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An artist's conception of Hitomi in space. Source: JAXA

Japan’s Flagship Astronomy Satellite Declared Lost

The Wire Staff 29/04/2016

The satellite's marks the third failure for JAXA in...

An artist's depiction of a Kuiper Belt Object. Credit: NASA

Does the Solar System Really Have a Ninth Planet?

Sandhya Ramesh 26/04/2016

Since it is so far from us, Planet Nine,...

A NASA image shows the International Space Station as it flew over Madagascar, showing three of the five spacecraft docked to the station in this photo taken by the Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA on April 6, 2016 and released on April 8, 2016. Credit: REUTERS/Tim Peake/ESA/NASA/Handout via Reuters

SpaceX Rocket Booster Makes Breakthrough Landing at Sea

Irene Klotz 09/04/2016

The successful autonomous touchdown of the booster at sea...

Satellite image on March 22. Credit: NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC

What’s That Fire? Burning Crop Land Helps Farmers in Short-Run but at Heavy Long-term Cost

Jahnavi Sen 25/03/2016

A NASA image shows how burning crop land after...

A GSLV Mk-II rocket at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre launchpad in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, ahead of the D6 flight in August 2015. Credit: ISRO

The Problems with Measuring ISRO’s Economic Impact

Kapil Subramanian 15/02/2016

There is a case to be made for spending...

A poster for the film 'The Martian'. Source: Fox Movies

Mars is There, Waiting to Be Reached – Bringing it Home is the Problem

Vasudevan Mukunth 02/10/2015

A review of the film 'The Martian', directed by...

Mars, as Seen Through Indian Eyes

The Wire Staff 19/08/2015

India’s Mars Orbiter Mission has now been at it...