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How Far Human Civilisation is Detectable in Space 

Earth’s most detectable techno-signatures are the planetary radar transmissions from the erstwhile Arecibo Observatory. The Arecibo message could be detected up to about 12,000...

Blue Ghost: The Commercial Moon Lander Achieves Lunar Soft Landing

On 2 March 2025, Blue Ghost, the moon lander built by the private company Firefly Aerospace touched down safely on lunar surface near a...

New Observation of Colourful Twilight Clouds on Mars  

Curiosity rover has captured new images of colourful twilight clouds in the atmosphere of Mars. Called iridescence, this phenomenon is caused due to scattering of light...

Early Solar System had Widespread Ingredients for Life

The asteroid Bennu is an ancient carbonaceous asteroid that has rocks and dusts from the birth of the solar system. It was thought that...

“Parker Solar Probe” Survives Closest Encounter to Sun  

Parker solar probe has sent signal to Earth today on 27 December 2024 confirming its safety following its closest approach to Sun on 24...

PROBA-3: the first ever “Precision formation flying” Mission   

ESA’s PROBA-3 mission, which lifted off on ISRO’s PSLV-XL rocket on 5 December 2024, is a “solar eclipse-making" two satellite formation of occulter and...

James Webb (JWST) redefines appearance of Sombrero galaxy (Messier 104)  

In the new mid-infrared image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, the Sombrero galaxy (technically known as Messier 104 or M104 galaxy) appears...

Search of Life Beyond Earth: Clipper Mission to Europa Launched  

NASA has successfully launched Clipper mission to Europa into space on Monday 14 October 2024. Two-way communication has been established with the spacecraft since...

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