Thursday, August 31, 2023
Space Station Shuffle: Crew Swap and Stellar Science Activities Unfold

By NASA August 31, 2023 Hurricane Idalia is pictured in the Gulf of Mexico as the International Space Station orbited 261 miles above on August 29, 2023. Credit: NASA
The Earth-bound foursome has been handing over its responsibilities to the newly arrived crew while preparing for the return to Earth's gravity environment.
Mars' Olympus Mons, largest volcano in Solar System, was once surrounded by water - India Today

The European Space Agency's Mars Express has captured stunning images of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in the Solar System revealing the dramatic surroundings and turbulent past of this Martian giant.
Olympus Mons, first identified by Nasa's Mariner 9 spacecraft in 1971, is a shield volcano towering at a height of 21.9 km, making it two and a half times taller than Mount Everest. It is the largest volcano in the entire Solar System.
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Russian hackers attack Polish websites, try to influence elections: gov’t official

Asteroid 2023 QD2 speeding toward Earth at terrifying speed! | Tech News

Are you aware that there are various space objects existing in our solar system that can be a potential threat to Earth? Asteroids are the most worrisome of them all. Asteroids are the space rocks that orbit around the Sun. Because of their erratic orbits, they can threaten Earth.
According to NASA, asteroid 2023 QD is not a potential threat to the Earth even though it will come very close to Earth. NASA terms asteroids as 'Potentially Hazardous' if they come within 7.5 million kilometers of Earth and have a size bigger than 150 meters.
ESA - Huginn flies as Andreas arrives at the Space Station

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endurance carrying ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Crew-7's NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and Roscosmos astronaut Konstantin Borisov, docked to the International Space Station at 15:16 CEST today, marking the official start ...
Newly discovered planet has longest orbit yet detected by the TESS mission | MIT News | ...

Of the more than 5,000 planets known to exist beyond our solar system, most orbit their stars at surprisingly close range.
Astronomers are starting to get a general picture of these planets' formation, evolution, and composition. But the picture is much fuzzier for planets with longer orbital periods.
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
There Are 6 Planets In Retrograde — What It Means For You | YourTango

Retrograde planets embody a period of personal and spiritual transformations. Depending on where they're placed in the chart, they show us where we need to take a step back and analyze the themes relating to the story in our natal chart.
Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto and Neptune are currently retrograde and Jupiter will station retrograde soon.
Post Chandrayaan-3's Success, PM Modi Highlights Impact of Space Technology | Weather.com

Highlighting the efforts invested in the success of the Chandrayaan-3 Mission, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Saturday that scientists at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) had constructed an artificial Moon at the worksite for experimentation.
Addressing a gathering of scientists at a programme organised to commend them for Chandrayaan-3's successful soft landing on the Moon's South Pole, the Prime Minister emphasised the importance of people understanding the tremendous efforts invested by scientists to achieve success.
Monday, August 28, 2023
ISSRDC 2023 Women in Science

This summer, as blockbuster movies encourage women to be anything they choose, women leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) played key roles at the 12 th annual International Space Station Research and Development Conference ( ISSRDC ).
NASA astronaut Megan McArthur currently serves as the astronaut representative for the space station program at NASA's Johnson Space Center and as the chief science officer at Space Center Houston.
Hubble sees evaporating planet getting the hiccups

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Solar Orbiter observes jets of material escaping the sun | CNN

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The Solar Orbiter mission has discovered jets of material rapidly releasing from the sun's outer atmosphere.
Exeter UFO Festival 2023: What you need to know before you go
"Last year, we had a huge crowd because we hadn't had a festival in two years because of COVID," Cox said. "But with all the interest now in UFOs, I think we are going to see even more people this year."
In the early morning of Sept. 3, the Exeter Police Department began getting reports of flying objects chasing people.One woman reported being chased by a red-lighted flying object while driving on Route 101.
Sunday, August 27, 2023
China-based hackers target dozens of Taiwanese organizations in espionage operation, Microsoft warns

Microsoft on Thursday attributed the campaign to a previously unidentified group it named Flax Typhoon.
"Flax Typhoon gains and maintains long-term access to Taiwanese organizations' networks with minimal use of malware, relying on tools built into the operating system, along with some normally benign software to quietly remain in these networks," the company said in a blog post on Thursday.
The Geek’s Guide To Wes Anderson's Asteroid City

Bryan Cranston's character, the unnamed host of a black-and-white television series, bears some resemblance to Rod Serling, host of the American sci-fi anthology, The Twilight Zone .
War photographer Augie Steenbeck shares a name with the Steenbeck suite, a machine used to edit 16 mm and 35 mm film.
Russia declares new space race but China's not competing

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This week, the Russian space agency Roscosmos had hoped to return to the Moon after an absence of nearly 50 years. Instead, on Saturday it lost control of its Luna-25 lander.
AI helps robots manipulate objects with their whole bodies | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of ...

