CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA: Saturn has a fresh new look thanks to Nasa’s Webb Space Telescope.The gas giant is dark in the latest photo by Webb, released Friday, but its rings are glowing.Webb snapped the picture in the infrared last weekend. At this wavelength, the planet appears dark because sunlight is absorbed by methane in the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Days before PM Narendra Modi’s visit to the US from June 21 to 25, Nasa officials are increasingly talking about roping in India for Nasa’s Artemis Accords, which are an American-led effort to return humans to the Moon by 2025, with the ultimate goal of expanding space exploration to Mars and beyond. A … Read more
WASHINGTON: SpaceX plans to carry out its first test flight on Monday of Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, designed to send astronauts to the Moon and eventually beyond.The launch is scheduled to take place at 7.00am (1200 GMT) from the sprawling Texas base of the private space company owned by billionaire Elon Musk.Fallback … Read more