The NASA Perseverance rover, stationed in the Jezero Crater on Mars, has witnessed an extraordinary astronomical event: the moon Phobos passing in front of the Sun. This scene was captured on September 30 and provided a rare view of the sky of Mars, where the “googly eye” effect of the eclipse was observed by the … Read more
According to South Korea’s space agency, Friday, a mission in cooperation with NASA for launching a solar coronagraph to the International Space Station is underway. Designed by the Coronal Diagnostic Experiment, or CODEX, it will be set in place to observe and obtain data on the corona of the Sun, its solar wind, that comprises … Read more
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover took a night image of the Malgosa Crest abrasion patch at “Serpentine Rapids.” This was taken with the SHERLOC WATSON camera on the end of the rover’s robotic arm. The diameter of the abrasion patch is 5 centimeters and there is a bright green spot approximately 2 millimeters wide. The picture … Read more
China is on a great mission to make its space station Tiangong much better than it is up to now. They want their station’s operational capabilities up. Since November 2022, Tiangong, which is China’s orbital outpost, has entered into its full operation upon the installment of the science module named Mengtian. In low Earth orbit, … Read more
Delivering a significant update on India’s advancing space objectives, ISRO Chairman S Somanath outlined new timelines for the country’s ambitious space projects, including the Gaganyaan and Chandrayaan-4 missions. Speaking at the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture hosted at Akashvani, Somanath announced that India’s inaugural manned space mission, Gaganyaan, is now slated for 2026. Additionally, the highly-anticipated … Read more
In a remarkable linguistic feat, twins Matthew and Michael Youlden, both hailing from Manchester, UK, have developed their own language, Umeri, spoken exclusively between them. Known for their linguistic prowess—each fluent in 25 languages—the Youlden twins hold Umeri in special regard. They began crafting the language as children, and it has since evolved into a … Read more
Astronomers have identified an extraordinary celestial system that includes a black hole, a tightly bound companion star, and a third, distant star in orbit, marking the first-known “black hole triple” system. This groundbreaking discovery, spearheaded by Kevin Burdge from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), challenges traditional views on how black holes form, suggesting that … Read more
