Aerospace

An artist's illustration of the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, with the Schiaparelli lander to its right, shown next to Mars. Credit: ESA/Twitter

Live: European ExoMars Probe Prepares to Enter Orbit Around Mars, Launches Lander To Surface

Sandhya Ramesh 19/10/2016

This mission will be followed in 2020 by a...

A photograph of Jerry Ehman's notes, with his "Wow" written next to data indicating the strange strength of the signal. Credit: tonynetone/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Listen: How a 72-Second Burst of Radio Waves Stimulated Our Curiosity About Aliens

Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian 19/10/2016

Astronomers hope to find the mystery behind the source...

asgardia

Why ‘Asgardia’ Is More Likely to Be a Pie in the Sky Than a Nation in Space

Monica Grady 15/10/2016

Asgardia is calling for unrestricted research but history has...

GSAT-18. Credit: ISRO

GSAT-18 Launch Postponed Due to Cross Winds

ISRO's latest communication satellite is now scheduled to be...

Comet 67P/C-G, which the probe Rosetta will speed into on September 30. Credit: Rosetta NAVCAM/ESA

Live: The Final Moments of Rosetta, the Comet-Trailing Probe

Sandhya Ramesh 30/09/2016

Follow along as the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft...

Hoisting of the PSLV C-30 second stage during vehicle integration. Source: ISRO

ISRO Sets Satellite Launch Record in 2016

Charlie Moloney, Indiaspend.org 29/09/2016

Over ten years, ISRO has had 34 launches, successfully...

Mars. Credit: SpaceX

Elon Musk Unveils Concept of How SpaceX Will Take Humans to Mars

Vasudevan Mukunth 28/09/2016

Musk estimated that between 20 and 50 trips to...