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Japan unveils world's first wooden satellite! Here’s all you need to know about ‘LignoSat’
Human ingenuity knows no limits. From launching rovers to explore distant planets to capturing black holes images, our relentless pursuit of knowledge has led to remarkable achievements that defy the boundaries of possibility. Now, we’re set to take on another extraordinary endeavour: sending a wooden satellite into space! Here's all you need to know about LignoSat.
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Jasmin 'Jaws' Moghbeli — the first Iranian American astronaut says space 'unites' us all
Amid the growing tensions between Iran and the US, American space programme's first Iranian-Americ…
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Astronomers discover an asteroid that's closer to the Sun than any other
The semi-major axis is a useful way to measure how far an asteroid is from the Sun on aver…
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NASA's 'Lucy' is going to travel 4 billion miles to explore seven Trojan asteroids — and an asteroid Moon
Set to launch in 2021, Lucy is going to travel over 4 billion miles to reach Jupiter’s orbit and…
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Have sex, sit on animals or just go to bed - busting myths around the do's and don'ts of lunar eclipse
Ancient cultures and societies had their own theories as to when the Moon disappeared from the nigh…
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We live next to the largest gas cloud in the Milky Way — and it's giving birth to new stars
A new 3D map of the Milky Way reveals that we live next to the largest gas cloud in the galaxy. …
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Stars are being born next to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole in a stunning new image by the world's largest airborne telescope
The world's largest airborne telescope — the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFI…
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New stars running from the death of their own galaxies means our Milky Way might survive
These stars are migrant refugees fleeing from their own dwarf galaxies — known as Magellanic Clo…
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Lunar eclipse on January 10 won't be a Super Moon — Here's why
The 'Wolf Moon' lunar eclipse, or chandra grahan, is slated to take place this Friday on January …
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A star set to explode in 2083 will be the brightest object in Earth's sky as it dies
Over the next few decades, the star will brighten rapidly. Around 2083, all of the mass from V Sagi…
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Supermassive black hole bigger than 7 billion Suns is spinning so fast that it's close to breaking the laws of physics
Chandra’s X-ray data showed that M87 was spinning between 2.4 to 6.3 times faster than the speed of…
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Habitable earth-sized planet discovered but its Sun doesn't set for over two weeks
The Earth isn’t going to last forever. Scientists continue to debate over what poses the greater …
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NASA's planet-hunter uncovers its first world with two stars 1,300 light-years away
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) revealed its observations during the 235th …
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'Wolf Moon' lunar eclipse this Friday will have werewolves looking to form packs — or so the myth says
Some people believe it's the night when a person is most likely to turn into a werewolf or make do…
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Solar eclipses in 2020 — twice a year that the Moon will try to block out the Sun
The Moon doesn’t give up. Every year, like clockwork, it tries to block the Sun from the Earth by p…
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Space race heads to Mars — Four missions plan to explore Earth's closest neighbour in July this year
If the Earth were ever to become inhabitable, the contingency plan is to colonise our next-door nei…
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There will be four lunar eclipses in 2020 - with the second one scheduled for June 5
This year, the Sun, the Moon and the Earth will imperfectly align on four different occasions — res…
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Indian scientists spot a galaxy 260 million light-years away that isn't giving birth to any new stars
Galaxies are made up of interstellar gas, cosmic dust, entire solar systems, and stars. Normally,…
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The next launch by Elon Musk's SpaceX will try to keep Starlink's satellites from blocking the stars
"What caught everybody off guard was just how bright the initial launch was. It was pretty dra…
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The Moon used to have its own shield against the Sun — it died a billion years ago
Scientists believe that the Moon was a lot closer to the Earth 4 billion years ago. At that ti…
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ISRO selects four IAF pilots for Gaganyaan to train in Russia
ISRO on Wednesday announced that four Indian Air Force pilots have been selected for the ambitious …
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ISRO in talks with Xiaomi to create an Indian version of GPS
The Indian Space Research Organisation and Chinese mobile manufacturer Xiaomi are in advanced stage…
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India's second mission to land on the Moon, Chandrayaan 3, confirmed by ISRO chief
"One major announcement I wanted to make here, officially, is that Chandrayaan-3 is gove…
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The 10 biggest asteroids that pose a threat to Earth in 2020
There are swarms of millions of asteroids in the Solar System. Most of them keep to themselves as t…
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8 pictures you must see to understand what ISRO's Aditya L1 is looking for
India’s Aditya L1 mission was sanctioned in 2008 with a budget of ₹127.5 crore. It’s pegged to laun…
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NASA gets $35 million to make sure asteroids don't destroy Earth
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) isn’t the only space agency tracking space…