NASA is going to create history this Christmas. The space agency will set a new record in its Sun mission when its Parker Solar Probe will reach the closest to the Sun. This will be the first time that a man-made spacecraft will be successful in reaching so close to our star. It will be…
The country has made considerable progress in space missions in the last few years. India now plans to build its own space station. Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday that the name of this station will be “Bharat Space Station”. It can be established by 2035. Singh gave information about the country’s…
Asteroids are those rocky objects that our Earth faces every day. The American space agency NASA tracks them and issues alerts about those asteroids which are going to pass close to the Earth. After scanning the data of the largest telescope in space (JWST), scientists have found a lot of small asteroids. One of these…
Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams has been in space for several months. She went for a few days, but has not been able to return to Earth yet due to a malfunction in the spacecraft. While staying in the International Space Station (ISS), Sunita is participating in different activities. Recently she hosted a session for the…
Who is Jared Isaacman: Donald Trump, who is going to take over as the President of America in January, has started electing new people for his government. He has surprised with many names. Now another name has emerged, who will lead the world’s largest space agency, NASA. Trump has chosen billionaire tech entrepreneur and private…
Asteroid: Asteroids continue to come towards our Earth. According to media reports, on Wednesday an asteroid surprised people in Yakutia, the far eastern region of Russia. After entering the Earth’s atmosphere, the asteroid started burning in the sky of Yakutia and after some time turned into ashes. However, scientists were already aware of this. This…
Some new facts about the Moon have come to light in the last few years. A new study has revealed that time moves faster on the Moon than on Earth. The reason for this is that the force of gravity on the Moon is weaker than that on the Earth. Clocks on the Moon move…
Scientists have discovered a ‘baby’ exoplanet very close to Earth. It is a gaseous exoplanet, whose diameter is slightly less than that of Jupiter. The exoplanet, named TIDYE-1b, orbits a protostar and is still getting bigger. It is in the Taurus Molecular Cloud at a distance of about 520 light years from Earth and revolves…
Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams reached the Space Station (ISS) in June this year. There is a malfunction in their spacecraft, due to which Sunita and her partner Butch Wilmore are stuck there. Sunita is now also enjoying her journey in space. She is going to celebrate Thanksgiving on the ISS. Thanksgiving is celebrated every…
NASA Voyager spacecraft: American space agency NASA has again made contact in space with a 47 year old satellite. This contact has occurred with the Voyager-1 spacecraft, which is the longest mission in America’s space history. In the year 1977, NASA launched Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft within an interval of a few weeks….