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Niger has initiated an investigation into the "trafficking" of a meteorite from Mars. The piece of rock was sold by Sotheby's last month for a whopping $5 million (someone really wanted a piece of our neighbour). Niger officials are now up in arms, saying that it was illegally smuggled out of the country. According to Sotheby's, a meteorite hunter stumbled upon the piece of Mars in the Sahara desert in 2023 after it travelled 225 million kilometres in space to reach Earth. It was then sold to an international dealer whose identity has not been disclosed. Africa has become a prime ground for the discovery of such space rocks because its climate is most suited to their preservation. People go hunting for them since meteorites can fetch a handsome amount of money when sold to scientists and others interested in owning space rocks. This particular meteorite is now at the centre of a tussle. Niger says it belongs to them, but Sotheby's claims it reached them, keeping in line with all the protocols. Can Niger stake a claim to the Mars meteorite or the sale money? Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/black-hole-probe-needs-100-years-1-trillion-dollars-and-nano-technology-cosmic-backyard-earth-1754653395895">Black hole probe needs 100 years, $1 trillion and fictional technology. But there is an even bigger problem</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/james-webb-discovers-oldest-black-hole-in-the-universe-1754652420362">'A dead ringer': James Webb discovers universe's oldest black hole</a><h2>Niger is angry that the Martian meteorite was sold in New York</h2>Niger insists that the meteorite did not legally leave the country. Heritage academic journal traced the rock's journey, stating that it was sold to an international dealer, and later it was in a private gallery in Italy. Here, a team of scientists from the University of Florence studied the Martian meteorite to learn about its origins. It then reaches the museum in Rome, and from there, at Sotheby's in New York. The auction house sold it for $5 million. Niger sat up and took notice, and raised a hue and cry about the fact that it was sold out of the country. It is now probing the circumstances that led to it reaching New York. Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/universe-biggest-black-hole-is-so-monstrous-that-it-can-fit-36-billion-suns-1754645711409">Universe's biggest black hole is so monstrous that it can fit 36 billion Suns</a><h2>Sotheby's says it followed all the rules</h2>Sotheby's told The Associated Press that the export of the meteorite was in line with relevant international procedures.“As with everything we sell, all necessary documentation was in order at each stage of its journey, in accordance with best practice and the requirements of the countries involved," the statement read. Despite Sotheby's insistence that nothing illegal took place, Niger insists that the meteorite's exit was similar to "international trafficking." Can Niger claim the meteorite? According to the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Property, &nbsp;meteorites can qualify as cultural property of a country. However, Patty Gerstenblith, a cultural heritage lawyer and expert on illicit trade, says that for this to happen, Niger would need to prove that it owned the meteorite and someone stole it. "But if it was properly declared upon import into the US," then there is nothing that Niger can do.

Can Niger get the meteorite from Mars back? The biggest Martian meteorite ever seen on Earth was sold for $5 million by Sothebys. It was found in the Sahara Desert in 2023, and Niger is pretty livid and asking how it left the country. Can it get it back?

Niger has initiated an investigation into the "trafficking" of a meteorite from Mars. The piece of rock was sold by Sotheby's last month for a whopping $5 million (someone really wanted a piece of our neighbour). Niger officials are now up in arms, saying that it was illegally smuggled out of the country. According to Sotheby's, a meteorite hunter stumbled upon the piece of Mars in the Sahara desert in 2023 after it travelled 225 million kilometres in space to reach Earth. It was then sold to an international dealer whose identity has not been disclosed. Africa has become a prime ground for the discovery of such space rocks because its climate is most suited to their preservation. People go hunting for them since meteorites can fetch a handsome amount of money when sold to scientists and others interested in owning space rocks. This particular meteorite is now at the centre of a tussle. Niger says it belongs to them, but Sotheby's claims it reached them, keeping in line with all the protocols. Can Niger stake a claim to the Mars meteorite or the sale money? Also Read: Black hole probe needs 100 years, $1 trillion and fictional technology. But there is an even bigger problem Also Read: 'A dead ringer': James Webb discovers universe's oldest black hole Niger is angry that the Martian meteorite was sold in New York Niger insists that the meteorite did not legally leave the country. Heritage academic journal traced the rock's journey, stating that it was sold to an international dealer, and later it was in a private gallery in Italy. Here, a team of scientists from the University of Florence studied the Martian meteorite to learn about its origins. It then reaches the museum in Rome, and from there, at Sotheby's in New York. The auction house sold it for $5 million. Niger sat up and took notice, and raised a hue and cry about the fact that it was sold out of the country. It is now probing the circumstances that led to it reaching New York. Also Read: Universe's biggest black hole is so monstrous that it can fit 36 billion Suns Sotheby's says it followed all the rules Sotheby's told The Associated Press that the export of the meteorite was in line with relevant international procedures.“As with everything we sell, all necessary documentation was in order at each stage of its journey, in accordance with best practice and the requirements of the countries involved," the statement read. Despite Sotheby's insistence that nothing illegal took place, Niger insists that the meteorite's exit was similar to "international trafficking." Can Niger claim the meteorite? According to the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Property, meteorites can qualify as cultural property of a country. However, Patty Gerstenblith, a cultural heritage lawyer and expert on illicit trade, says that for this to happen, Niger would need to prove that it owned the meteorite and someone stole it. "But if it was properly declared upon import into the US," then there is nothing that Niger can do.

