Jatan Mehta

Jatan Mehta is an independent, globally published science writer. He is passionate about exploration of space and humanity’s future in it, and the unique role of our Moon in both. His space blog and lunar exploration newsletter can be found at blog.jatan.space.

Arabsat 6A, Ariane 5, Chang’e 4, Chang’e 5, CHEOPS satellite, cubesats, electric propulsion, Electron rocket, European Space Agency, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, GISAT 1 satellite, GSLV, Hayabusa 2, Indian Space Research Organisation – ISRO, lunar regolith, NASA, New Horizons, PSLV, rocket lab, sample return mission, small satellites, smallsats, SpaceIL, SpaceX, sslv, Ultima Thule, Vector-R rocket, von Kármán crater

The Major Indian and International Space Missions to Look Out for in 2019

Jatan Mehta 01/01/2019

2018 was an incredible year for spaceflight with over...

Parker solar probe, BepiColombo, gravity assist, gravitational flyby, NASA MESSENGER, Cassini probe, Voyager 1, interstellar medium, Voyager 2, orbital inclination, ESA Rosetta,

The Simple Physics Trick That’s Allowed Us to Venture Deeper Into Space

Jatan Mehta 30/11/2018

The gravity assist is a versatile instrument in the...

black hole spin, Indian Space Research Organisation - ISRO, AstroSat, Chandra X-ray, NASA, naked singularity, Stephen Hawking, accretion disk, soft X-ray, hard X-ray, Chandrayaan, Chandrayaan 2, Mangalyaan, Mars Orbiter Mission, NASA NuSTAR, black holes, Kerr black hole

Why It Matters That India and the US Teamed up to Measure a Black Hole’s Spin

Jatan Mehta 09/11/2018

The black hole's spin rate also turned out to...

exoplanets, extraterrestrial life, High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher, Mars, Proxima Centauri, red-dwarf stars, solar flare, SpaceX, terminator, tidal locking, TRAPPIST-1, twilight zone, Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph

What’re the Possibilities for Life Around the Universe’s Most Common Stars?

Jatan Mehta 13/10/2018

When all the Sun-like stars have died in few...

TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is shown in this conceptual illustration. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Handout via Reuters/Files

Where Does India’s First Exoplanet Discovery Fit In?

Jatan Mehta 20/09/2018

It is important to remember that K2-236b was discovered...