Potential signs of Alien Life found on Venus

What you are about to read next might be one of the most groundbreaking discoveries of the year 2020! Venus is the hottest planet in the Solar System. Its atmosphere is hellish, consisting mainly of carbon dioxide with clouds of sulfuric acid, and negligible amount of water. Besides, Venus has large number of volcanoes some […]

NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars in 2020

NASA is sending a small, autonomous helicopter to Mars in 2020. The Mars Helicopter Scout (MHS) will travel to the red planet with the agency’s Mars 2020 rover mission, currently scheduled to launch in June 2020. It would be for the first time that a helicopter would fly in the Martian skies to scout interesting targets […]

Watch the ‘biggest Moon for 2019’ on Tuesday

The super blood moon lunar eclipse of January was visible only to a limited number of people. However, this month, the supermoon is returning. On 18th and 19th February, people across the world will witness a beautiful supermoon! Supermoon is a phenomena that occurs when the Moon reaches the closest point in its orbit (perigee). […]

The brightest star ‘Sirius’ will disappear for 1.8 seconds tonight

Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, might disappear momentarily from the night sky on 18th February, Monday. There’s a high probability that the asteroid 4388 Jurgenstock will occult Sirius for about 1.8 seconds. Sirius is a binary star and shines at an apparent magnitude of -1.46. For comparison, Venus shines at a magnitude […]

China wants to build a Solar Power Station in Space

Ever heard of a Dyson Sphere? Well, it is a hypothetical megastructure that completely surrounds a star and captures a large percentage of its power output. It is believed that advanced civilizations in the universe build such large structures to meet their energy requirements. It turns out that China is now taking a small step […]

Women astronaut/s to be a part of India’s manned space mission ‘Gaganyaan’

ISRO Chairman K. Sivan has confirmed that India will be sending humans to space for the first time from its own soil in December 2021. The ambitious project will see a three-person crew traveling to space in a capsule that will orbit Earth. The Indian Space Research Organization will send two unmanned missions before the […]

Sorry Cosmos fans, Season 2 won’t premiere in March

The first season of Cosmos presented by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, 2014) was a massive hit. On January 13, 2018, Fox announced another season titled Cosmos: Possible Worlds the trailer of which was released in July 2018. You can watch the trailer here: The Season 2 was set to premiere in March, 2019 […]