Encounter

NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft has successfully navigated a critical phase of its mission, coming 25 million miles closer to the Sun than initially planned, to eventually rendezvous with asteroid Apophis in 2029. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight CenterNASA’s OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft successfully completed a close approach to the Sun, adjusting its solar array to protect against heat and is now en route to asteroid Apophis for a 2029 rendezvous.Preliminary telemetry indicates that NASA’s OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft successfully…

After Asteroid 2024 CK5 passed Earth by a close margin a few days ago, NASA has issued yet another asteroid warning. As many as four space rocks are approaching the planet at breakneck speeds and will fly past Earth closely tomorrow, February 22. While these asteroids can sometimes come even closer to Earth than the Moon, most of them do not pose any threat and pass by relatively safely. Still, the space agencies continue to monitor their orbits for any potential collision scenarios. Know all about the close encounter…

A grazing encounter between the Solar System and a passing star could once have changed Earth's orbit enough to wreak havoc on the climate, new research has found.Around 56 million years ago, at the boundary between the Paleocene and Eocene, Earth's temperature warmed by up to 8 °C (14.4 °F).This has always been a bit of a puzzle – but planetary scientist Nathan Kaib of the Planetary Science Institute and astrophysicist Sean Raymond of the Laboratory of Astrophysics of Bordeaux suggest a chance encounter may have been…

During a recent panel discussion hosted by Universal, actress Florence Pugh revealed an unexpected hiccup that occurred while filming a pivotal s*x scene for the movie “Oppenheimer.” “In the middle of our s*x scene, the camera broke,” Pugh disclosed to the audience. “No one knows this, but it did. Our camera broke when we were both naked, and it was not ideal timing.” Pugh portrays Jean Tatlock in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” a character engaged in a…

While these space rocks are millions or even billions of kilometers away from Earth, located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, their orbits bring them close to Earth on some occasions. Spacecraft such as Dawn, OSIRIS-REx, and Hayabusa2 have helped in discovering and studying asteroids, unlocking their secrets. Moreover, NASA has several space telescopes and ground-based observatories in place such as the NEOWISE telescope, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Pans-STARRS1,…

Image Source : APPLE Global iPhone users encounter cellular connectivity issues after iOS 17.2.1 update It has been reported that the iPhone has been struggling with cellular connectivity problems across the world since the new update of iOS 17.2.1 was rolled out by the tech giant. The company has been aiming to resolve the battery-draining concerns, but with that, the…

Prepare for a celestial spectacle as NASA's Juno spacecraft gears up for an unprecedented rendezvous with Jupiter's fiery moon, Io, on Saturday, December 30. This close encounter, at a mere 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) from Io's tumultuous surface, marks the closest any spacecraft has ventured to the moon in over two decades, promising a deluge of groundbreaking data.Leading the scientific charge is Juno's principal investigator, Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas, who anticipates a…

Salman Khan is one of those actors from the Indian film industry, who is known for his movies as well as his short temper. There are several instances where we have seen Salman lose his temper. The actor has influential connections in the industry as well as among politicians. Due to various reasons, Salman Khan travels with a bunch of personal security personnel and here we have an old video in which Salman Khan was so angry with his fans who were following him on a bike that the actor decided to stop his car in the…

To discover, monitor and study asteroids in space, NASA has several space telescopes and ground-based observatories in place such as the NEOWISE telescope, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Pans-STARRS1, Catalina Sky Survey, the Hubble Space Telescope and the new $1 billion James Webb Space Telescope. Moreover, spacecraft such as Dawn, OSIRIS-REx, and Hayabusa2 have also helped in discovering and studying these ancient space rocks, unlocking their secrets. While these space rocks are millions or even…

Image Source : FILE Representational Image Apple has rolled out iOS 17.1.2 and iPadOS 17.1.2 which offers minor improvements following the recent iOS 17.1.1 bug fix update. The company is also preparing to release the iOS 17.2 update, which will offer iPhone users several new features. To get the iOS 17.1.2 update on your iPhone or iPad, follow simple steps in the…