Author: Anina Jacob

The heat shield that might enable human habitation on Mars in the 2030s An experimental heat shield will fly Thursday with a polar satellite that is intended to enhance weather forecasting, with the possibility to send people to Mars in the future. The two distinct missions will each launch from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, California, using an Atlas V rocket built by United Launch Alliance. At the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, California, Space Launch Complex-3 will serve as the launch pad for the two distinct missions, each of which will be carried…

These records, though expressed in the artistic and imaginative descriptions of the time due to limited scientific evolution, correlate with real-life solar elliptical events. Researchers from Nagoya University, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and the Otaru University of Commerce discovered and studied specific data for three ancient eclipses using a combination of written materials, folklore, and astronomical calculations. One of the most well-known Shogunate explorers for Hokkaido, Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands, the islands situated between Japan and Russia, Tokunai Mogami (1755–1836), is mentioned in the scriptures. Folklore and historical literature are neglected sources of information for studying past…

New Research brings up another unsuccessful attempt to find a reply to the signal Another inquiry into the so-called Wow! signal was unsuccessful this time, however, the research team claimed the collaboration holds promise for future efforts to find intelligent extraterrestrial life. In a study released in May, a potential zone for the signal was initially detected around a sun-like star 1,800 light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. This star was the focus of the targeted zone. The Green Bank Telescope and the Allen Telescope Array, two SETI-funded telescopes, began working together for the first time as a result of…

The study was led by researchers from Warwick University One of the oldest rocky and ice planetary objects seen in the Milky Way has been identified by astronomers from the University of Warwick as the oldest star in our galaxy and is accumulating debris from small planetary bodies that circle it. The relics of the star’s orbiting planetary system are estimated to be more than 10 billion years old and are located 90 light years from Earth. The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society released the findings yesterday, November 5th. A group of astronomers led by the University of…

The Gaia probe from the European Space Agency, according to Kareem El-Badry of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics, has discovered the closest ever known black hole to Earth, and it is barely 1,600 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. The discovery was made by observing the motion of its companion star, which travels around the black hole at a distance similar to that of Earth’s orbit around the sun.

The process could also be potentially autonomous, with no human crew required for its operation Chinese researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China, Nanjing University, and the China Academy of Space Technology discovered that it can be used to kickstart the electrocatalytic CO2 conversion process for fuel and oxygen production. They claim to have successfully converted actual lunar “regolith” samples into a source of oxygen and rocket fuel, which could be revolutionary for future space travellers looking to utilise an alternative resource to refuel for their return trip. Since the first human step on the moon, creating…

Another Chinese Long March 5B rocket debris will fall to Earth once again in soon, in a yet-to-be-determined location

Saudi’s deal with Houston’s Axiom Space: the 10-day mission is set to conduct research on a commercial and non-profit basis, along with other activities. Two Saudi Arabian astronauts will travel to the International Space Station in spring of 2024 on a private mission, according to a NASA announcement on November 1st. Retired NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson and race car driver and investor John Shoffner will be joined on the Ax-2 mission, a Crew Dragon flight that is scheduled to launch no earlier than May 1, 2024, to the station by two Saudi mission specialists, according to Angela Hart, manager of…

The Malayali poet Nithya Mariam John has been nominated for 2022’s Pushcart Prize appreciating distinguished poetry Nithya Mariam John, a Malayali poet, and translator have been nominated for the revered American Literary Award Pushcart Prize. The editors of Last Leaves Magazine, run by editors Cailey Johanna Thiessen, Kiera S. Baron, and Maina Chen who published her poem ‘Seven Nights of Mourning,’ nominated her for the award this year. Nithya Mariam John is an Assistant Professor who teaches in the English department of BCM College for Women, Kottayam, and has three short poetry collections to her credit. Gulmohar Quarterly, Malayalam Literature…

China’s third module crewed orbiting outpost has successfully arrived at Tiangong space station. On October 31 at 3:37 a.m. (EST), a Long March 5B rocket was launched from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center and within 25 minutes of launch, the Mengtian module was in low Earth orbit and the mission was declared to be successful. Mengtian docked with a forward port on Tiangong’s docking hub a little under 13 hours after launch at 4:27 p.m. (EST) by using its own propulsion to match orbit and rendezvous with the Tiangong space station, which is presently in orbit measuring about 380 by…