Can Niger get the meteorite from Mars back? The biggest Martian meteorite ever seen on Earth was sold for $5 million by Sotheby's. It was found in the Sahara Desert in 2023, and Niger is pretty livid and asking how it left the country. Can it get it back?

A Martian scandal: Niger wants the $5million Mars rock, biggest  ever seen on Earth, back. What do the laws say?

Scientists have flagged that in the coming years, two continents - Asia and Australia - will crash into each other, creating a new supercontinent. This is not a theoretical phenomenon, and the continent is already on the move. According to Curtin University’s Professor Zheng-Xiang Li, Australia is moving northward at a rate of approximately 7 centimetres each year. This would have a huge impact on the planet, affecting the ecological system, geography and weather patterns. Earthquakes will shape the world, and volcanoes will erupt, with lava covering large landmasses. Over millions of years, it would collide with Asia, creating a new supercontinent, which already has a name. Australian wildlife would also no longer remain the same, as its animals that have evolved in isolation will be threatened by other predators. Li says that this motion is not unexpected and is the result of tectonic plate motion. Ever since Australia separated from Antarctica about 80 million years ago, it has not stopped and continues to move upwards. Pretty soon, it will collide with Southeast Asia, and several geological forces will come into play. It would not be a peaceful transition, but a violent event that will change the face of the Earth.Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/-portal-to-space-in-antarctica-end-of-the-world-footage-is-ai-hogwash-but-will-make-your-jaws-drop-even-hrithik-roshan-loves-it-1754891891073">Antarctica has fallen! Bizarre theories about ice wall and alien tombs swirl on social media</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/earth-witnesses-its-third-shortest-day-in-a-month-as-experts-warn-of-catastrophe-1754369655534">Earth witnesses its third shortest day in a month as experts warn a catastrophe could be unfolding</a><h2>From Pangea to another supercontinent - Earth is following a cycle of life</h2>As the tectonic plates move, new mountains will be formed, causing fault lines to become more active. The collision will also lead to other geological structures, such as entire subduction zones. This will spawn earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and change the landscape as we know it. The continents today were once part of Pangea, a supercontinent that existed around 335 to 175 million years ago. Approximately 200 million years ago, it started breaking up, and different masses of land were set in motion. That's how we got the seven continents and five oceans we know of today. Li says this process continues over the lifetime of Earth, as the planet "evolves in a cyclic pattern, where the continents move apart and now are moving back together."Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/ring-of-fire-number-of-volcanoes-eruptions-antarctica-timeline-russia-earthquake-1754365414041">425 volcanoes, two years: Ring of Fire can become a blazing string of lava very soon</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/when-will-alien-invasion-on-earth-happen-spacecraft-ship-probe-1754106497174">Scientist reveals HOW and WHEN alien 'mothership' could attack Earth, warns governments to take action</a>&nbsp;<h2>A new ring of fire will form with Amasia</h2>Even though Australia is moving only about seven centimetres a year, when calculated over millions of years, it amounts to massive proportions. When it finally smashes into Asia, the result will be a new continent named Amasia. Yes, this is how sure geologists are of this happening that they already have a name for it. When this happens, a new “ring of fire” will be formed around the new supercontinent, Li says. The new borders from the collision will witness intense volcanic activity. While the borders will be burning, the environment inside will be very different from what it is today. Ecosystems will change, and the climate will also be very different, as vast areas will become dry. The wildlife found exclusively in Australia also faces a threat, as koalas, kangaroos, wombats, and platypus will come face to face with predators they have never had to stave off.&nbsp;

One of the continents on Earth is moving, drifting towards another and will collide with it. This would lead to the formation of a new supercontinent, which would lead to chaos everywhere. Earthquakes will be triggered and volcanoes will erupt when the violence ensues.

