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SpaceX has shifted its long-standing ambition of sending humans to Mars to the backburner and is now prioritising the establishment of a human settlement on the Moon, founder Elon Musk said on Sunday.The move marks a strategic recalibration for the private space company, which has emerged as a major contractor for NASA, and also brings…

It almost sounds like a sci-fi movie. But scientists say something like this could really happen to Earth, just not for billions of years. Astronomers have spotted a bizarre strip of iron stretching across the Ring Nebula, like a cosmic bar floating in space. Experts suggest it could be the remains of a planet, ripped…

Nikola Tesla (Image source: Wikipedia) Nikola Tesla was a scientist and inventor whose work helped shape the modern world. Born in 1856 in what is now Croatia, Tesla went on to study engineering and physics. Over the course of his life, he imagined and created many ideas that became part of everyday life. His work…

Can Mars let humans age faster? It sounds more poetic than reality, but it may be true technically. Two identical clocks: One on Earth other on Mars, after months, they slowly drift apart. Space already feels strange to most of us. A strange revelation: Time itself doesn’t behave the same everywhere. Recent research suggests clocks…

SpaceX appears to be putting its Mars plans on hold for the time being. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company is now prioritising the Moon instead. The current goal is an uncrewed lunar landing scheduled for March 2027, with no astronauts aboard initially. Elon Musk had previously aimed to send an uncrewed mission…

Do you think the white frozen sheets over Antarctica may hold a secret? This White, frozen, and solid Antarctica, although it looks quiet but beneath those endless plains of ice something enormous is going on. Scientists have revealed an entire hidden volcanic landscape buried under the continent. A China-led international research team has created the…

AI image (Picture credit: OpenAI via ChatGPT) Four Artemis-II astronauts will return for a 10-day deep-space mission that’ll test new spacecraft, new partnerships and a new approach to lunar exploration“As I take man’s last step from the surface, back home for some time to come – but we believe not too long into the future…

Indian-origin scientist Meha Jain of the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability has won the Arizona State University–Science Prize for Transformational Impact. The honour recognises early-career researchers whose work delivers real social impact. Jain was awarded for using satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to study how smallholder farmers respond to climate stress. Her…

Space selfies with smartphones? Imagine the shots they could get with a smartphone in hand. NASA has reportedly announced that astronauts on the upcoming Crew-12 and Artemis II missions will be allowed to carry their own smartphones. This is a bit of a departure from the usual strict rules about what gadgets can fly in…

In an unexpected outcome, the Covid-19 lockdowns, which reduced air pollution worldwide, were linked to a sharp rise in methane levels, a powerful greenhouse gas, according to a study published on Thursday in the journal Science.Researchers found that methane levels increased at a record pace in the early 2020s because the atmosphere’s natural “cleaning agents”,…