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Finally, after over a year of hard work, the second edition of my first book is out! I’m thrilled about this new edition—essentially a...

Let me put this out in front: Carl Sagan is a hero of mine. How could he not be? He was a scientific communicator par excellence. His...

In October of last year, I shared my insights on the significance of sample return missions, with a particular emphasis on the OSIRIS-REx...

At some junctures in life, one often reevaluates their deeply ingrained beliefs. This introspection might involve spiritual reflection,...

In this month's post, we review one of the most exciting discoveries made in our Solar System: the detection of methane gas on Mars. This...

Within the field of astrobiology, Earth-based analogues of habitable environments found in space (e.g., early Mars) can provide deep...

Building on the November post about the trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) and the remarkable observations made by the James Webb Space...

Planetary exploration missions are journeys of epic endurance, stretching across many years and, more often than not, decades. Even after...

The year 2023 has been exceptional in many regards, from the avalanche of JWST scientific papers covering many fields of astronomy to the...

Luck had it that as soon as I had decided to write an article for my October post on the importance of sample return missions on the back...

When the James Web Space Telescope (JWST) was launched almost two years ago now—time flies—one of the key observations I was looking...

After travelling for over 160 million kilometres in space, the OSIRIS-Rex spacecraft whizzed by Earth on the 24th of September to release...

Having written about the ups and downs of India’s past Chandrayaan missions in my second book – Imaging Our Solar System – it was with...

Interstellar space, this vast region of space that lies between stars, is a very empty place with an average density of only about one...

Is there anybody out there? The question of whether or not there is another life or even intelligent life in the universe is one of the...

I have always been fascinated by the Kuiper Belt and the worlds that lay beyond it. The Kuiper Belt, home to Pluto and Arrokoth, is...

A few weeks ago, a booming sound rumbled throughout the lush jungles of French Guiana as Ariane V took off for its penultimate launch,...

When Voyager 2 whizzed past Uranus in January 1986, it encountered a system tilted by 97.7 degrees, as if lying on its side. Such a...

‘Five minutes to go. You’re still OK, Harper?’ said a man through the intercom. Her voice was too dry to reply, so she gave a thumbs up...

This is the beginning of a novel. Chapter 1 Near Sarakka Crater, on Callisto Freyja’s pickaxe hit on the rock-solid ice hard. It made a...