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Research on ‘polluted’ dwarf stars suggests stars and planets may have ‘grown’ together
It is generally believed that stars form millions of years before the planets that orbit them, with the leftover material from star formation accumulating to…
Space News Weekly Recap: India’s first private spaceflight, ISRO Mars return, and more
ISRO’s plans for Mars return During a presentation on ISRO’s future missions, Anil Bharadwaj, Director of the Ahmedabad-based Physical Research Laboratory, announced that the space…
NASA’s CAPSTONE CubeSat to arrive at lunar orbit
NASA’s CAPSTONE mission will reach the Moon on November 13, becoming the first spacecraft to enter into a special elongate orbit that could support future…
India’s first private launch vehicle all set for maiden flight
India’s first privately developed launch vehicle – Hyderabad-based Skyroot’s Vikram-S – is all set to make its maiden flight from the country’s only spaceport in…
Space news weekly recap: Planet killer asteroid, merging galaxies and more
This week is a happy one for all the UFO enthusiasts out there as a declassified version of the United States defence-intelligence report on UFOs…
Time to say goodbye to NASA’s InSight Mars lander
After nearly four years spent on the Martian surface, NASA’s InSight lander is coming to the end of its life as the spacecraft’s power generation…
SpaceX launches first Falcon Heavy mission since 2019 from Florida
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, the world’s most-powerful active rocket, lifted off on Tuesday for the first time in more than three years through dense fog at…
China launches 3rd and final space station component
China’s third and final module docked with its permanent space station Tuesday to further a more than decade-long effort to maintain a constant crewed presence…
Eerie image shows spectacular aftermath of a large star’s death
The aftermath of a large star’s explosive death is seen in an image released on Monday by the European Southern Observatory, showing immense filaments of…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX expects first Starship launch to orbit this year -NASA
SpaceX is targeting early December to launch its giant Starship rocket system into orbit for the first time, a pivotal demonstration flight as it aims…