Scientists have flagged that in the coming years, two continents - Asia and Australia - will crash into each other, creating a new supercontinent. This is not a theoretical phenomenon, and the continent is already on the move. According to Curtin University’s Professor Zheng-Xiang Li, Australia is moving northward at a rate of approximately 7 centimetres each year. This would have a huge impact on the planet, affecting the ecological system, geography and weather patterns. Earthquakes will shape the world, and volcanoes will erupt, with lava covering large landmasses. Over millions of years, it would collide with Asia, creating a new supercontinent, which already has a name. Australian wildlife would also no longer remain the same, as its animals that have evolved in isolation will be threatened by other predators. Li says that this motion is not unexpected and is the result of tectonic plate motion. Ever since Australia separated from Antarctica about 80 million years ago, it has not stopped and continues to move upwards. Pretty soon, it will collide with Southeast Asia, and several geological forces will come into play. It would not be a peaceful transition, but a violent event that will change the face of the Earth. Also Read: Antarctica has fallen! Bizarre theories about ice wall and alien tombs swirl on social media Also Read: Earth witnesses its third shortest day in a month as experts warn a catastrophe could be unfolding From Pangea to another supercontinent - Earth is following a cycle of life As the tectonic plates move, new mountains will be formed, causing fault lines to become more active. The collision will also lead to other geological structures, such as entire subduction zones. This will spawn earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and change the landscape as we know it. The continents today were once part of Pangea, a supercontinent that existed around 335 to 175 million years ago. Approximately 200 million years ago, it started breaking up, and different masses of land were set in motion. That's how we got the seven continents and five oceans we know of today. Li says this process continues over the lifetime of Earth, as the planet "evolves in a cyclic pattern, where the continents move apart and now are moving back together." Also Read: 425 volcanoes, two years: Ring of Fire can become a blazing string of lava very soon Also Read: Scientist reveals HOW and WHEN alien 'mothership' could attack Earth, warns governments to take action A new ring of fire will form with Amasia Even though Australia is moving only about seven centimetres a year, when calculated over millions of years, it amounts to massive proportions. When it finally smashes into Asia, the result will be a new continent named Amasia. Yes, this is how sure geologists are of this happening that they already have a name for it. When this happens, a new “ring of fire” will be formed around the new supercontinent, Li says. The new borders from the collision will witness intense volcanic activity. While the borders will be burning, the environment inside will be very different from what it is today. Ecosystems will change, and the climate will also be very different, as vast areas will become dry. The wildlife found exclusively in Australia also faces a threat, as koalas, kangaroos, wombats, and platypus will come face to face with predators they have never had to stave off.

One of Earth's continents is moving, drifting towards another and will collide with it. This would lead to the formation of a new supercontinent, which would lead to chaos everywhere. Earthquakes will be triggered and volcanoes will erupt when the violence ensues.

From Pangea to brutal Amasia: Earth stares at its next mega continental mash-up

Millions of years ago, the solar system may have passed through a cold, dense region of space capable of reshaping Earth’s climate. A 2024 study published in Nature Astronomy proposes that the Sun and planets entered a compact interstellar gas cloud, part of the Local Ribbon of Cold Clouds, with particle densities more than 1,000 times higher than the solar system’s current environment. This encounter could have drastically compressed the heliosphere, the vast bubble of solar wind that normally shields the planets from interstellar radiation.&nbsp;Geological traces of the isotopes iron-60 and plutonium-244, found in Antarctic snow, deep-ocean sediments, Moon samples, and ice cores, suggest that matter from deep space reached Earth during this period. These isotopes are produced in supernova explosions and neutron star mergers, strengthening the case for a cosmic intrusion.<h2>The heliosphere’s role as Earth’s outermost shield</h2>&nbsp;The heliosphere is created by the constant outflow of charged particles from the Sun, stretching far beyond Pluto’s orbit and typically extending three times farther still. According to NASA, it acts as the solar system’s first line of defence against the interstellar medium (ISM), blocking a significant fraction of high-energy cosmic rays. Earth’s own magnetosphere then provides additional protection, preventing the erosion of the atmosphere and reducing the planet’s radiation exposure.&nbsp;Today, the solar system sits within the Local Bubble, a region about 1,000 light-years wide containing just 0.001 particles per cubic centimetre, far less than the galactic average of 0.1. The cold cloud encountered millions of years ago, however, may have contained more than 1,000 particles per cubic centimetre, overwhelming the heliosphere’s protective reach and allowing interstellar dust and energetic particles to enter the inner solar system largely unimpeded.&nbsp;<h2>Climate consequences and the long-term view</h2>&nbsp;If the heliosphere contracted within or even inside Earth’s orbit, our planet would have been directly exposed to denser interstellar material. Models suggest this could have altered atmospheric chemistry, depleted ozone in the mid-atmosphere, and triggered global cooling. Such conditions might have persisted for hundreds of years to over a million, influencing climate patterns and potentially shaping human evolution.&nbsp;As Boston University space physicist Merav Opher notes, this is the first quantitative evidence that the Sun’s interaction with an external object could have affected Earth’s climate. Once the solar system emerged from the cloud, the heliosphere would have expanded again, restoring its full protective range. Scientists estimate that another such encounter could occur within the next million years.

