Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News on Space

Uncovered Debris From A Star’s Catastrophic Explosion Could Finally Explain Why Stars Go Supernova

Monday marks the anniversary of when astronomers pointed an Italian telescope to look at a recent supernova.

Inverse

Nasa says distant exoplanet could have rare water ocean and possible hint of life

Space agency said potential finding of dimethyl sulfide on K2-18 b, produced only by life on Earth, is yet to be confirmed

The Guardian - US

Aditya-L1 mission pursues the enigma of space weather

To better understand and predict space weather, ISRO launched the Aditya-L1 satellite in September 2023. Aditya-L1 will observe the sun's energy flow, X-ray radiation, and magnetic storms to generate knowledge of strong societal relevance. This mission is a vindication of India's investment in space science research.

The Hindu

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Why the Evidence for Interstellar Materials Found on the Ocean Floor is Flimsy

The discovery was quite interesting because, although such spherules are distributed globally, it is not easy to recover them from the depths of the ocean bed – requiring a dredging operation with a powerful magnet.

Inverse

Science This Week | Scientists discover ‘bubble of galaxies’, bird-like dinosaur found in China and more

Check out The Hindu’s science wrap featuring top 7 stories on new discoveries, findings, and studies in the scientific world from this week.

The Hindu

Giant leap for women: early ‘lady’ astronomers have asteroids named in their honour

19th-century trailblazers Annie Maunder and Alice Everett finally earn due recognition for decades of largely unattributed work

The Guardian - UK

Webb Telescope Peers at an Enigmatic Object Astronomers Call “The Brick”

There’s an unusual object near the Milky Way’s heart that astronomers call “The Brick,” a dark molecular cloud not forming as many stars as it should

Inverse

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

The Webb Telescope Peered Deep Inside a Nearby Supernova Remnant

SN 1987A was the closest seen in modern times, and created a unique opportunity for astronomers to view one in action. JWST is giving it a new look.

Inverse

Should we keep outer space "wild?"

As space mining and colonization become not-so-distant realities, scientists say preservation should be prioritized

Salon

What helped Vikram lander to soft-land on the moon

India's Chandrayaan-2 mission, launched in July 2019, ended in a crash due to 3 mistakes: thrust (dispersion level) was more than assumed, guidance system malfunction, and control system rate restriction. ISRO corrected these mistakes for the successful Chandrayaan-3 mission, adding extra fuel, sensors, stronger lander legs, and expanding the landing…

The Hindu

First cat in space: how a Parisian stray called Félicette was blasted far from Earth

Monkeys and dogs were usually used to test whether humans could survive outside Earth’s atmosphere – but 60 years ago the French tried something a little different

The Guardian - UK

Black hole is observed snacking on sun-like star, bite by bite

Black holes, celestial objects known for their gluttony, usually eat stars unlucky enough to stray too close to them in one big gulp, annihilating them with their enormous gravitational pull. But some, it turns out, tend to snack rather than gorge

The Hindu

SpaceX’s Starship grounded pending improvements after launch explosion

Regulators insist on 63 corrective steps after world’s largest and most powerful rocket blew up on debut in April

The Guardian - US

SpaceX can’t launch another rocket until dozens of fixes are made, FAA says

An investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration found multiple failures that led to the explosion of a SpaceX rocket in the Rio Grande Valley in April.

The Texas Tribune

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Inverse

Look Up! A Newly Discovered Comet Could Be Visible to the Naked Eye This Week

Comet Nishimura makes its closest approach to Earth in just a few days. It is visible via binocular or telescope right now, but could be visible via the naked eye soon.

The Hindu

Billion-light-year-wide 'bubble of galaxies' discovered

Astronomers have discovered the first “bubble of galaxies,” an almost unimaginably huge cosmic structure thought to be a fossilised remnant from just after the Big Bang sitting in our galactic backyard

The Hindu

After Chandrayaan success, Midhani is ready for ISRO’s Gaganyaan

Midhani ready for Gaganyaan Mission; supplied materials for 5 launches. Delivered special metals/alloys for rockets, engines, crew modules. Strict quality controls, 20% extra for Gaganyaan. Engineers, quality control, process engineers counselled. Technological advancements, tests for fractures, stress tests. Supplied titanium alloys for lander/rover, maraging steel.

Al Jazeera

Astronomers discover first ‘bubble of galaxies’ a billion light-years wide

The bubble is 10,000 times wider than the Milky Way and located 820 million light-years from our own galaxy.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Inverse

Hubble Peers Deep Into the Milky Way’s Heart in Stunning New Image

A cluster of ancient stars glitters in a new image from the Hubble Space Telescope.

Inverse

New Map of Dark Matter Could Finally Solve a Cosmic Mystery

The team mapped the distribution of dark matter along a straight line through space at a higher resolution than ever before, and it may help us close in on what dark matter actually is.

Inverse

A Black Hole is Ripping this Star Apart, One Planet-sized Bite at a Time

The black hole steals three Earths' worth of mass every few weeks, making for a slow cosmic feast for the black hole.

The Guardian - UK

The Six: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts by Loren Grush review – spaceflight pioneer portraits

From sexist objections to the challenges faced by female crew on Earth and in space, this is a vital record of a giant leap for women

Inverse

Future Telescopes With Liquid Mirrors Could Peer at Alien Worlds in Detail

A project called FLUTE is looking into self-healing space telescopes.

The Week

Elon Musk: the shocking degree of power wielded by an erratic billionaire

Forget his wealth, said Ronan Farrow in The New Yorker. It’s the sheer power Elon Musk wields today that should shock us. The billionaire’s rocket company, SpaceX, is currently the sole means by which Nasa can get astronauts into space from US soil. Another of his ventures, Tesla, controls the…

Dynamite News

Aditya-L1 takes a selfie, images of Earth and Moon

Aditya-L1 spacecraft, India's first solar mission, that is destined for the Sun-Earth L1 point has taken images of the earth and the moon. Read Further on Dynamite News:

1 … 304 305 306 307

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Federal Aviation Administration

The Planetary Society

22 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.