When the sky falls: Why and how we track dangerous asteroids

When the sky falls: Why and how we track dangerous asteroids

In 2013, a meteor exploded over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk with the force of 30 Hiroshima bombs. The blast injured over a thousand people and shattered windows across six cities. Yet the object—roughly 20 meters wide—had gone completely undetected.  That event jolted the world into remembering: space isn’t empty, and Earth isn’t invincible. “Had […]

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ISRO plans to return to Mars, explore dark side of moon with Japan

ISRO plans to return to Mars, explore dark side of moon with Japan

After missions to the moon and Mars, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has now set its eyes on Venus and also plans to explore the dark side of the moon in collaboration with Japan. Making a presentation on ISRO’s future missions at the Akash Tattva conference here, Anil Bhardwaj, Director of the Ahmedabad-based Physical […]

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Japan space agency rocket carrying 8 satellites fails

Japan space agency rocket carrying 8 satellites fails

Japan’s space agency said a rocket carrying eight satellites failed just after liftoff Wednesday and had to be aborted by a self-destruction command, in the country’s first failed rocket launch in nearly 20 years. The Epsilon-6 rocket was not in the right position to orbit around the Earth and its flight had to be aborted […]

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SpaceX capsule heads to space station ferrying NASA crew and Russian

SpaceX capsule heads to space station ferrying NASA crew and Russian

A SpaceX rocket soared into orbit from Florida on Wednesday carrying the next long-term International Space Station crew, with a Russian cosmonaut, two Americans and a Japanese astronaut flying together in a demonstration of U.S.-Russian teamwork in space despite Ukraine war tensions. A high-ranking official of the Russian space agency Roscosmos said shortly after the […]

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