NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has captured a high-resolution image revealing the crash site of Japan’s Resilience moon lander, developed by Tokyo-based private firm ispace. The lander was attempting a historic touchdown on June 5, 2025, in the Moon’s Mare Frigoris region, a vast ancient lava plain, but communication was lost shortly after its descent….
A potentially catastrophic asteroid, dubbed a “city killer”, is on a collision course with the Moon, and scientists warn the impact could have dangerous ripple effects for Earth. The asteroid, named 2024 YR4, no longer poses a direct threat to our planet, but NASA has identified a 4.3% chance of it striking the lunar surface…
This image provided by NASA shows an annotation indicating the impact site for ispace’s Resilience lunar lander, seen by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (Picture credit: AP) CAPE CANAVERAL: A Nasa spacecraft around the moon has photographed the crash site of a Japanese company’s lunar lander. Nasa released the pictures Friday, two weeks after ispace‘s…
A latest discovery by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has reignited one of the most astonishing theories in modern physics: the possibility that our entire universe exists inside a giant black hole. After closely analysing hundreds of ancient galaxies, researchers observed something deeply puzzling. A majority of them appear to spin in the same direction,…
Nasa has postponed the planned launch of Axiom Mission 4 to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission, which includes Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and crew members from Poland and Hungary, was rescheduled for Sunday, June 22. It will now take place on a later date yet to be announced.“Nasa has made the decision to…
After a series of postponements caused by technical issues, weather conditions, and safety concerns, the much-anticipated Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) has been rescheduled to launch on June 22, 2025, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) confirmed. The announcement followed extensive discussions between ISRO and space agencies from Poland and Hungary, whose…
In the vastness of space, the comfort in food always remains close to the heart. ISS astronauts aboard shared the lighthearted moment during the crew celebration by crafting ‘sushi in space’. With minimal space supplies but still the astronauts managed to recreate using rice, spam, fish and a dash of gochujang and wasabi, they almost…
This image shows the Sun’s corona captured by the Proba-3 pair of spacecraft in the visible light spectrum, with the hair-like structures revealed using a specialized image processing algorithm (Image credit: AP) A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses by flying in precise and fancy formation, providing hours of on-demand…
Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) continue to capture public imagination and spark conspiracy theories, viral videos and a growing belief in extraterrestrial visitors. From sightings in remote deserts to leaked military footage, many see these phenomena as proof that intelligent life is already among us. But not everyone agrees. Joseph Gutheinz, a former senior special agent…
ISS leaks ‘small’; ‘not uncommon’ to delay launch: Nasa BENGALURU: Nasa, which, along with Axiom Space, delayed the launch of the Axiom-4 (Ax4) mission to the International Space Station (ISS) owing to leaks in a Russian service module of the ISS earlier this week, has categorised the same as “small”. The US space agency is…