Voyager 1, launched in September 1977, holds the distinction of being the furthest human-made object from Earth. It embarked on an incredible journey, venturing beyond the boundaries of our solar system and into interstellar space. Here’s the latest update on this iconic spacecraft Communication On 14th November 2023, Voyager 1 experienced anRead More →
We are never in the same place twice Our nearest galaxy is the Milky Way and, in a year, it moves 17 billion kilometres from where it was one a year ago. So, by virtue of this fact, we have never been in the same place twice. Earth moves withRead More →
Space smells – fact or fiction? It’s true, space has a smell. Space is a vacuum, so no one can smell it directly. But astronauts can smell the things that have been in space, such as their suits or tools. They report that space smells like hot metal, diesel fumes, barbecue, or burning hydrocarbons. TheseRead More →
Did you know that there are more moves in a game of chess than there are atoms in the Universe? Well, it’s true. The universe is so vast it is just mind bogglingly impossible to imagine how many atoms make it up. The estimated number of atoms in the universeRead More →
‘Don’t for one minute think you’re staying, especially after the mess you left last time!’ To the moon and back.Read More →
Alien dust samples from the ‘most dangerous known rock in the Solar System’ have been brought to Earth. NASA safely landed the probe with the capsule containing the precious space dust in the West Desert of Utah state. The samples had been collected up from the surface of asteroid BennuRead More →
NASA mission Osiris-Rex is a NASA mission that aims to collect and return a sample from asteroid Bennu, which is believed to be a remnant of the early solar system. The mission hopes to learn more about the origins of life on Earth and the potential for asteroid mining in theRead More →
Mission to the sun Days after India’s successful moon mission, the country is now setting its sights on the sun. According to the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), the Aditya-L1 spacecraft will be launched from the Sriharikota Spaceport on 2nd September 2023 in a bid to study the sun andRead More →
Voyage 2 Spacecraft The Voyager 2 spacecraft is a remarkable feat of human exploration and discovery. It was launched in 1977, along with its twin Voyager 1, to explore the outer planets of our solar system. It is the only spacecraft to have visited Uranus and Neptune, and it is nowRead More →
Arthur C. Clarke 1917 – 2008 Arthur C. Clarke, in full Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, (born 1917, Minehead, Somerset, England – died 2008 ). English writer, notable for both his science fiction and his nonfiction. His best known works are the script he wrote with American film director Stanley Kubrick for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and the novel of that film.Read More →
It’s taken nearly 20 years, but Sir Richard Branson has finally begun commercial space flights with his Virgin Galactic rocket ship, Unity On 29th. June 2023, Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic successfully launched its first commercial flight to the edge of space. The flight was carried out by the company’s SpaceShipRead More →