A study published in Nature Astronomy proposes that the Sun and planets entered a compact interstellar gas cloud, part of the Local Ribbon of Cold Clouds, with particle densities more than 1,000 times higher than the solar system’s current environment. 

Millions of years ago, the solar system may have passed through a cold, dense region of space capable of reshaping Earth’s climate. A 2024 study published in Nature Astronomy proposes that the Sun and planets entered a compact interstellar gas cloud, part of the Local Ribbon of Cold Clouds, with particle densities more than 1,000 times higher than the solar system’s current environment. This encounter could have drastically compressed the heliosphere, the vast bubble of solar wind that normally shields the planets from interstellar radiation. Geological traces of the isotopes iron-60 and plutonium-244, found in Antarctic snow, deep-ocean sediments, Moon samples, and ice cores, suggest that matter from deep space reached Earth during this period. These isotopes are produced in supernova explosions and neutron star mergers, strengthening the case for a cosmic intrusion. The heliosphere’s role as Earth’s outermost shield The heliosphere is created by the constant outflow of charged particles from the Sun, stretching far beyond Pluto’s orbit and typically extending three times farther still. According to NASA, it acts as the solar system’s first line of defence against the interstellar medium (ISM), blocking a significant fraction of high-energy cosmic rays. Earth’s own magnetosphere then provides additional protection, preventing the erosion of the atmosphere and reducing the planet’s radiation exposure. Today, the solar system sits within the Local Bubble, a region about 1,000 light-years wide containing just 0.001 particles per cubic centimetre, far less than the galactic average of 0.1. The cold cloud encountered millions of years ago, however, may have contained more than 1,000 particles per cubic centimetre, overwhelming the heliosphere’s protective reach and allowing interstellar dust and energetic particles to enter the inner solar system largely unimpeded. Climate consequences and the long-term view If the heliosphere contracted within or even inside Earth’s orbit, our planet would have been directly exposed to denser interstellar material. Models suggest this could have altered atmospheric chemistry, depleted ozone in the mid-atmosphere, and triggered global cooling. Such conditions might have persisted for hundreds of years to over a million, influencing climate patterns and potentially shaping human evolution. As Boston University space physicist Merav Opher notes, this is the first quantitative evidence that the Sun’s interaction with an external object could have affected Earth’s climate. Once the solar system emerged from the cloud, the heliosphere would have expanded again, restoring its full protective range. Scientists estimate that another such encounter could occur within the next million years.

A study published in Nature Astronomy proposes that the Sun and planets entered a compact interstellar gas cloud, part of the Local Ribbon of Cold Clouds, with particle densities more than 1,000 times higher than the solar system’s current environment.&nbsp;

Earth’s climate was shaped for millions of years by an interstellar cloud? Here’s what scientists have to say

