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The landing site of NASA Apollo 11
NASA chose the Apollo 11 landing site for engineering simplicity, but it had scientific benefits nevertheless.
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By Jatan Mehta | Dives into lunar exploration, space technology, Indian space, planetary science, and more.
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Everything you need to know about SpaceX’s historic launch of NASA astronauts
A successful mission means the US can launch astronauts from home again, and match Russia’s and China’s capabilities.
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Why explore Venus
Earth’s sister planet warns us that planetary climates can change dramatically.
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Timeline for life until the end of the Universe
What does life need to do to survive till the end of stars in the Universe?
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ISRO’s Chandrayaan 2 orbiter is creating the highest resolution map of the Moon
The spacecraft is quantifying just how much water ice exists on the Moon’s poles.
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Super Saturn – How does a planet maintain rings 200 times larger than Saturn’s?
Can such a massive ring system even exist?
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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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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.