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What Happens If You Commit a Crime In Space?

Danielle Ireland-Piper 02/09/2019

Space, like the high seas, is considered ´res communis´...

A view of ISRO's PSLV-38 at the launch pad in Sriharikota. Credit: ISRO

ISRO’s New Commercial Arm Invites Private Sector to Make PSLV Rockets

T.E. Narasimhan 18/08/2019

NewSpace India has said that an Indian industry consortium...

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The Uncertainty and Obsolescence Vikram Sarabhai Saw in India’s Future

Vikram Sarabhai 12/08/2019

"I believe that the present is particularly threatening to...

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This Asteroid Could Have Wiped Out a City. Scientists Almost Missed It.

Taylor Mahlandt 09/08/2019

The deceivingly dull-sounding Asteroid 2019 OK came “out of...

The PSLV C35 takes from from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, on September 26, 2016. Credit: ISRO

ISRO’s New Space Company Gets Its First Order

Dinesh C. Sharma 08/08/2019

American firm Spaceflight has bought a payload slot on...

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Why Scientists Are Confused About How Fast the Universe Is Expanding

Sakhee Bhure 03/08/2019

Scientists used three different techniques to calculate the rate...

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TeamIndus Partner OrbitBeyond Drops NASA Contract for Moon Lander Mission

The Wire Staff 30/07/2019

Of the three companies picked by NASA to carry...