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Interview: Shrinivas Kulkarni, finder of a thousand exploding stars
The creator of the renowned Palomar Transient Factory survey speaks about the unique value small telescopes have to offer in the age of billion-dollar instruments.
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By Jatan Mehta | Dives into lunar exploration, space technology, Indian space, planetary science, and more.
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Book review: Those magnificent women and their stories that must be told
Minnie Vaid's new book profiles some of the women who put India on the Mars bandwagon.
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Most anticipated space launches in 2020
Four spacecraft to Mars, two Moon landers, two Sun orbiters, new rockets and human spaceflight progress in store for 2020.
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Interviewing neutrino-hunting particle physicist Kate Scholberg
A peek into the efforts to detect particles from exploding stars!
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Explainer – Why did it take so long to find the Chandrayaan 2 lander?
Challenges involved in spotting a spacecraft on the Moon's surface from space.
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The most extreme planets scientists have discovered in our galaxy
The discovery of these exoplanets defied what scientists considered possible.
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First results from Voyagers, the NASA spacecraft at the edge of interstellar space
The twin Voyagers' observations have given us our first glimpse of what the space between stars is like.
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India’s Yuri Gagarin moment approaches closer, astronauts begin training for Gaganyaan in Russia
ISRO’s Gaganyaan mission, scheduled for December 2021, will be India’s first crewed spaceflight, made using indigenous technologies.
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ISRO needs night survival technologies for future Moon missions and beyond
As the lunar night casts its shadow on Vikram, it’s time for a change of gears in India’s lunar exploration strategy.
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Chandrayaan 2’s landing failure and the road ahead
What does Vikram’s failed landing mean for India's future in space?
Visual Space
The tiniest of impact craters [Guest post]
Small meteorites constantly bombard the Moon and create micro-sized craters.
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I saw a rocket launch!
My experience at ISRO's Launch View Gallery.