Outer Space Treaty

India has said outer space should remain a realm for cooperation, not conflict, calling for a legally binding international instrument to prevent an arms race in space. "India is a major space-faring nation. Our space programme has both developmental and security dimensions," Member of Parliament Sudha Murty said here on Tuesday, while delivering India's statement on outer space at the UN General Assembly First Committee. "India believes that outer space belongs to all of us. We are one Earth, one family with one future. It is our view that outer space should remain a realm for cooperation, not conflict," she said. Noting the emergence of new actors in the outer space domain, Murty said dual-use space technologies and assets had become a reality. "A difference of opinion continues on approaches to preventing an arms race in outer space and on which approach should take priority," she said. India reiterated its preferences for a legally binding instrument on the Prevention of an Ar

Now a team of researchers is offering what it contends is the strongest indication yet of extraterrestrial life, not in our solar system but on a massive planet, known as K2-18b

The Brics ministers reiterated their support for the long-term sustainability of outer space activities and the prevention of an arms race in outer space (PAROS) and its weaponisation

UN Outer Space Treaty Prohibits lunar land ownership, but private sellers persist

Chandrayaan-3's successful soft-landing on the Moon to propel India into an elite group of nations was lauded by leading foreign media outlets as a marvellous achievement and a massive moment for the country's space exploration that has raised its profile as a spacefaring nation. From The New York Times to BBC and The Guardian to The Washington Post, the historic event in India's space programme on Wednesday made headlines across the globe. Mainstream American newspapers, many of which had been sceptical of India's space mission and sometimes even made fun of it through cartoons, noted the great Indian achievement. "The Chandrayaan-3 mission makes India the first country to reach the lunar south polar region in one piece and adds to the achievements of the country's homegrown space programme," The New York Times reported. The Washington Post wrote a couple of stories covering various perspectives and an opinion piece to celebrate this historic occasion. "It is a marvellous achieve

One-third of the planets orbiting the most common stars across the Milky Way galaxy may hold onto liquid water and possibly harbour life, according to a study based on latest telescope data. The most common stars in our galaxy are considerably smaller and cooler, sporting just half the mass of the Sun at most. Billions of planets orbit these common dwarf stars. The analysis, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that two-thirds of the planets around these ubiquitous small stars could be roasted by tidal extremes, sterilising them. However, that leaves one-third of the planetshundreds of millions across the galaxythat could be in a goldilocks orbit close enough, and gentle enough, to be possibly habitable. "I think this result is really important for the next decade of exoplanet research, because eyes are shifting towards this population of stars," said Sheila Sagear, a doctoral student at the University of Florida (UF) in the US. "These st

The Union Cabinet approved the Memorandum of Understanding between India and Bhutan on cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space

Endeavour is scheduled to splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico as the Demo-2 mission validates SpaceX's crew transportation system - from launch to in-orbit, docking, landing, and recovery operations

US civil servant says two countries could benefit from having a communications channel to address concerns over space use

It's a wake-up call for newcomers such as India

As space activities increase, posing challenges as countries compete throughout universe: Ted Cruz