As we celebrate 52 years since the first Moon landing, I thought it would be a good idea to present today some fun facts about the Moon landings. On July 20th, 1969, the Apollo 11 astronauts walked on the Moon. …
52 Years of the First Moon Landing: Amusing Facts About The Historic Moment. Read More »
The year is 2060. “Hello, a dear inhabitant of Earth, this is Ezra from the Schiaparelli Hotel & Casino speaking. We are delighted that you have chosen to fly with us, and your room is being prepared right now. While …
Mars City: What Would A Full Tourist Pack On The Red Planet Look Like? Read More »
We all know the Voyager probes that were sent further into space than any other human-made object. By now, we are quite familiar with their achievements, and because of that, it’s easy to take them for granted. However, the story …
This article on particle colliders is a guest article by Rishabh Sharma, a third-year integrated Ph.D. student from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, pursuing a Ph.D. in experimental High Energy Physics. In 1928, George Gamow …
The first human-made object to fly past Saturn and also the first one to ever return the first pictures of the polar regions of Jupiter, Pioneer 11, was launched on April 6 in 1973. Being a twin spacecraft to Pioneer …
Pioneer 11 Completes 48 Years In Space: Here’s What The Spacecraft Saw In Its Journey. Read More »
As far as physical science and space exploration is concerned, February 2021 was one hell of a month. There were several interesting discoveries in physics and achievements in spaceflight. Let’s have a look at the top scientific achievements in February …
SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy To overcome the drawbacks of ground-based telescopes when studying the solar system – interferences, weather – a partnership between NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has put together a stratospheric observatory based …
Meet SOFIA, An Innovative Flying Observatory That Is Helping Us Explore The Cosmos. Read More »
The Starship rocket has been quite in the news lately. Thus I invite you to read this short article about the famous rocket. What is it? How does it work? What are its purposes? And why is it on the …
Starship: The Most Powerful Rocket That Might Take Us To Mars Some Day. Read More »
Following its ancestors’ legacy on Mars, the Perseverance rover will land on February 18, 2021. Perseverance is the largest and the most complex rover built by NASA to date. The definition of Perseverance is ‘persistence in doing something despite difficulty …
5 New Technologies NASA Will Try In Its Mars Mission Carrying The Perseverance Rover. Read More »
Mars is having a busy month. Two spacecraft have already arrived on Mars, and the third one will reach on February 18. On February 9, the UAE became the fifth nation to enter the Red Planet’s orbit with the Emirates …
NASA Prepares For ‘Seven Minutes of Terror.’ Here’s What Will Exactly Happen On Mars. Read More »
“To the people of the UAE, to the Arab and Muslim nations, we announce the successful arrival to Mars orbit. Praise be to God,” said Omran Sharaf, the mission’s project manager. It’s a historic moment for the United Arab Emirates …
UAE Creates History, Becomes The Second Nation To Reach Mars In Its First Attempt. Read More »
On the 19th of July 2020, the Emirates Mars Mission EMM – the first Arab interplanetary mission – was launched in the direction of Mars alongside two other space missions (Tianwen-2020 from China and Mars 2020 from the USA) to …
All Eyes On The UAE: The Country’s Space Probe Prepares To Enter The Orbit Of Mars. Read More »
Today, it’s the 18th anniversary of the fateful day when Columbia’s last space shuttle mission suffered a catastrophic and fatal end on February 1, 2003, taking away the life of its 7 onboard crew members. Columbia disintegrated over Texas during …
The Columbia Space Disaster: How We Lost Seven Brilliant Astronauts In A Split Second. Read More »
“We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and ‘slipped the surly bonds of Earth’ to ‘touch the face of God”… …This is what President …
35 Years Ago on This Day, Mankind Witnessed One of the Deadliest Space Disasters. Read More »
Gene-editing technology is arguably the fastest developing branch of science in the 21st century. The invention of the CRISPR-Cas9 method began a revolution in gene-altering because it’s both cheaper and more efficient than previous techniques. The founders won the Nobel …
What Is CRISPR-CaS9 Genome Editing Technique, And Why Has It Become So Controversial? Read More »