Once reliant on foreign aid but now leading globally, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch a 6,500 kg US-based communication satellite, the Block-2 BlueBird (BlueBird 2), in the next couple of months, the chairman of the space agency, V. Narayanan, said on Sunday. The development comes after the launch of the NISAR satellite, the world’s costliest Earth observation mission in collaboration with NASA.&nbsp;While speaking at an event near Chennai, V. Narayanan stated that this mission will follow the historic launch of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission onboard a GSLV-F16 rocket on July 30. “In another couple of months, a country that received a tiny rocket from the United States, is going to launch a 6,500 kg communication satellite built by the America using our own launcher from Indian soil. What a significant growth it is,” he said, TOI reported.<h3>What is the US's BlueBird 2 satellite?</h3>Block-2 BlueBird, developed by the US-based company AST SpaceMobile, is a next-generation satellite that is built to revolutionise global connectivity. As per V. Narayanan, this satellite has large communication range measuring up to 2,400 sq ft. Block-2 BlueBird is specially designed with an aim to achieve a data transmission speed of up to 12 Mbps, prompting hassle-free voice, data, and video communication for end users. Interestingly, this satellite will also facilitate direct-to-smartphone broadband connectivity, without the need for specialised terminals.&nbsp;India will receive this next-generation satellite in September, and it will be launched from the Sriharikota spaceport aboard the heaviest rocket in ISRO’s fleet, the LMV-3-M5. The interesting part of the Block-2 BlueBird satellite is that it uses AST &amp; Science’s patented technologies to connect directly to cellphones in the space environment for the SpaceMobile Constellation.&nbsp;The satellite features a 64.38 sq m communication array, enabling direct mobile connectivity through 3GPP-standard frequencies. It has forged partnerships with leading telecom operators worldwide.Also read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/top-10-space-missions-of-2025-and-beyond-1751524325156">From NASA to ISRO: Who’s exploring what? Here are the top 10 space missions of 2025 and beyond</a><h3>NASA's foreign aid to global leader</h3>Narayanan recalled that when ISRO was established in 1963, India lagged six to seven years behind advanced spacefaring countries. That same year, the United States donated a tiny rocket, marking the beginning of the Indian Space Programme. "It was on November 21, 1963," he said.&nbsp;He added that leveraging satellite data given by the US in 1975, ISRO showcased 'mass communication' by installing 2,400 television sets across 2,400 villages of 6 Indian states.&nbsp;"From that (kind of humble beginnings), the 30th of July was a historical day for the Indian space programme. We have launched the NISAR satellite. The costliest satellite ever built in the world. The L Band SAR payload from the USA and S Band payload provided by ISRO. The satellite was placed in orbit precisely by Indian launcher (GSLV). And today, we are shoulder to shoulder with advanced countries," Narayanan remarked.&nbsp;Narayanan also reiterated ISRO’s commitment to completing the Bharatiya Antariksh Station, India’s own space station, by 2035. The 52-tonne facility will be set up in five modules, with the first module likely to be placed in orbit in 2028.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

After the NISAR mission, ISRO is set to launch a 6,500 kg US-based communication satellite, the Block-2 BlueBird (BlueBird 2), in the next couple of months. This is a next-generation satellite that is built to revolutionise global connectivity.

Once reliant on foreign aid but now leading globally, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch a 6,500 kg US-based communication satellite, the Block-2 BlueBird (BlueBird 2), in the next couple of months, the chairman of the space agency, V. Narayanan, said on Sunday. The development comes after the launch of the NISAR satellite, the world’s costliest Earth observation mission in collaboration with NASA. While speaking at an event near Chennai, V. Narayanan stated that this mission will follow the historic launch of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission onboard a GSLV-F16 rocket on July 30. “In another couple of months, a country that received a tiny rocket from the United States, is going to launch a 6,500 kg communication satellite built by the America using our own launcher from Indian soil. What a significant growth it is,” he said, TOI reported. What is the US's BlueBird 2 satellite? Block-2 BlueBird, developed by the US-based company AST SpaceMobile, is a next-generation satellite that is built to revolutionise global connectivity. As per V. Narayanan, this satellite has large communication range measuring up to 2,400 sq ft. Block-2 BlueBird is specially designed with an aim to achieve a data transmission speed of up to 12 Mbps, prompting hassle-free voice, data, and video communication for end users. Interestingly, this satellite will also facilitate direct-to-smartphone broadband connectivity, without the need for specialised terminals. India will receive this next-generation satellite in September, and it will be launched from the Sriharikota spaceport aboard the heaviest rocket in ISRO’s fleet, the LMV-3-M5. The interesting part of the Block-2 BlueBird satellite is that it uses AST & Science’s patented technologies to connect directly to cellphones in the space environment for the SpaceMobile Constellation. The satellite features a 64.38 sq m communication array, enabling direct mobile connectivity through 3GPP-standard frequencies. It has forged partnerships with leading telecom operators worldwide. Also read: From NASA to ISRO: Who’s exploring what? Here are the top 10 space missions of 2025 and beyond NASA's foreign aid to global leader Narayanan recalled that when ISRO was established in 1963, India lagged six to seven years behind advanced spacefaring countries. That same year, the United States donated a tiny rocket, marking the beginning of the Indian Space Programme. "It was on November 21, 1963," he said. He added that leveraging satellite data given by the US in 1975, ISRO showcased 'mass communication' by installing 2,400 television sets across 2,400 villages of 6 Indian states. "From that (kind of humble beginnings), the 30th of July was a historical day for the Indian space programme. We have launched the NISAR satellite. The costliest satellite ever built in the world. The L Band SAR payload from the USA and S Band payload provided by ISRO. The satellite was placed in orbit precisely by Indian launcher (GSLV). And today, we are shoulder to shoulder with advanced countries," Narayanan remarked. Narayanan also reiterated ISRO’s commitment to completing the Bharatiya Antariksh Station, India’s own space station, by 2035. The 52-tonne facility will be set up in five modules, with the first module likely to be placed in orbit in 2028.