Now MIT researchers found a way to simplify this process, known as contact-rich manipulation planning.
While still in its early days, this method could potentially enable factories to use smaller, mobile robots that can manipulate objects with their entire arms or bodies, rather than large robotic arms that can only grasp using fingertips.
ESA - Solar Orbiter discovers tiny jets that could power the solar wind

The ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has discovered a multitude of tiny jets of material escaping from the Sun's outer atmosphere. Each jet lasts between 20 and 100 seconds, and expels plasma at around 100 km/s. These jets could be the long-sought-after source of the solar wind.
Saturday, August 26, 2023
Photo of alien humanoid 'Mona Lisa' found in a 'UFO' on moon is unbelievable

TikTok users' minds are blown by photos depicting an alien humanoid called "Mona Lisa" supposedly found in a crashed "UFO" on the moon .
The theories to explain the supposed alien sighting on the moon are just an addition to the unexplainable aerial phenomena and alleged UFO sightings worldwide.
india: India becoming a force to be reckoned with in space technology; Chandrayaan-3 will attract ...
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Reliance Industries is likely to sell another 8-10% stake in Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL) to fund expansion, retire debt and prepare for the initial public offering of the conglomerate's retail business, two senior industry executives aware of the plans said.
Brics is set to add heft to the grouping of emerging economies as it announced on Thursday the inclusion of six new members, including India's key partners in the Gulf and North Africa, a development that Prime Minister Narendra Modi described as a message that "all global institutions need to ...
FBI Flags $40M Crypto Cash-Out Plot By North Korean Hackers - Infosecurity Magazine

The DPRK’s TraderTraitor group, also known as Lazarus Group and APT38, is suspected of orchestrating the heists. Between Monday and Tuesday, the FBI has traced approximately 1580 stolen Bitcoins, valued at over $40m, which may soon be cashed out by North Korean actors.
The hackers were reportedly responsible for major crypto heists, including a $60m hit on Alphapo, a $37m breach of CoinsPaid and a $100m theft from Atomic Wallet.
Asteroid City Review: Playful And Profound, A Wes Anderson Film In Every Respect - 4 Stars

With its complement of zany characters, three-layered narrative framing and a headily heightened palette, it translates into a veritable smorgasbord of riches, if you care to stay with, and respond to, the rhythms of the ceaselessly inventive film all the way through.
To naysayers, the brilliantly vivid world building that Anderson does - Asteroid City was filmed on a ruddy location off Madrid where the camera had an uninterrupted view of the environs - might seem way too curated and immaculately designed to be emotionally engaging.
Russia has declared a new space race, hoping to join forces with China. Here's why that's unlikely

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NASA partner unveils the “iPhone” of humanoid robots

Apptronik, a NASA-backed robotics company, has unveiled Apollo, a humanoid robot that could revolutionize the workforce — because there’s virtually no limit to the number of jobs it can do.
“The focus for Apptronik is to build one robot that can do thousands of different things,” Jeff Cardenas, the company’s co-founder and CEO, told Freethink. “The best way to think of it is kind of like the iPhone of robots.”
Friday, August 25, 2023
Solar Cycle May Trigger Clouds on Neptune - Sky & Telescope - Sky & Telescope

Nearly 30 years of observations indicate that Neptune's clouds and brightness vary with the Sun's activity.
Deep in the cold reaches of our solar system, some 4.5 billion kilometers from the Sun, the ice giant Neptune is an unexpectedly happening place. Its atmosphere is chaotic, with clouds that rapidly appear and disappear and supersonic winds that blow faster than any in the solar system.
7 Planets Retrograde: Astrologers Share How To Deal | Well+Good

The word “retrograde” gets a bad rap, even outside of astrology circles.
“When a planet is retrograde, we have to see and approach everything that this planet rules from a different perspective.” —Narayana Montúfar, astrologer
This retrograde will largely prompt a period of reflection, as we realize how lucky we are for what we have, especially within the Taurean themes of material items and personal values.
Long wait nearly over for Psyche asteroid probe's Space Coast launch

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Pride and excitement at premier space science institute as 1,500 gather to watch Chandrayaan-3 ...

When Chandrayaan-3 landed on the moon, the campus of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, watched the moments with excitement and pride.
Around 1,500 people, including 1000-odd students, watched the Chandrayaan -3 landing on two huge LED walls erected in the campus. One was at an open-air theatre and the other at a students' multipurpose centre.
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Sun-observing spacecraft sheds light on the solar wind's origin | Reuters
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WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - The solar wind is a ubiquitous feature of our solar system. This relentless high-speed flow of charged particles from the sun fills interplanetary space.
But precisely how the sun generates the solar wind has remained unclear. New observations by the Solar Orbiter spacecraft may provide an answer.
Reactions as India's Chandrayaan-3 makes historic moon landing | Reuters
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"Chandrayaan-3's soft landing on the uncharted lunar South Pole is the result of decades of tremendous ingenuity and hard work by our scientific community. Since 1962, India's space programme has continued to scale new heights and inspire generations of young dreamers."
"Congratulations to all the scientists and engineers ... the whole team which has made India so proud."
FBI says North Korean hackers preparing to cash out after high-profile crypto hacks | TechCrunch

The U.S. government said it believes North Korean hackers are preparing to cash out millions of dollars stolen during a spate of high-profile crypto hacks.
On Tuesday, the FBI warned cryptocurrency companies about recent blockchain activity connected to the theft of hundreds of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency by malicious actors affiliated with the North Korea-backed Lazarus Group, also known as APT38 and " TraderTraitor ."
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
A planet’s atmosphere is blasted away by a star and Hubble captures it | CNN

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The Hubble Space Telescope captured an unexpected observation of a nearby planet that's having its atmosphere blasted away by energetic outbursts from its star. It's a dramatic change from the last time Hubble checked up on the planetary system and saw nothing amiss.

