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Nasa’s Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) has concluded its mission, marking the end of a journey spanned over a decade. The telescope, which began as the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), captured its final image of the Fornax constellation in Southern California, a snapshot that is more than just a beautiful view, according … Read more

Sunita Williams‘s husband Michael shared that space is her “happy place,” despite the current situation caused by issues with their Boeing Starliner spacecraft.Michael told The Wall Street Journal that ‘Space was her happy place, even if she had to be there indefinitely.’ Similarly, Butch Wilmore‘s family remains unperturbed by his extended time in space.As reported … Read more

A researcher at the University of Edinburgh has discovered what he believes to be the earliest lunisolar calendar at Göbekli Tepe, an ancient site in southern Turkey that was once a complex of temple-like enclosures.According to The New York Times, Martin Sweatman, a scientist at the University of Edinburgh, announced his findings in research published … Read more

A Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, carrying a payload of 21 Starlink satellites into orbit on Saturday morning. Among these satellites, 13 are equipped with direct-to-cell capability, marking the 187th launch of the company’s Starlink internet relay satellites.The purpose of these satellites is to provide communication services in high-latitude regions that are … Read more

A significant increase in GPS “spoofing” incidents has been witnessed that target commercial airliners, according to cybersecurity researchers. This form of digital attack can send planes off course and has now evolved to include the ability to manipulate time.OPSGROUP, an aviation advisory body, reports a 400% rise in GPS spoofing incidents affecting commercial airliners, particularly … Read more

CAPE CANAVERAL: Mars and Jupiter are cozying up in the night sky for their closest rendezvous this decade. They’ll be so close Wednesday, at least from our perspective, that just a sliver of moon could fit between them. In reality, our solar system’s biggest planet and its dimmer, reddish neighbor will be more than 350 … Read more

NEW DELHI: Isro on Saturday released a video for the upcoming National Space Day just as the Central government also announced a slew of activities ahead of the first celebration to honour the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission that helped India go down in history as the first country to land on the south pole … Read more

For the more than 100,000 years humans have been on Earth, we have looked up at night and seen the stars and our celestial home, the Milky Way galaxy. Cultures all around the world have stories and records incorporating this majestic, sublime sight. However, nearly 3 billion people can no longer see the Milky Way … Read more

Scientists have proposed an interesting approach to increase the temperature of Mars, Earth’s planetary neighbour, by introducing engineered particles into its atmosphere. These particles, similar in size to commercial glitter and composed of iron or aluminium, would act as aerosols, trapping and escaping the heat and reflecting sunlight towards the Martian surface.The goal is to … Read more

BENGALURU: New findings published by researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in the journal Langmuir highlight how the fluid environments bacteria encounter can significantly impact their physiology and ability to cause disease.The study examines how interfacial stresses within droplets and flowing fluids influence bacterial survival and virulence in ways that have often been … Read more