After the NISAR mission, ISRO is set to launch a 6,500 kg US-based communication satellite, the Block-2 BlueBird (BlueBird 2), in the next couple of months. This is a next-generation satellite that is built to revolutionise global connectivity.

What is Block-2 BlueBird? US-based satellite to be launched by ISRO using India’s heaviest rocket

The headless chicken monster, a deep burgundy coloured sea creature, looks for dead plankton and their poop to feed on. It is also known as the headless chicken fish and the Spanish dancer. It has a bright red colour and is hard to study because it is extremely fragile. 

Burgundy and bizarre: Deep-sea creature looks like a roast chicken and eats poop

Four crew members who travelled to the International Space Station (ISS) in March 2025 to take over from two astronauts who were left stranded by a beleaguered space capsule returned to Earth on Saturday. The NASA astronauts, including Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with Takuya Onishi of Japan and Kirill Peskov of Russia, landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California at 11:33 a.m. ET aboard a SpaceX capsule.&nbsp;This mission was NASA's first Pacific splashdown in 50 years and SpaceX's third with people on board. The last time NASA astronauts landed in the Pacific Ocean was in 1975 during the Apollo-Soyuz mission, which was the first joint spaceflight between the United States and the Soviet Union.&nbsp;“Splashdown! Crew-10 is back on Earth from the International Space Station, marking the completion of another successful flight,” said NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy. “Our crew missions are the building blocks for long-duration, human exploration, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. NASA is leading the way by setting a bold vision for exploration where we have a thriving space industry supporting private space stations in low Earth orbit, as well as humans exploring the Moon and Mars.”<h3>What is NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission?</h3>SpaceX Crew-10 is NASA's 10th crew rotation mission under the Commercial Crew Program and its 11th flight with astronauts, including the Demo-2 test flight to the International Space Station. During the mission, four crew members were included and were launched from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 24, 2025.&nbsp;The 5-month mission of Crew-10 conducted over 200 scientific experiments and technology demonstrations ranging from material flammability tests and lunar navigation trials to monitoring the physiological effects of spaceflight.<h3>Where did SpaceX splash down?</h3>NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 landed off the coast of San Diego, California, on Saturday at 11:33 a.m. EDT, carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov.&nbsp;

The SpaceX Crew-10 mission of NASA was its first Pacific splashdown in 50 years and SpaceX's third with people on board. The last time NASA astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean was during the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975.

Four crew members who travelled to the International Space Station (ISS) in March 2025 to take over from two astronauts who were left stranded by a beleaguered space capsule returned to Earth on Saturday. The NASA astronauts, including Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with Takuya Onishi of Japan and Kirill Peskov of Russia, landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California at 11:33 a.m. ET aboard a SpaceX capsule. This mission was NASA's first Pacific splashdown in 50 years and SpaceX's third with people on board. The last time NASA astronauts landed in the Pacific Ocean was in 1975 during the Apollo-Soyuz mission, which was the first joint spaceflight between the United States and the Soviet Union. “Splashdown! Crew-10 is back on Earth from the International Space Station, marking the completion of another successful flight,” said NASA acting administrator Sean Duffy. “Our crew missions are the building blocks for long-duration, human exploration, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. NASA is leading the way by setting a bold vision for exploration where we have a thriving space industry supporting private space stations in low Earth orbit, as well as humans exploring the Moon and Mars.” What is NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission? SpaceX Crew-10 is NASA's 10th crew rotation mission under the Commercial Crew Program and its 11th flight with astronauts, including the Demo-2 test flight to the International Space Station. During the mission, four crew members were included and were launched from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 24, 2025. The 5-month mission of Crew-10 conducted over 200 scientific experiments and technology demonstrations ranging from material flammability tests and lunar navigation trials to monitoring the physiological effects of spaceflight. Where did SpaceX splash down? NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 landed off the coast of San Diego, California, on Saturday at 11:33 a.m. EDT, carrying NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov.

The SpaceX Crew-10 mission of NASA was its first Pacific splashdown in 50 years and SpaceX's third with people on board. The last time NASA astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean was during the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975.

