Astronomers have discovered a distant galaxy that is a “cosmic fossil” which has remained “frozen in time” for billions of years.
Just as dinosaur fossils here on Earth are used to probe the evolution of life, this cosmic fossil in the form of…
Astronomers have discovered a distant galaxy that is a “cosmic fossil” which has remained “frozen in time” for billions of years.
Just as dinosaur fossils here on Earth are used to probe the evolution of life, this cosmic fossil in the form of…
November 2026 will mark the first time in history a human-made object has travelled a light day away from Earth and it’s a scary reminder of just how vast space is.
A spacecraft called Voyager 1 was launched all the way back in…
Scientists have taken a bold and controversial step toward creating synthetic human DNA from scratch, a move some critics liken to ‘playing God.’
The research aims to unlock new treatments for autoimmune disorders, heart failure, viral infections,…
Light always travels at 3 lakh km per second in a vacuum. It cannot be trapped and solidified because the particles of light, photons, have no rest mass and don’t interact strongly with each other. Generally, light exists only as a particle or…
In the remote Afar region of northeastern Ethiopia, a quiet but significant event is unfolding beneath the Earth’s surface. For millions of years, tectonic plates have been shifting, but recent findings suggest the mantle is pulsing beneath…
On October 31, 2000, a momentous event marked a turning point in humanity’s presence in space. That day, the Soyuz TM-31 capsule launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying three astronauts on a mission to the International…
Notably, the company plans to launch each new rocket as soon as it is ready to fly to gather data about the vehicle’s performance, attempt to catch and reuse first stages, and move closer to a rapid launch cadence….
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