A star 1,540 times bigger than the Sun has changed; will it explode (AI-generated) Far beyond the Milky Way, in a nearby satellite galaxy, a giant star has been shifting in a way astronomers did not expect. The star, known as WOH G64, sits inside the Large Magellanic Cloud, roughly 163,000 light-years from Earth. It…
NASA Warns: Thousands of City-Killing Asteroids Untracked, Earth Vulnerable In a stark and widely reported warning, NASA’s planetary defence chief has revealed that Earth currently has no reliable way to stop thousands of “city-killing” asteroids that could one day strike our planet, raising emergency concerns in the scientific community and beyond. These insights come from…
4.4 billion-year-old mineral found in Australia reveals new clues about Earth’s formation (AI-generated) Old crystals found in Western Australia are drawing fresh attention from geologists studying how the planet first took shape. These minerals, known as zircons, were recovered from ancient rocks in the Jack Hills region and are dated to be more than four…
Scientists suggest asteroids can be deflected before reaching Earth Planetary defence research often sits between modelling and imagination, with few chances to test real materials under realistic conditions. A new study changes that balance slightly. Scientists have examined how actual asteroid material reacts when struck by extreme energy, the kind involved in proposed deflection efforts….
Elon Musk confirms ‘SpaceX and xAI are now one company’; says future of AI is in space (Image Source – X/ xAI) SpaceX has moved to absorb Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI, bringing the smaller company and its Grok chatbot under the aerospace firm’s control. The deal continues Musk’s broader effort to align his…
SpaceX Wants a Million Satellites for AI: Is This the Future of Computing or a Space Disaster Waiting to Happen? SpaceX has submitted a daring proposal to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to launch a constellation of up to one million satellites into Earth orbit, not for Internet coverage like Starlink but as orbital…
Scientists have uncovered an unexpected method to track falling satellites by listening to the Earth itself. Researchers found that when space debris re-enters the atmosphere at extreme speeds, it produces powerful shockwaves that travel through the ground and are picked up by earthquake-monitoring instruments. By analysing these signals, scientists can reconstruct the object’s flight path,…