Google CEO Sundar Pichai has praised Jeff Bezos and his space exploration company, Blue Origin, for achieving a significant milestone. The company’s New Glenn rocket recently completed its first test flight, marking a pivotal moment in private space travel and innovation. Pichai responded to Bezos’ post on microblogging site X (formerly Twitter), sharing his excitement…
One of Nasa‘s two struck astronauts, Sunita Williams, enjoyed a much needed change of scenery on Thursday, stepping out for her first spacewalk since arriving at the International Space Station over seven months ago. Indian-origin astronaut Williams, the station’s commander, joined Nasa’s Nick Hague to tackle overdue repair tasks outside the station.Plans are in place…
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin achieved a milestone on Thursday, January 16 after its New Glenn rocket completed its first test flight, sending a prototype satellite thousands of miles above the Earth. Named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, the 320-foot rocket launched from Florida’s historic pad, once used for NASA’s Mariner and…
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) frequently share extraordinary pictures and videos taken from outer space, presenting a perspective view of Earth and natural phenomena. Recently, an astronaut at NASA, Don Pettit, made one such viral video by displaying an aurora, a naturally occurring light produced when solar particles interact with Earth’s atmosphere. Many…
Tesla and Starlink CEO Elon Musk wants you to take note. The world’s richest man who has long described Mars as critical to humanity’s survival has an ‘alien warning’. “If future aliens see us, they will say; there they had rocket and everything, still they regulated themselves,” said Musk addressing a crowd that roared with…
The year 2024 proved to be an outstanding time in the realm of space exploration, where the milestones achieved by several agencies held the world in awe. Milestone scientific discoveries and technological achievements marked humanity’s unwavering quest to know more about the universe.From Moon to Mars, and from solar breakthroughs to democratising space access, a…
NASA‘s Parker Solar Probe is set to make history on December 24, 2024, by being the closest object ever to fly by the Sun. The flyby will take place at a record 3.8 million miles (6.1 million kilometers) from the surface of the Sun, further than any spacecraft has flown. The probe will pass through…
NASA‘s InSight lander on Mars has made incredible strides in studying the Red Planet, and one of its most fascinating areas of research involves the mysterious phenomenon known as “dust devils.” These swirling, tornado-like formations, common on Mars, have long intrigued scientists due to their ability to move dust across the Martian surface. Using its…
Astronaut Sunita Williams and her colleague, astronaut Butch Wilmore, who travelled to the International Space Station (ISS) in June, will have to stay longer in space due to technical issues with Boeing’s Starliner and delays in the next crew launch.The astronauts who went on June 5, 2024, were originally set to return in February 2025,…
Nasa has revealed new details about Io, Jupiter’s third-largest moon and the most volcanic world in our solar system.Io has over 400 active volcanoes on its surface, creating stunning lava flows and eruptions that send plumes into space.A recent discovery by Nasa’s Juno mission has helped solve a 44-year-old mystery about the source of Io’s…
