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NASA warns of more coastal flooding in the 2030s: How the Moon’s 18.6-year cycle could bring floods on clear, calm daysAs we approach the 2030s, coastal regions are projected to experience a surge in high-tide flooding, exacerbated by a natural lunar cycle. ...- California space station startup Vast cuts jobs after $500 million funding round as crypto billionaire Jed McCaleb’s company races to replace ISSSpaceX-linked California startup Vast has cut 46 employees, or about 4% of its workforce, months after raising $500 million. The layoffs at...
- In 1971, Apollo 14 carried roughly 500 tree seeds around the Moon. 55 years later, a NASA scientist has tracked down dozens of the surviving “Moon trees” still growing across AmericaIn 1971, Apollo 14 carried roughly 500 tree seeds around the Moon. The seeds were planted across America after returning to Earth, but NASA...
- NASA's Curiosity Rover on Mars captured a mysterious ‘jellyfish’ with two small legs and a body sparking theories of alien life on the Red planetA NASA Curiosity rover image of Mars shows a mysterious jellyfish-like figure with a body and two legs in Gale Crater, absent from photos t...
- Trump pledges 'golden age' of space travelUS President Trump plans to boost American space travel and lunar missions. The United States aims to compete with China for a moon landing...
- NASA is paying Rs 5 crore prize to solve a hidden space problem that requires no rocket scienceNASA has launched the Orbital Clarity Challenge, offering up to $500,000 to inventors who can develop affordable tools to measure the thin ...
- Satellite researchers studied China’s desert solar farms; vegetation developed across 30.8 square kilometres within and around the installationsSolar farms in the arid deserts of China are transforming barren landscapes into vibrant green spaces. Between 2011 and 2018, researchers n...
- NASA germinated corn seeds during spaceflight; seedlings showed altered root growth and twisted shoot patterns in microgravityIn a groundbreaking experiment, corn seeds grown in space exhibited unusual growth patterns, with roots growing sideways and shoots curling...
- Donald Trump pushes commercial space boom with 1,000-launch annual goalPresident Trump signed a memo to significantly increase U.S. commercial space launches. The directive aims for one thousand launches and re...
- NASA abandons attempt to rescue aging space telescope from atmospheric re-entryNASA and Katalyst Space Technologies have ended their mission to save the Swift Observatory. Persistent attitude-control failures on the Li...
- Scientists found a ‘Mega-Earth’ 2.5 times the size of Earth with a core 23 times its mass; but it didn’t develop the massive atmosphere expected of a planet this large, and researchers are trying to find out whyThe discovery of GJ 523b, an exoplanet more than twice the size of Earth, has shaken scientists' understanding of rocky planet formation. T...
- Rescue mission for aging NASA space telescope failsKatalyst's LINK craft was launched in early July to approach the observatory, also known as Swift, some 216 miles (347 km) in space, grap...
- New NASA images show massive 60-foot crater created when SpaceX Falcon 9 stage hit the MoonNASA released new photographs of the SpaceX rocket crater on the Moon. These images were captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter space...
- ISRO official says docking technology key to future lunar, human space missionsDocking technology is vital for future lunar sample return missions. This capability will also support India's planned Bharatiya Antariksh ...
- ISS to host first spacewalk by FrenchwomanSophie Adenot is set to become the first French female astronaut to venture outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk on Tues...
- Just 548 light years from Earth, this massive red supergiant nearly 1,000 times larger than our Sun is about to explodeAstronomers have discovered Betelgeuse harbors a hidden stellar companion. This finding complicates predictions about its eventual supernov...
- Redcliffe Labs, Skyroot Aerospace to test diagnostic reagents in orbitReagents are chemicals used in diagnostic tests to detect specific biological markers in a sample. The founders said the longer-term object...
- On the ISS, astronauts see 16 sunrises every day as the station circles Earth, but their bodies refuse to follow the 90-minute cycle, forcing crews to stick to a familiar 24-hour routine despite living through multiple days and nightsAstronauts on the International Space Station experience sixteen sunrises daily. They follow a strict twenty-four-hour schedule, ignoring t...
- In 1961, a UCLA graduate student at JPL discovered how spacecraft could borrow speed from planetary gravity. Decades later, his gravity-assist technique produced a fuel-saving breakthrough that transformed deep-space explorationIn 1961, UCLA graduate student Michael Minovitch found a smarter way to move spacecraft through space. At JPL, he studied planetary gravity...
- What will happen on August 12? Four celestial events and a rumoured gravity blackoutOn August 12, 2026, skywatchers will witness a remarkable cosmic event featuring a total solar eclipse, the peak of the Perseid meteor show...
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