For the first time in over 50 years, humans will venture beyond low-Earth orbit.
Sandeep K S
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"Artemis II: Marking the First Crewed Lunar Mission Since 1972, the 2026 Voyage Will Orbit the Moon and Splash Down in the Pacific, Advancing Technology and Human Exploration with the SLS Rocket."
NWA 7034 is a masterpiece of Martian geology. New CT scanning technology allows us to look inside this 4.48-billion-year-old rock without crushing a single grain.
Historically, studying meteorites meant destroying them—cutting, crushing, or dissolving samples to unlock their secrets. But a new paper by Estrid Naver (Technical University of Denmark) demonstrates a better way.
A black hole shredded a star years ago. But instead of fading, it's been "burping" out a radio jet that is growing exponentially brighter.
Normally, when a black hole eats a star (a Tidal Disruption Event), it's a flash in the pan. The star gets shredded, flares up, and fades away.
Using TESS and Swift data, astronomers have detected rare, rhythmic pulses in the chaotic jets of distant galaxies. Blazars are the monsters of the universe: supermassive black holes shooting jets of plasma directly at Earth at nearly the speed of light. They are usually chaotic and unpredictable.
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