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Did You Know? On Average, Mercury Is Earth’s Closest Neighbour.

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The Story of Dust, Through Space and Time

According to the theory of panspermia, outer space seeded Earth with comet-borne primitive life forms over four billion years ago. Credit: Yuri_B/pixabay

Are We the Aliens We Seek?

The Vainu Bappu Observatory in Kavalur, Tamil Nadu. Credit: Prateek Karandikar/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Remembering M.K. Vainu Bappu, the Indian Comet Hunter

Icy Ring Around Young Planetary System Has Similar Chemical Fingerprint to Our Solar System

Credit: Ita Mehrotra

A Brief History of Earth: The Rock From Space That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs – and Much Else

Philae. Credit: Ita Mehrotra

Farewell, Philae! Space Agency Pulls Plug on Humankind’s First Comet-Trotter