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What will happen to our home galaxy Milky Way in future? 

In about six billion years from now, our home galaxy Milky Way (MW) and the neighbouring Andromeda galaxy (M 31) will collide and merge...

JWST’s Deep Field Observations Contravene Cosmological Principle

James Webb Space Telescope’s deep field observations under JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) unequivocally show that most of the galaxies rotate in direction...

Long-chain Hydrocarbons Detected on Mars  

An analysis of existing rock sample inside Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument, a mini laboratory onboard the Curiosity rover has revealed presence of the...

Have Astronomers discovered the first “Pulsar – Black hole” binary system? 

Astronomers have recently reported detection of such a compact object of about 2.35 solar masses in the globular cluster NGC 1851 in our home...

near-Earth asteroid 2024 BJ to make closest approach to Earth  

On 27 January 2024, an airplane-sized, near-Earth asteroid 2024 BJ will pass Earth at a closest distance of 354,000 Km.  It will come as close as 354,000...

The Oldest Black hole from the Early Universe Challenges the Model of Black hole Formation  

Astronomers have detected the oldest (and the most distant) black hole from the early universe which dates from 400 million years after the big...

JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) achieves Lunar soft-landing capability  

JAXA, Japan’s space agency has successfully soft landed “Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)” on lunar surface. This makes Japan fifth country to have...

Mars Rovers: Two decades of landing of Spirit and Opportunity on the surface of Red Planet

Two decades ago, two Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity landed on Mars on 3rd and 24th January 2004, respectively to look for evidence that...

The Fast Radio Burst, FRB 20220610A originated from a novel source  

Fast Radio Burst FRB 20220610A, the most powerful radio burst ever observed was detected on 10 June 2022. It had originated from a source...

Will failure of Lunar Lander ‘Peregrine Mission One’ affect NASA’s ‘Commercialisation’ efforts?   

The lunar lander, ‘Peregrine Mission One,’ built by ‘Astrobotic Technology’ under NASA’s ‘Commercial Lunar Payload Services’ (CLPS) initiative was launched into space on 8...

‘Gateway’ Lunar Space Station of ‘Artemis Mission’: UAE to provide an Airlock  

UAE’s MBR Space Centre has collaborated with NASA to provide an airlock for the first lunar space station Gateway that will orbit the Moon...

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