Dr. Swapnil Surwase
Planet Saturn: Facts About Saturn’s Rings, Moons & Size
Saturn is the sixth planet from the sun and the second-largest planet within the solar system. It's the farthest planet…
First private mission reaches International Space Station
The fully first private mission reached the International Space Station early Saturday with a four-member crew from startup company Axiom…
Is it time to ship one other message to clever aliens? Some scientists suppose so.
Scientists have crafted a brand new message for any clever extraterrestrials who may be on the market. And they need…
Chinese rocket photobombs aurora with spinning orb of sunshine
Scientists have solved the thriller of a spinning orb of bluish mild that slowly streaked throughout the sky above Alaska…
Pluto’s giant ice volcanoes may still be erupting
Nearly seven years after New Horizons visited Pluto, the little world is still revealing itself to be geologically complex. It…
Asteroid Ryugu may be a remnant of an extinct comet
Observations from Japan's Hayabusa2 mission have astronomers questioning the true origin of the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu. The Hayabusa2 mission launched…
Background glow of the universe is oddly bright
We might think of space as an unending void of pitch black darkness, punctuated only by tiny lights of stars…
Orion Spacecraft: Taking Astronauts Beyond Earth Orbit
The Orion spacecraft (more formally, the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle) is NASA's vehicle of choice to take astronauts to the…
The speed of sound on Mars is different from Earth, Perseverance rover finds
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has found that sound travels much more slowly on the Red Planet than it does on…
Solar storms can destroy satellites with ease a space weather expert explains the science
This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. On Feb.…
James Webb releases sharpest IR image ever taken from space
In early February, NASA engineers began to remotely align the 18 hexagonal segments of the James Webb Space Telescope’s primary…
Could the secret of supermassive black holes lie in ultralight dark matter?
Though scientists know there's a supermassive black hole at the center of most galaxies, they can't explain how the gravitational…
The exact point of the moon’s south pole
Since 2009, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been taking high-resolution pictures of the lunar surface. This data, along with…
Distant galaxies appear to overlap in new Hubble telescope image
A new Hubble image shows two deceivingly close galaxies located in the constellation Virgo. The Hubble Space Telescope captured the…
Powerful heat winds seen blowing from a neutron star because it rips up its companion
Using probably the most highly effective telescopes on Earth and in space, a group of astronomers has discovered for the…