What is NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission? Four Astronauts splash down in Pacific after 5-month ISS mission

Russia is set to conduct a potentially dangerous test for the Burevestnik missile, also known as the SSC-X-9 Skyfall by NATO. This is significant because this is the only known nuclear-powered missile and a speculative or experimental concept. Some analysts called it a ‘flying Chernobyl’. &nbsp;The United States also had a nuclear-powered missile called SLAM or Supersonic Low Altitude Missile system in the 1950s. But it was later discontinued due to being extremely dangerous.Russian Authorities have shut down a 500-kilometre airspace corridor near Novaya Zemlya from August 7 to August 12, covering more than 40000 square km. Images from the satellites suggest intense weeks of preparation at the Pankovo test site. The Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has deployed ships to the Barents Sea and aircraft to the nearby Rogachevo air base. This is the site where Russia have tested nuclear weapons and technology since 1950, according to <a href="https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/rosatom-may-test-reactorpowered-missile-over-the-next-few-days/434546">Barents Observer</a>.&nbsp;Burevetshnik has a theoretically unlimited range owing to the onboard nuclear reactor, and has been seen as President Vladimir Putin's most controversial nuclear weapon project. It can be equipped with both conventional and nuclear warheads. Burevetshnik, also known as Skyfall, can evade current missile defence systems. One potential drawback claimed by experts is its Subsonic speed, which hampers its stealth ability. It can fly at low altitude for longer distances and circumnavigate the globe, evading radar detection. But due to its slow speed, it might be prone to interception.&nbsp;The missile had been under development since 2010 and tested since 2017, with 13 tests showing mixed results, only two being positive. Notably, in 2019, during one test, the missile crashed in the White Sea, killing several scientists and releasing radiation. Experts warn that the test has the potential to scatter radioactive material across vast distances. Norwegian authorities, whose Finnmark region lies less than 1,000 kilometres from the test site, have voiced concern. The US has deployed its WC-135R ‘nuke sniffer’ aircraft to trace radioactivity in the region. Earlier in 2025, the United States decided to start its Golden Dome Project, which is a multi-layer defence system aimed at countering ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. A global arms race is on, with the new START treaty between the US and Russia set to expire by 2026."The Burevestnik is not a wonder weapon, and the challenges it poses for NATO security are neither new nor unmanageable," said Decker Eveleth from CNA Research Group. &nbsp;&nbsp;

Russia has declared a NOTAM from August  7-12 in the region, and it is preparing for another test for nuclear-powered, radar-evading, unlimited-range, Burevestnik aka SKYFALL missiles. There are concerns about accidents and radioactive emissions.

Russia is set to conduct a potentially dangerous test for the Burevestnik missile, also known as the SSC-X-9 Skyfall by NATO. This is significant because this is the only known nuclear-powered missile and a speculative or experimental concept. Some analysts called it a ‘flying Chernobyl’. The United States also had a nuclear-powered missile called SLAM or Supersonic Low Altitude Missile system in the 1950s. But it was later discontinued due to being extremely dangerous. Russian Authorities have shut down a 500-kilometre airspace corridor near Novaya Zemlya from August 7 to August 12, covering more than 40000 square km. Images from the satellites suggest intense weeks of preparation at the Pankovo test site. The Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom has deployed ships to the Barents Sea and aircraft to the nearby Rogachevo air base. This is the site where Russia have tested nuclear weapons and technology since 1950, according to Barents Observer. Burevetshnik has a theoretically unlimited range owing to the onboard nuclear reactor, and has been seen as President Vladimir Putin's most controversial nuclear weapon project. It can be equipped with both conventional and nuclear warheads. Burevetshnik, also known as Skyfall, can evade current missile defence systems. One potential drawback claimed by experts is its Subsonic speed, which hampers its stealth ability. It can fly at low altitude for longer distances and circumnavigate the globe, evading radar detection. But due to its slow speed, it might be prone to interception. The missile had been under development since 2010 and tested since 2017, with 13 tests showing mixed results, only two being positive. Notably, in 2019, during one test, the missile crashed in the White Sea, killing several scientists and releasing radiation. Experts warn that the test has the potential to scatter radioactive material across vast distances. Norwegian authorities, whose Finnmark region lies less than 1,000 kilometres from the test site, have voiced concern. The US has deployed its WC-135R ‘nuke sniffer’ aircraft to trace radioactivity in the region. Earlier in 2025, the United States decided to start its Golden Dome Project, which is a multi-layer defence system aimed at countering ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. A global arms race is on, with the new START treaty between the US and Russia set to expire by 2026. "The Burevestnik is not a wonder weapon, and the challenges it poses for NATO security are neither new nor unmanageable," said Decker Eveleth from CNA Research Group.

Russia has declared a NOTAM from August &nbsp;7-12 in the region, and it is preparing for another test for nuclear-powered, radar-evading, unlimited-range, Burevestnik aka SKYFALL missiles. There are concerns about accidents and radioactive emissions.

