Space

| Dec. 3, 2024, 1:44 p.m.

Asteroid on its way to Earth tonight, expected to burn up and create a dazzling display

<p>A small asteroid about 70 cm in diameter is heading towards Earth and is expected to enter the atmosphere over northern Siberia later tonight. The anticipated impact time is around 9:45 pm IST with

Satellite traffic crowding low earth orbit, UN panel pushes for data sharing pact

<p>New Delhi: Space experts have cautioned against the exponential rise in satellite launches in the low earth orbit (LEO) and the resultant increase in space junk that will make the orbit unusable in

What is space debris and how it can affect our life on Earth

<p>On November 25 thrusters on Russia's Progress 89 cargo spacecraft fired for 3.5 minutes to avoid a fragment from an old satellite raising the ISS's orbit by 500 meters. This maneuver came shortly a