The universe has always held secrets that seem just beyond our reach, but in the past year, NASA’s cutting-edge laboratories across the United States have been working overtime to unlock mysteries that would have been pure science fiction just decades ago. From potential signs of ancient life on Mars to revolutionary discoveries about black holes ...
Far in NASA’s super-sterile cleanrooms where spacecraft are assembled carefully to not infect other planets, researchers have made a staggering discovery: 26 new, undiscovered species of bacteria flourishing where nearly everything should perish. The microbes, impervious to extreme forms of sterilization, hold genetic information that might re-engineer biotechnology, medicine, and even our definition of life ...
SpaceX’s Starship Flight 8 erupted in fireballs across the Atlantic Ocean on March 6 2025, the show was evident across Florida all the way to the Caribbean and was an eerie reminder of the difficult and gruelling challenges of rocket science. Behind the dramatic nature of the explosion is a fascinating story of engineering-related detective ...
Gargi Chakravorty
