James Webb telescope encounters a micrometeoroid, without major damage
After initial assessments, the team has found that the telescope is still performing at a level that exceeds all mission requirements despite a marginally detectable effect in the data
Voyager images keep scientists confused
Voyager currently is at a distance of 14.5 billion miles (23.3 billion kilometers) away from Earth and seems to operate properly except that the spacecraft is now unable to locate its position in space
James Webb Telescope heads out to explore the origin of the universe
The mission is a joint effort by NASA, the ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency, with an aim of finding the light emanating from the early universe’s first galaxies by exploring the solar system and the exoplanets
The Arctic is warming much faster than thought earlier
The new finding comes at a time when we have already witnessed permafrost declining which has impacted Indigenous villages, caused vanishing of summer sea ice, and resulted in water washing down Greenland’s ice sheets at a record amount
NASA spacecraft touches outer atmosphere of Sun for first time
The Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, has been orbiting the Sun. The craft has a carbon composite shield which protects the instruments inside it from the scorching heat of around 1370 degree Celsius
Moon rocks brought to Earth by Chinese mission shed new light on solar system’s history
Scientists have reported their findings of the rock samples collected from the moon surface, which have filled the knowledge gaps about some of its essential aspects
Bezos and Musk: New Space Age or billionaire space grab?
We are entering a new space age in which billionaires can leave this world, which they are destroying, hoping to find another world to conquer and destroy
Billionaire space race: Joyride for the ultra rich
Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are engaged in a new space race which has been widely hailed by the media. But is this really about exploration or the mere whims of a few rich men?
What NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reveals about most distant object ever it has visited
The distant object is known as Arrokoth, and is a peanut-shaped, ultra-red object. Arrokoth sits in the trans Pluto region, some 1 billion miles from the Pluto in the Kuiper belt
Quantum computers bring uncertainty knocking at our door
Google’s Sycamore has shown that a quantum computer can do a functional computation and that quantum computing does solve a special class of problems much faster than conventional computers
Has the age of quantum computing begun?
A leaked research paper by Google claimed that their quantum computer Sycamore has achieved quantum supremacy
- UN Security Council agrees to extend aid to rebel-held regions of Syria for six months
- Bolsonaro supporter murders Workers’ Party member at birthday party
- Uncertainty prevails in Sri Lanka as protesters wait for president, PM to quit
- Saudi forces violate ceasefire in Yemen, killing 17
- Bid to ‘normalize’ relations with Bulgaria sparks protest in North Macedonia
