vast frontier full of wonders and mysteries waiting to be explored. It holds the potential for scientific and technological advancement, as well as inspiring future generations to pursue careers in science and exploration.

Did the Soviets leave dead cosmonauts in space? Was Yuri Gagarin really the first man in space? Or has someone else made it before him? The story of the lost cosmonauts is still one of the most discussed conspiracies arising out of the grim dog-eats-dog realities of the Cold War era.

From Earth we can always see only one side of the Moon. Therefore, people have long wanted to know what is on the dark side of the moon. Because this part of the moon never rotates towards the earth.

A look at Elon Musk, space travel and colonizing Mars.

Looking for Space themed songs? We've got you covered with this list of 25 songs about space, the galaxy and the universe. How many of these space songs have you heard?

In 1969, the United States sent a crew of astronauts to the Moon. The mission was only supposed to last two days, but it turned into a year-long stay on the lunar surface. We do not know what we would find if we were to go there today.

Enceladus was of little interest for many years. Further research has uncovered some very surprising facts. Is there life on this tiny moon?

An argument on what should be considered pivitol for our national budget

According to Stephen Hawkins there is another universe. The concept of parallel universe is an idea that arises from the multiverse theory....

We humans are fast consuming the natural resources on our planet, where will this hunger for energy and resources take us? Will we again become nomads? Only this time roaming about the stars? What are the technological scales we will be looking to become an interstellar species?

Time travel is the concept of moving between different points in time in a manner analogous to moving between different points in space....

A new chemical model of the early solar system has found that nearly half of all water on Earth came from interstellar ice at the time of the sun's formation. This means that the moisture in our solar system is not due to local conditions in the protoplanetary disk.

The Milky Way is our home galaxy, and it's huge - 100,000 light years in diameter.

The successful launch of the Webb telescope has given us a powerful new tool in our search for life on other worlds. Will we find anything?

These topics are all related to the question of whether or not we are alone in the universe. In this article, we will discuss the unlikely truth about our chances of being alone.

NASA has discovered more worlds in this universe. In this new world, only 11 days make a year. NASA named this world Super Earth. At the same time, astronomers said that this newly discovered world is four times the mass of our earth. And this super earth is 37 light years away from our earth.

The rocket, made by 750 school students, was launched to mark India's 75th Independence Day celebrations. A small satellite launch vehicle, called SSLV, carried it. It is reported that there was a problem during the flight.

Physicists have many competing theories on how the universe will end. This article considers four of these scenarios: a Big Freeze, a Big Crunch, a Big Rip, and vacuum decay.

This is a photo gallery of the images constructed by the James Webb Telescope.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was initially conceived in 1996 by NASA as the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST), but it wasn’t formally authorized until 2002 and entered into construction in 2006.

An asteroid the size of a mountain (and one that passes Earth every six years) has finally been visited by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft, and it doesn’t look anything like scientists expected.

After reemergence on April 24, 1967, a parachute disappointment caused his Soyuz case to raise a ruckus around town, making him the primary human to pass on in space flight.