American space agency NASA’s Perseverance rover and China’s Zhurong rover have found signs of rivers and wet sand dunes on Mars. China’s rover has found evidence of these dunes joining together about four lakh years ago due to cold. The Perseverance rover has detected signs of a fast-flowing water stream making its way into Jezero…
NASA often shares amazing pictures captured by its rovers and spacecraft with the world and the agency did something similar on Sunday, May 28. The space agency has shared a photo of Pluto, which has been captured by its New Horizons spacecraft. The picture shows a huge heart-shaped glacier, similar to Pluto. This heart-shaped region…
There is a period of movements in the Sun, whose direct effect is visible on the Earth from time to time. Last month ended with Earth being hit by a massive solar flare from the Sun and now, it looks like we may soon be hit by another massive solar flare. A sunspot has been…
The third edition of the country’s Moon mission can be launched in July. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has given this information. Its three objectives are safe landing on the lunar surface, demonstration of rotation of the spacecraft on the Moon and conducting scientific experiments. This mission will be launched using LVM3 rocket from SDSC…
Asteroids moving in space are a potential threat to the Earth. Till now, no incident of any big asteroid hitting the Earth has been recorded in history. But it is said that millions of years ago, giant creatures like dinosaurs were extinct due to similar celestial bodies falling on the Earth. These days, asteroids are…
Seeing stars in the sky brings comfort to many people. However, this sight may stop being visible in the next 20 years. Scientists have warned that humans’ ability to see stars in the night sky could end in the next 20 years due to light pollution. The situation of light pollution has worsened in the…
Asteroids have been passing close to the Earth continuously for the last several months. Asteroids are rocks made of minerals and stones. These can be as large as 50 feet to 500 feet in size. Asteroids constantly revolve around the Sun, but they are not classified as planets. These celestial bodies are being tracked the…
The world of space is full of mysteries. So far, space scientists have been able to gather very little information about the solar system planets located ahead or behind the Earth. Then it is difficult to even imagine what the space billions of light years away holds with itself. Even in the solar system itself,…
Scientists have discovered a new asteroid near the Earth. It has been considered a ‘quasi moon’ or ‘quasi satellite’. It revolves around the Sun in the same period as the Earth. It has been called FW13. Along with revolving around the Sun, it also revolves around the Earth. According to the report of Live Science,…
American space agency NASA is issuing alerts for asteroids every day. The agency keeps an eye on these rocky pieces. These are said to be the fragments left at the time of the formation of the solar system, which means they could be the remains of the planets themselves. Scientists are constantly trying to understand…