Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight in India: Know everything!
Radiant point of Geminid meteor shower located in the constellation Gemini. Image credit: Screengrab from Stellarium App

Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight in India: Know everything!

The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight at 10 pm and will be active till midnight on 14 December. The meteor shower will be active from 10 pm on 13 December…

Firefly Sparkle Galaxy weighs nearly the same as the Young Milky Way!
Firefly sparkle galaxy with it's two companion galaxies. Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, C. Willott (NRC-Canada), L. Mowla (Wellesley College), K. Iyer (Columbia)

Firefly Sparkle Galaxy weighs nearly the same as the Young Milky Way!

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered a galaxy that existed just 600 million years after the Big Bang and weighs nearly as much as our Milky Way Galaxy.…

Long March-12 Y1: China launches first ever commercial rocket
Long March-12 Y1 launching from Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site. Image credit: Via X by @globaltimesnews

Long March-12 Y1: China launches first ever commercial rocket

China has made a significant leap in its space capabilities with the successful launch of its first commercial rocket, the Long March-12 Y1, on November 30, 2024. This historic launch…

Earth bacteria colonize valuable samples from asteroid Ryugu
Illustration of the asteroid Ryugu (right)(generated by canva). Illustration of Bacillus bacteria (left) (generated by Canva). Image credit: Nihal Sayyad (created with Canva).

Earth bacteria colonize valuable samples from asteroid Ryugu

The rare and valuable sample of the asteroid Ryugu was found to be contaminated by Earth bacteria. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)'s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft collected the samples from…

ISS crew detected a Toxic Odor aboard the ISS

ISS crew detected a Toxic Odor aboard the ISS. The 'Toxic Odor' was coming from some materials in the Russian Progress MS-29 cargo spacecraft, said astronauts. The Progress MS-29 spacecraft…

What is a Radiant Point?

What is a Radiant Point? A radiant point is a point in the sky from where a meteor shower or meteors appear to emerge. Radiant points are located in a…