India’s NISAR Satellite Fully Commissioned, Set to Launch Earth-Science Work
The joint NASA-ISRO mission NISAR has moved past its initial live deployment phase and is now ready…
Space & Astronomy
Southern Europe Burns as Wildfires Rage, Spain Deploys 500 More Troops to Fight Blazes
Europe’s latest heatwave is rewriting the emergency playbook. Spain and Portugal are battling intense wildfires during what’s…
Antarctic Ice Collapse May Already Be Underway, Scientists Warn of ‘Tipping Point’
Scientists are raising a red flag over Antarctica’s rapid sea ice decline. A new study published in…
NASA and IBM Unveil “Surya,” an AI That Predicts Solar Storms Two Hours Ahead
Imagine a weather forecast for space, complete with alerts for solar storms that could jam satellites or…
Russia Launches Bion-M No. 2 Biosatellite with Mice, Fruit Flies and Moon Dust
Russia just sent its Bion-M No. 2 biosatellite into orbit today, August 20. This little “Noah’s Ark”…
SpaceX Gets Early Start Today Launching 28 Starlink Minis at Dawn
Heads up space fans, your alarms might go off early on August 14. SpaceX is preparing to…
Quantum Announcements Surge: Rigetti, QuEra, and Boston U. Deliver Major Leap in 2025 Breakthroughs
This week brought three major technical revelations across quantum computing. Rigetti announced a 99.5 percent two-qubit gate fidelity…
Viral Eclipse Panic Debunked: No Solar Eclipse on August 2, 2025-Experts Clarify Misinformation
Despite viral claims on social media suggesting that the world will experience six minutes of darkness on…
Earth Set for Third Shortest Day of 2025 as Global Rotation Speeds Up
On August 5, 2025, Earth will complete its rotation approximately 1.51 milliseconds faster than a standard 24‑hour day,…
Astronomers Directly Observe Planet Forming in Disk Around Young Star for the First Time
Astronomers have captured the first-ever direct image of a planet forming within a protoplanetary disk—embedded in a…