LOS ANGELES: NASA's rover Perseverance has gathered data confirming the existence of ancient lake sediments deposited by water that once filled a giant basin on Mars called Jerezo Crater, according to a study published. The findings from ground-penetrating radar observations conducted by the robotic rover substantiate
WASHINGTON: India's space agency is attempting to land a spacecraft on the moon's south pole, a mission that could advance India's space ambitions and expand knowledge of lunar water ice, potentially one of the moon's most valuable resources. Here's what's known about the presence of frozen
NEW YORK: Scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York have confirmed that July 2023 was hotter than any other month in the global temperature record, and it was likely due to human activity. Overall, July
MOSCOW: As the race to conquer space and colonise solar system planets, moons, and exoplanets is intensifying with every passing day, Russia is all set to launch its first lunar mission in 47 years — weeks after India launched its lunar mission Chandrayaan-3 towards Earth’s
FLORIDA: The US space research agency Nasa announced early Saturday that it has fully reestablished communication with its Voyager 2 over a week after a wrong command severed contact with the 45-year-old spacecraft. "Staff used the highest-power transmitter to send a message to the spacecraft and
Cape Canaveral, Fla: NASA held its first public meeting on UFOs a year after launching a study into unexplained sightings and insisted it’s not hiding anything. The space agency televised the four-hour hearing featuring an independent panel of experts who vowed to be transparent. The team
Florida: With the help of radar imagery collected by Nasa’s Magellan mission in the 1990s, scientists have been able to create a map which shows more than 85,000 volcanoes on Venus, the second planet in the solar system by distance from the Sun, reported Guardian
Florida: After Thursday's failed bid to launch its mission to space, the European Space Agency (ESA) said that it make another attempt on Friday to launch its Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer — dubbed Juice. Due to the lightning over the Kourou Spaceport French Guiana, the launch
Florida: SpaceX's commercial communications satellite Falcon 9 blasted off on Friday into the orbit with a NASA Earth science instrument aboard, reported space.com. The rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Florida that carried Intelsat 40e satellite toward geostationary transfer orbit. The Falcon 9 first-stage
Washington: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is exploring whether SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft can potentially offer an alternative ride home for some crew members of the International Space Station after a Russian capsule sprang a coolant leak while docked to the orbital lab. NASA