Today, the Voyagers have traveled farther and lasted longer than any other spacecraft in history. They are so far away that a one-way radio signal traveling at the speed of light takes almost 22 hours to reach Voyager 1 and just …
Something’s Seriously Wrong With The Voyager 1 Probe 23 Billion km Away. Read More »
The most anticipated telescope of the century, the James Webb Space Telescope, will finally launch on Christmas Day. After several delays, budget overruns, and drastic changes in design, the telescope is all set to start its journey of being a …
5 Most Exciting Things You Should Know About The James Webb Space Telescope. Read More »
After 25 years of preparations, scheduled delays, and several budget overruns, the James Webb Space Telescope was finally launched on Christmas Day 2021. This 10 billion dollars machine, with its giant hexagonal primary mirror, is the largest and most powerful …
Satellites, residues of collisions, pieces of space rockets – almost 170 million space objects that weigh more than 180 tonnes, are orbiting above our heads. Some of them fell, but most are just creating a space landfill. Space debris is …
Missions on Mars are something you got kind of used to by now. From time to time, some rocket headed to Mars is launched, and this gets in the news for a brief time. At least that’s how most of …
The Next Rover To Mars Is Ready And Here’s What’s So Special About It. Read More »
Venus is the brightest object in the night sky after the Moon. It is an incredibly fascinating object, and ever since the dawn of humanity, people have wondered about its origins and nature. Venus is one of the most studied …
Ever Wondered How We Explored The Hottest Planet of the Solar System? Read More »
When we say the words “radio telescope,” the well-known Arecibo observatory immediately resonates with us, yet it is far from being the only one in the world of astronomy. Indeed, through slightly different technologies and specifications, many others around the …
How The ‘Heaven’s Eye’ Is Searching For Signs of Life Beyond Our Planet. Read More »
To synthesize anything, from housing bricks to comfortable clothes to rockets and satellites, you need materials. Right? Without proper materials at our service, it’s indeed difficult to imagine our life. But, how do we determine which material to use for …
How Does A Scanning Electron Microscope Develop Such Breathtaking Images? Read More »
When I was a kid, the promise that ‘common’ people would someday get to space was more of a science fiction idea. We knew that it was on the table, but we never really expected it would turn into reality. …
‘Welcome To The Second Space Age’ Where Science Fiction Is Turning Into reality. Read More »
On October 5, 138 years ago, in 1882, was born Robert H. Goddard, an American physicist from Massachusetts who became known for his works in this field of rocketry and was eventually acknowledged as the father of modern rocketry. Goddard …
Remembering The Dreamer Whose Designs And Experiments Took Humanity To Space. Read More »
In an article published in Scientific American, Anil Ananthaswamy reported on the findings of David Kipping, an American astronomer from Columbia University. His study suggests that it is not a wild claim to state that the reality we live in …
New Research Has Shown There’s A 50-50 Chance That We Live In A Simulation. Read More »
A few months ago, we published an article titled, “What Voyager 1, Earth’s farthest spacecraft, saw in its journey of 43 years in space.” And the most common question that people asked was, “How do we get signals from a …
Ever Wondered How We Are Still In Contact With Old Spacecraft Billions of Miles Away? Read More »
Typically, when guiding a spacecraft on its trajectory and modifying its path, acceleration, and speed, a propellant is used. However, it is costly, and therefore, to reduce the expenses of extensive space programs, aerospace engineers have developed an alternative method …
Gravity Assist: A Clever Technique To Speed Up A Spacecraft Using A Planet. Read More »
It’s been exactly 44 years since Voyager 2 was launched into space. Its achievements are more than grand, and even scientists consider its progress spectacular. However, for it to function, it needs energy, obviously, and that is something the scientists …
Whenever we talk about space missions, it’s almost impossible that Voyager’s name won’t erupt out from somewhere. The Voyager program is an American scientific program that employs two robotic probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, launched in 1977 to make …
An Endless Journey: What Did Voyager 2 See In Its 44 Years Of Space Travel? Read More »
