Sharmila Kuthunur

Satellites are tracking in real time as multiple major coral reefs around the world get paler due to warming sea temperatures in the fourth-ever global bleaching event.

The search for alien life can now include purple bacteria, thanks to a new catalog of chemical makeup of the lavender-hued organisms.

The Dragonfly mission is set to launch in July 2028 on a six-year journey to Saturn's largest moon, Titan.

Starting in late 2025, the Vera C. Rubin observatory will image the outskirts of our galaxy in search of dark matter clues.

The unexplained mass of a remarkably massive galaxy suggests that dark matter interacts with itself, according to new observations by the James Webb Space Telescope.

BepiColombo spotted an outpour of carbon and oxygen atoms in Venus' fragile magnetic environment

An upcoming NASA mission meant to test new solar sail technology will launch no sooner than April 24, 2024.

The mystery object, which falls right within the mass-gap range, sheds light on a long-sought, murky realm.

The White House has tasked NASA with creating a new time zone for the moon by the end of 2026, as part of the United States' broader goal to establish international norms in space.

Our leading model of the universe assumes dark energy to be constant across the universe and throughout time. Emerging evidence suggests that may not be the case.

Wide-open spaces of the western U.S. may partly explain the region’s higher UAP sightings, according to a new study.

Scientists are puzzled by thousands of white rocks scattered across the Jezero Crater on Mars.

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory just hit a milestone with its 5,000th comet detection.

Scientists shared preliminary results from Lucy's encounter with Dinkinesh and Selam late last year.

Some of the building blocks of life are surprisingly stable in Venus-like conditions, according to a new lab experiment.

Satellite images taken daily for one year shows a stunning glimpse of what the change of seasons looked like from space.

Satellites looked down upon the aftermath of a deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore, Maryland that occurred after a massive cargo ship struck one of the bridge's pillars.

The Euclid "dark universe" probe's vision has been restored, after an experimental campaign succeeded in evaporating water ice from the telescope's mirrors.

Euclid's mission team is trying to de-ice the telescope’s mirrors after water ice begins impacting its vision.

The Indian Space Research Organisation's historic Chandrayaan-3 moon lander managed to keep moon dust off its cameras thanks to a special engine setup.

Solar sails are well suited for life-hunting missions to icy, ocean-harboring moons like Europa and Enceladus, a new study suggests.

A time-changing jet in Jupiter's atmosphere may finally shed light onto the gas giant’s mysterious dynamo.

Near-Earth asteroid Apophis will not collide with another space rock until its close approach to Earth in 2029, a new analysis finds.

MethaneSAT, which launched March 4 on SpaceX's Transporter-10 rideshare mission, will monitor hotspots of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

Early last week, ISRO successfully completed the final test to qualify its Gaganyaan rocket engine, approving it to be capable of safely ferrying astronauts to space.