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Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have found the possible 'sibling' of a planet orbiting a distant star. The team has detected a cloud of debris that…

Mass is mass is mass. Physicists have three different definitions of mass, all thought to be equivalent. Measurements of the distance between Earth and the moon confirm that…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The joint research team of Electrical Engineering and…

In yet another feat, India has successfully put into orbit the first of its second generation navigation satellite, NVS-01. After a flight of about 19 minutes, the NVS-O1 satellitewas…

Hubble might be most famous among the public for its beautiful images, particularly of planets in our solar system. Saturn is one of the most beautiful planets thanks to its…

In light of this sort of thing, America’s military establishment is worried that its satellite network is not up to snuff. But it has a plan. The Space-Based Adaptive…

Earlier this month, the company had put a pause on operations company-wide in a bid to sort its finances. Reports emerged earlier this month claiming that a Texan was…

Archaeologists have probed the cultures of people all over the Earth—so why not study a unique community that’s out of this world? One team is creating a first-of-its-kind archaeological…

In 2017, a mysterious comet dubbed 'Oumuamua fired the imaginations of scientists and the public alike. It was the first known visitor from outside our solar system, it had no bright coma or…

While the X-37 started as a NASA program in 1999, it didn't stay that way for very long. In 2004, the program was transferred to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency…