Nidhi Shakhapur — As celestial voyagers, we’ve been buzzing with excitement over the recent exploits of the James Webb Telescope — a marvel of engineering, that is capturing the images of the celestial bodies beyond our solar system. With each photograph it takes, this telescope deepens our understanding of the cosmos. …

Adhip Koshy — Imagine a world in which mushrooms live in the immensity of space, defying our natural constraints. While it may sound like science fiction, the discovery of space fungus has been a significant breakthrough in space travel. …

Chaitanya — Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, has been the subject of a lot of sci-fi works and fascination going back as early as the late 1800s with novels like “Aleriel, or a Voyage to Other Worlds” written by W. S. Lach-Szyrma in 1839 in which a visitor from Venus…

Krish Mehta — We, humans, have this innate feeling of uncertainty when we raise our heads and face the sky. Our eyes jump from star to star, mapping out the vastness in front of our keen eyes, looking for something, for someone. But is there an end to our search? A question that…

Namya Arora — Tesla boss and would-be Mars coloniser, Elon Musk and Amazon CEO (entrepreneur, born in 1964) Jeffrey Bezos are currently caught up in a race to see who can become the first multi-billionaire to colonise space. …

Pooja K. Thakur — For years, scientists have been bugged by questions of how monstrous galaxies, gigantic solar systems, stars and planets came into being. Sure, there are many theories that have been developed and many even verified through various indirect evidences, yet none can be confirmed. Confirmed? An odd choice of a word…

Atharva Talwelkar — If someone asks me what my favourite type of planet is, I would definitely say gas giants. I mean, just look at them! Massive, beautiful and interesting. It even rains diamonds on some of them! However, if I had to be specific, Jupiter is my ultimate choice. …

Anushka S Dongaonkar — Imagine having a bedroom smaller than a showering stall with all of your gadgets tied around you. Having to eat your favourite food as a paste sounds disheartening. Pulling yourself wherever you want to go, quite literally, doesn’t sound very comfortable either. Well, it certainly doesn’t feel as repulsive for…

Adit Kirtani — Named after its creator Freeman Dyson, a Dyson Sphere is a proposed megastructure that encompasses a star and uses a large, if not all, of its power output. …