• 

  Ever dreamed of sending your name to the Moon? NASA’s Artemis II makes it possible

  Science | January 19, 2026 15:51 IST

  NASA is inviting people worldwide to send their names to the Moon aboard the Artemis II mission. Learn how to get an Artemis II boarding pass before the first crewed lunar flight in over 50 years.

• 

  NASA moves Artemis II rocket to launch pad ahead of crewed Moon mission after 50 years

  Science | January 18, 2026 12:04 IST

  NASA rolls out its Space Launch System rocket to Launch Pad 39B in Florida ahead of the Artemis II mission, marking humanity’s return to the Moon after more than 50 years.

• 

  Humans prepare to return to Moon as NASA readies Artemis II crewed mission

  Science | January 15, 2026 19:26 IST

  NASA plans to launch Artemis II soon, sending astronauts beyond the Moon to test systems ahead of the Artemis III landing mission.

• 

  NASA ISS astronauts safely splash down: Early evacuation over medical concern

  Science | January 15, 2026 14:31 IST

  NASA has carried out its first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station (ISS), sending four astronauts back to Earth more than a month ahead of schedule. The decision was taken after one crew member required medical evaluation that could not be fully conducted in space.

• 

  NASA orders first-ever medical evacuation from ISS, Crew-11 to splash down on January 14

  Science | January 10, 2026 17:47 IST

  NASA’s first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station, deciding to bring four Crew-11 astronauts back to Earth earlier than planned after a medical issue affected one crew member. The astronaut is stable, and NASA has stressed that this is not an emergency.

• 

  NASA pushes back January 8 spacewalk after crew member faces medical issue: What happened?

  Science | January 08, 2026 13:19 IST

  NASA postponed a spacewalk set for January 8 outside the International Space Station after a crew member had a medical issue on board. The agency says everyone’s safe and stable. They’ll share updates and pick a new date for the spacewalk soon.

• 

  James Webb Telescope spots ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ galaxy with a hidden supermassive black hole

  Science | January 05, 2026 16:59 IST

  NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a mysterious early-universe galaxy nicknamed “Jekyll and Hyde”, revealing a calm, star-forming exterior and a violent hidden core powered by a supermassive black hole.

• 

  Interstellar comet 3I/Atlas to make closest approach to Earth this week

  Science | December 16, 2025 7:28 IST

  Officially designated 3I/Atlas after its discovery this summer, the comet will make its closest approach to Earth this Friday, passing within 167 million miles (269 million kilometers).

• 

  Uranus and Neptune may be rockier than thought, new study challenges ‘Ice Giant’ theory

  Science | December 14, 2025 18:35 IST

  A new study suggests that Uranus and Neptune may not be ice-rich planets after all. Researchers from the University of Zurich propose that these distant worlds could be dominated by rock, challenging decades-old assumptions about their internal composition and offering fresh insights into planets.

• 

  NASA loses contact with veteran Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for past decade

  Science | December 12, 2025 13:05 IST

  The spacecraft was operating normally just before it went behind Mars, NASA confirmed this week; tragically, only silence greeted ground stations when it reappeared.

• 

  NASA study reveals shocking new threat ruining Hubble and future telescope images

  Science | December 04, 2025 14:35 IST

  While space telescopes are presumed safe from interference, a NASA-led study recently confirmed a major problem that is now ruining their images.

Advertisement
• 

  Mecca’s Kaaba stunning orbital photo shared by NASA astronaut Don Pettit

  Science | December 04, 2025 10:27 IST

  Renowned NASA astronaut Don Pettit, known for his artistic space photography, took the picture of Mecca's Kaaba while on his fourth ISS mission.

• 

  Scientists solve 60-year mystery behind Venus’s super-fast winds

  Science | November 29, 2025 14:02 IST

  A new study finally uncovers what powers Venus’s super-fast winds. Scientists found that a daily thermal tide—created by the Sun’s heating—pushes momentum toward the cloud tops, driving the planet’s famous atmospheric superrotation. The findings come from two decades of spacecraft data.

• 

  Scientists may have detected Dark Matter for the first time using NASA’s Fermi Telescope

  Science | November 27, 2025 16:35 IST

  A team of Japanese astronomers may have detected the first-ever direct signature of dark matter using NASA’s Fermi gamma-ray space telescope. The team found a unique 20 GeV gamma-ray glow near the Milky Way’s centre, matching predictions of dark matter particle annihilation.

• 

  ISRO scientists capture rare interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS from Mount Abu

  Science | November 19, 2025 17:03 IST

  ISRO-affiliated scientists at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) have captured detailed images and spectral data of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using the 1.2-meter Mount Abu telescope.

• 

  Blue Origin launches New Glenn carrying twin NASA spacecraft to Mars

  Science | November 14, 2025 7:44 IST

  The 321-foot (98-meter) New Glenn launched successfully from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, dispatching NASA's twin Mars orbiters on their lengthy journey to the Red Planet, despite a four-day delay caused by poor local weather and solar storms that created auroras visible down to Florida.

• 

  Blue Origin postponed the launch of NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission due to bad weather

  Science | November 11, 2025 11:01 IST

  Blue Origin postponed the launch of NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission after bad weather hit the New Glenn launch pad in Florida. Heavy clouds forced the company to cancel the liftoff just a day before a new FAA daytime launch ban during a US federal shutdown.

• 

  Astronomers track mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS after sudden speed boost and colour change

  Science | November 10, 2025 17:21 IST

  NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will continue to track 3I/ATLAS as it moves toward Jupiter by March 2026. Scientists hope that upcoming observations will help determine whether its strange behaviour is natural or something more mysterious.

• 

  Mini-Neptunes likely have hard surfaces, not magma oceans: James Webb telescope reveals

  Science | November 08, 2025 14:41 IST

  A new study using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has overturned long-held beliefs about mini-Neptune exoplanets. Earlier, scientists assumed these planets—smaller than Neptune but wrapped in thick hydrogen-helium atmospheres—were covered in global magma oceans.

• 

  ISRO-NASA's NISAR satellite to be declared operational on November 7, says ISRO chief

  Science | November 05, 2025 15:43 IST

  Considered the most expensive Earth observation satellite ever built, the 2,400 kg NISAR was launched on July 30 using ISRO’s GSLV rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.