NASA shares mesmerizing snapshot of Whirlpool Galaxy shot by Chandra, Hubble telescopes

Spring has sprung in Aida, the vibrant world of Tower of Fantasy! To celebrate the season of renewal, the developers are hosting a special Spring Screenshot Contest with awesome rewards up for grabs. So grab your digital camera (or in-game equivalent) and get ready to capture the beauty of Aida in bloom!

NASA has been planning to develop a lunar terrain vehicle (LTV) which will allow Artemis astronauts to travel around the lunar south polar region. The US Space Agency has selected three agencies that will work on the development of a lunar vehicle. Among the three, NASA has also selected Intuitive Machines which recently participated in the landing of Odysseus spacecraft on the Moon. Now, the companies have again partnered to bring a high-tech vision to reality. Know more about the lunar terrain vehicle (LTV). 

To discover, track and monitor asteroids, NASA has several tech marvels in place. The NEOWISE telescope, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), Pans-STARRS1, and Catalina Sky Survey are some of the space and ground-based telescopes and satellites which the space agency uses. Since there is a historical precedent of asteroids impacting Earth and causing cataclysmic damage, it is imperative that we keep an eye on them for any potential impact scenarios. NASA has now revealed that two asteroids will pass Earth by a close margin today, April 4.

While most video games stick to t-shirts and maybe the odd action figure when it comes to merch, Pokemon is a different breed. It started with a trading card game and 25 years later, you can now get just about anything officially licensed by Pokemon. Despite that, The Pokemon Company continues to come up with new and unique products, the latest of which is a Venasaur statue mid-Solar Beam that you can plug in and use as a light.

On April 8, a solar eclipse will be visible across most of North America, varying in degree depending on location, according to NASA. Residents within the path of totality, extending from Texas to Maine, will observe a total eclipse, while those outside this band will witness a partial eclipse. To engage the public, NASA is organizing in-person events, providing opportunities to experience NASA science, and offering online streaming options.

Just yesterday, 3 asteroids passed Earth by a close margin. While none of them were considered “Potentially Hazardous Asteroids”, the biggest of them was 150 feet wide, making it almost as big as an aircraft. Such close approaches by celestial objects such as asteroids and comets serve as a reminder of the dangerous potential they possess and the need to continuously monitor their trajectories. NASA, with the help of its advanced ground and space-based satellites, has shed light on three asteroids that are expected to pass Earth today, March 28.

The Chandra X-ray spacecraft, a cornerstone of modern astronomy, faces an uncertain future as NASA's budget proposal for FY25 threatens its mission. In a letter to the Chandra community, Patrick Slane, the director of the Chandra X-ray Center, outlined the grim prospects posed by the proposed budget cuts. The potential loss of Chandra, a pioneer in X-ray astronomy since its launch in 1999, would deal a devastating blow to scientists who rely on its capabilities to study black holes and other cosmic phenomena.

Samsung is expected to launch the new Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Fold 6 in the coming months. So far, we have come across several leaks about the upcoming foldables. Now, a new rumor has emerged, suggesting that Samsung's new generation of foldables will follow the Galaxy S24 series in terms of the chipset. With Galaxy S24 and S24 Plus, Samsung provided the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor in selected regions while the rest got devices with Exynos 2400 SoC. With the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6, Samsung may plan to do the same.

In the last few weeks, we've seen asteroids pass by Earth on multiple occasions. Although these space rocks revolve around the Sun in their own orbit, interaction with a planet's gravitational field can knock them off course and bring them closer to Earth, as per NASA. These encounters can knock asteroids out of the main belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, and send them tumbling in all directions across the orbits of the other planets. NASA now says that as many as two asteroids have been spotted travelling towards Earth in their orbit and are expected to pass by the planet tomorrow, March 27.

In a setback for the highly anticipated NISAR (NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) mission, the joint endeavour between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has hit a snag, pushing back its launch schedule with the target now shifted to late April.

Scientists believe that our universe is expanding at a rapid rate, but there is a problem. A puzzle of sorts is there and it needs to be solved which is called the "Hubble Tension," it avers that the current rate of the expansion of the universe is faster than what astronomers expect it to be. Therefore, to understand the Universe's expansion rate, NASA's James Webb Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope have joined hands to find the inconsistency in measurements. The telescope's high-resolution data will help researchers study the puzzle and find out what really is happening with our Universe. Check out how cosmologists are planning to solve the errors and bring accuracy.

NASA says as many as four asteroids passed Earth yesterday, with the biggest of them being nearly 140 feet wide, which is comparable to an aircraft in size. These close approaches by Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) like asteroids serve as a reminder of the constant threat posed by celestial objects and why it is crucial to monitor their trajectories. Using its advanced space and ground-based telescopes, NASA has revealed that another asteroid is expected to fly past Earth tomorrow, March 22. Know all about this close encounter.