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NASA’s MAVEN mission has captured two remarkable ultraviolet images of Mars at different points in its orbit in 2022 and 2023, offering unique insights into the planet’s atmosphere and seasonal variations. These images will aid in understanding Mars’ atmospheric loss, informing about its climate history and potential habitability. Credit: NASA/LASP/CU Boulder<span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div…

Submersible wreckage found near Titanic, all 5 aboard lost at seaThe U.S. Coast Guard says debris from the OceanGate Expeditions submersible Titan has been found 500 metres from the wreckage of the Titanic. All five people on board are considered lost at sea after a 'catastrophic implosion' appears to have happened.The United States Coast Guard says debris from the missing Titan submersible has been found near the wreck site of the Titanic, and all five men aboard are considered lost at sea.Shortly before the coast…

American EV automaker Rivian Automotive announced it is embracing the North American Charging Standard (NACS) originally developed and implemented by rival Tesla. Rivian is the latest automaker to embrace the charging standard, joining an ever-growing list OEMs. It’s been a popular couple weeks for the search term “NACS” as the Tesla plug has skyrocketed from a proprietary component to the true North American standard almost overnight. “Talk it into existence,” as they say as Tesla renamed its…

The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), based in Pune, has successfully developed a groundbreaking space telescope called the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT).On June 6, IUCAA handed over the telescope to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), where it will be integrated into the ADITYA-L1 mission as a crucial instrument.   Once launched with the satellite, it will travel approximately 1.5 million kilometers towards the Sun, specifically to the L1 point, and provide regular…

NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen is pictured working to release a stowed roll-out solar array attached to the International Space Station’s starboard truss structure during a six-hour and three-minute spacewalk on June 9, 2023. Credit: NASADuring a busy week at the <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>International Space Station</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>The International Space…

The “Message in a Bottle” campaign offers everyone the opportunity to have their name stenciled onto a microchip bearing U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s “In Praise of Mystery: A Poem for Europa.” The chip will ride aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft to Jupiter and its moon Europa. Credit: NASA<span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and…

Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, left us a long time ago — but his archive is slowly being digitized so it can live forever. The latest batch includes an official website that lets you set foot on almost every Enterprise bridge.Spoiler alert: While this story won’t spoil anything, the website in question does contain a spoiler for Star Trek: Picard.It’s not a particularly robust or mobile-friendly website at the moment, perhaps because of all the fans attempting to live out their dreams simultaneously — but if you…

via Warner Bros. The real Slim Shady shared some promotional material for the second Shazam! movie on his Instagram ahead of the comic book blockbuster hitting theaters on Friday. Eminem, real name Marshall Mathers, had one of his songs featured in the initial teaser for Shazam! Fury of the Gods, so it makes sense he’d be promoting a film he contributed to. The trailer shared to the rapper’s Instagram flaunts the good reviews the film has received, as well as giving us a glimpse at Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman,…

By NASA March 4, 2023The four SpaceX Crew-6 members joined the seven Expedition 68 crew members aboard the space station expanding its population to 11. Credit: NASA TV<span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National Advisory…

A Spirit Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Jacksonville, Florida after a battery in an overhead bin caught fire.Photo: Chris O’Meara (AP)A Spirit Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency stop along its route Wednesday after a battery device caught fire inside an overhead luggage bin. Local reports said the plane quickly filled with smoke as flight attendants worked to put out the flames. A retired firefighter on the plane told local reporters that the device that caught fire was a…