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Four environmental organizations filed a petition Thursday asking the Federal Communications Commission to reverse its approval of a startup’s plan to beam on-demand sunlight from space to Earth, arguing the agency ignored the project’s potential impacts on wildlife, astronomy research and eye safety.DarkSky International, Environment America, the American Bird Conservancy and Public Employees for Environmental … Read more

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Like hoverboards, teleportation or smart glasses that don’t make you look like an absolute twat, space colonisation is a technological advent long-promised but as yet undelivered. Before Neil Armstrong even set foot on the moon, the US military was envisaging a long-term lunar outpost. The cost proved prohibitive and the Apollo missions came and went, … Read more

South Korea space agency shares Moon images after SpaceX rocket debris crash BBCScientists are certain a wayward SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon as predicted AP NewsSouth Korean satellite captures before and after views of SpaceX rocket’s moon crash The Press DemocratNASA Will Attempt to Observe Rocket Part’s Lunar Impact NASA (.gov)SpaceX rocket thought to … Read more

For Anil Menon, Thursday’s mission represents years of preparation culminating in one defining moment. India’s growing footprint in space exploration reached another landmark on Thursday as Indian-origin Nasa astronaut Anil Menon stepped outside the International Space Station (ISS) for the very first time.For Menon, it will be more than just a routine maintenance mission.It will … Read more

A spent rocket body hitting the moon made headlines this week, but the reality is that the unplanned collision by a SpaceX upper stage was just the latest in a long history of human-made objects meeting their end by impacting the lunar surface.Astronomers around the world kept their telescopes trained on the moon early Wednesday … Read more

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 melted and fused industrial materials that created an entirely new metal alloy recently discovered by researchers.Inside particles of debris known as hiroshimaites were flecks of metal that revealed a strange, almost quasicrystal structure which could have only formed under … Read more

Meteor shower dubbed ‘the Perseids’ will follow a solar eclipse on August 12— and will light up the sky from North Carolina to Alaska New York Post1 week away from the peak of the Perseid meteor shower; where to look and when | 13Weather Blog WTHRA Perfectly Timed Perseid Meteor Shower skyandtelescope.orgSummer Star Shower: Watch … Read more

2026-08-06T09:03:49.041Z Where will the eclipse be visible? Find out where you can experience totality on Aug. 12, 2026. (Image credit: Created in Canva Pro) Not everyone will experience totality on Aug. 12.Some places will see the moon completely cover the sun, while others will experience a partial solar eclipse and for some… no eclipse at … Read more

From nuclear test detection to radio astronomy and gravity experiments, Gauribidanur in Karnataka turned its natural quietness into an invaluable scientific resource.Janaky SunilLast Updated : 05 August 2026, 19:15 ISTADVERTISEMENTJoin UsPreferComments