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Here lies the bathing light of the red dragon, deepening horizons on a world so foreign Yet much like a haven that is our Earth, there could be water on its surface unhurt Could there be life too on this land of the triple-star, would they also figure out
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Chang’e 5 to return Moon samples, SLS progressing, ESA plans lunar habitats, new science maps, and more developments in the lunar space.
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Shukrayaan will be the first mission to map Venus’ subsurface.
Moon Monday
The Moon may have formed in a hurry, NASA plans more robotic lunar missions, and other happenings in the lunar space.
Here are some more interesting bits I came across when I wrote an article on Neptune. * The European Space Agency is investigating two ways to explore the ice giants. One is a Uranus orbiter, which will be solar-powered, and not nuclear—a bold move. And the other is contributing
This is a tightened version of the talk I gave for Chai and Why, a series of popular science talks organized by Arnab Bhattacharya, a scientist and a science communicator based out of India. Talk Description: It’s been 50 years since humans landed on the Moon, so why haven’
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This azure ice giant challenges our understanding of how planets form and offers a potentially habitable moon.
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NASA and the Germany space agency’s airborne SOFIA telescope has detected water on the Moon’s surface. There are many misconceptions floating around this discovery so I’d like to clarify the nature of the findings and what it means for lunar science and exploration. Different from Chandrayaan 1
Here are some more interesting bits I didn’t get to cover in my article on Japan's MMX mission, which will collect samples from Mars’ moon Phobos. * Slowing down from orbital speeds to a touch down under Phobos’ weak gravity is going to be incredibly challenging. Among other
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This is the first time the martian moons will be fully mapped, and samples brought to Earth from the martian system.
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Only part of the missing science from ISRO’s highly held Mars mission may be due to inadequacy of academic institutions in India.
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The launch of Sputnik in 1957 marked not just the advent of the Space Age but had an even deeper significance.
