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NASA moves Artemis II rocket to launch pad ahead of crewed Moon mission after 50 years
Science | Jan 18, 2026, 12:04 PM ISTNASA 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.
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Humans prepare to return to Moon as NASA readies Artemis II crewed mission
Science | Jan 15, 2026, 07:26 PM ISTNASA plans to launch Artemis II soon, sending astronauts beyond the Moon to test systems ahead of the Artemis III landing mission.
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NASA ISS astronauts safely splash down: Early evacuation over medical concern
Science | Jan 15, 2026, 02:31 PM ISTNASA 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.
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NASA orders first-ever medical evacuation from ISS, Crew-11 to splash down on January 14
Science | Jan 10, 2026, 05:47 PM ISTNASA’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.
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NASA pushes back January 8 spacewalk after crew member faces medical issue: What happened?
Science | Jan 08, 2026, 01:19 PM ISTNASA 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.
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James Webb Telescope spots ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ galaxy with a hidden supermassive black hole
Science | Jan 05, 2026, 04:59 PM ISTNASA’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.
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Interstellar comet 3I/Atlas to make closest approach to Earth this week
Science | Dec 16, 2025, 07:28 AM ISTOfficially 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).
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Uranus and Neptune may be rockier than thought, new study challenges ‘Ice Giant’ theory
Science | Dec 14, 2025, 06:35 PM ISTA 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.
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NASA loses contact with veteran Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for past decade
Science | Dec 12, 2025, 01:05 PM ISTThe spacecraft was operating normally just before it went behind Mars, NASA confirmed this week; tragically, only silence greeted ground stations when it reappeared.
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NASA study reveals shocking new threat ruining Hubble and future telescope images
Science | Dec 04, 2025, 02:35 PM ISTWhile space telescopes are presumed safe from interference, a NASA-led study recently confirmed a major problem that is now ruining their images.
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Mecca’s Kaaba stunning orbital photo shared by NASA astronaut Don Pettit
Science | Dec 04, 2025, 10:27 AM ISTRenowned NASA astronaut Don Pettit, known for his artistic space photography, took the picture of Mecca's Kaaba while on his fourth ISS mission.
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Scientists solve 60-year mystery behind Venus’s super-fast winds
Science | Nov 29, 2025, 02:02 PM ISTA 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.
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Scientists may have detected Dark Matter for the first time using NASA’s Fermi Telescope
Science | Nov 27, 2025, 04:35 PM ISTA 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.
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ISRO scientists capture rare interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS from Mount Abu
Science | Nov 19, 2025, 05:03 PM ISTISRO-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.
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Blue Origin launches New Glenn carrying twin NASA spacecraft to Mars
Science | Nov 14, 2025, 07:44 AM ISTThe 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.
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Blue Origin postponed the launch of NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission due to bad weather
Science | Nov 11, 2025, 11:01 AM ISTBlue 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.
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Astronomers track mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS after sudden speed boost and colour change
Science | Nov 10, 2025, 05:21 PM ISTNASA 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.
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Mini-Neptunes likely have hard surfaces, not magma oceans: James Webb telescope reveals
Science | Nov 08, 2025, 02:41 PM ISTA 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.
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ISRO-NASA's NISAR satellite to be declared operational on November 7, says ISRO chief
Science | Nov 05, 2025, 03:43 PM ISTConsidered 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.
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Artemis Moon Mission: SpaceX shares key milestones of starship human landing system
Science | Nov 02, 2025, 11:31 AM ISTSpaceX has revealed details on the Starship Human Landing System (HLS)—thespacecraft that will land NASA astronauts on the Moon under the Artemis III mission. With 49 milestones already completed, including life-support tests, engine trials and docking simulations.