Russia's nuclear-powered, radar-evading, unlimited-range, Burevestnik aka SKYFALL missile test spark fear of radioactive emission in arctic

From Russia’s deadly RS-28 Sarmat to France's M51, several countries have developed long-range ballistic missiles with a range of more than 5000 km to protect themselves if an intercontinental war occurs. So, let's have a look at the top seven longest-range missiles in the world.

From M51 to RS-28 Sarmat: World’s 7 longest-range missiles that can hit targets more than 5,000 km away

A scientist wants to send a probe to a black hole, although he knows that his idea cannot be put into force right now since it is based on a technology that doesn't exist. He has come up with a plan to send a spacecraft right into the heart of a black hole to study these mysterious giants hogging our universe. It involves building the tiniest spaceship, no bigger than a paper clip, with lasers pushing it through space almost at the speed of light. Humans have not been able to build anything that can move at such speeds. Although Professor Cosimo Bambi, of Fudan University in Shanghai, is hopeful that this can be done in the future. He told Daily Mail that it is fully possible to develop this technology, all it needs is "time, money, and motivation." His ambitious project would come at a huge cost, as the lasers alone would require more than $1 trillion. He has published his proposal in the journal iScience, in which he argues that sending a spacecraft directly into the heart of a black hole could reveal secrets about the fabric of spacetime.Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/baba-vanga-predicted-alien-contact-in-2025-interstellar-spaceship-comet-solar-system-1754538939635">Baba Vanga Predicted Alien Contact In 2025. Is Interstellar 'Mothership' Hurtling Towards Earth Them Reaching Out?</a><h2>Nanocraft can steer right through a black hole</h2>For the experiment, scientists need to identify a black hole located at a distance that can realistically be covered by a man-made spacecraft. For the probe itself, Bambi advocates building a nanocraft. As the name suggests, it would be much smaller than traditional spacecraft that burn fuel and are quite big to reach anywhere near the speed of light. The nanocraft would be nothing but a small chip stuck to a large sail, which would be blasted off from Earth with the help of lasers, with photons that will accelerate the craft to a third of the speed of light. The problems with his plan are plenty, but the biggest one is finding a black hole we can practically visit. He says that such a black hole should exist within 20-25 light-years from the Solar System. Travelling at that speed, the nanocraft will take 70-80 years to reach it, and about 20-25 years for the data to reach Earth.Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/two-years-apart-supermassive-black-hole-seen-eating-the-same-unlucky-star-twice-1754133922155">Two years apart, supermassive black hole seen eating the same unlucky star twice</a><h2>Problems with finding a black hole close to Earth</h2>Another problem is the cost of the mission. He admits that, based on the current technology, it would cost one trillion GBP, "so it is definitely beyond the budget of any scientific experiment." However, he cites the trend of the past 20 years and the future economic environment to state that this amount would reduce to around $1 billion in 20-30 years. The total timeline from the launch to getting the data from it is 100 years. Considering that the nano technology needed doesn't even exist today, it cannot even be put into action until it becomes a reality. But everything still boils down to finding a black hole that is near us. "If the distance of the closest black hole exceeds 40-50 light years, I am afraid we have to give up," Bambi says. The closest black hole to Earth is Gaia-BH1, which is 1,560 light-years away.Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/universe-biggest-black-hole-is-so-monstrous-that-it-can-fit-36-billion-suns-1754645711409">Universe's biggest black hole is so monstrous that it can fit 36 billion Suns</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/james-webb-discovers-oldest-black-hole-in-the-universe-1754652420362">'A dead ringer': James Webb discovers universe's oldest black hole</a>&nbsp;Black holes are a cosmic mystery. All we know about them is that their gravitational force is the strongest one seen in the entire universe. No one knows what lies inside them. Bambi says if humans succeed in detecting a black hole closer home in the next 5-10 years, then the world should just go for it and send a probe deep inside. It will be the perfect laboratory to test Einstein's theory of general relativity.

A scientist from Shanghai wants to send a spacecraft into a black hole to learn what lies at the heart of it. But there are several hurdles to his plans, but he is still hopeful that humans can send a probe to a black hole in the coming years.  

A scientist wants to send a probe to a black hole, although he knows that his idea cannot be put into force right now since it is based on a technology that doesn't exist. He has come up with a plan to send a spacecraft right into the heart of a black hole to study these mysterious giants hogging our universe. It involves building the tiniest spaceship, no bigger than a paper clip, with lasers pushing it through space almost at the speed of light. Humans have not been able to build anything that can move at such speeds. Although Professor Cosimo Bambi, of Fudan University in Shanghai, is hopeful that this can be done in the future. He told Daily Mail that it is fully possible to develop this technology, all it needs is "time, money, and motivation." His ambitious project would come at a huge cost, as the lasers alone would require more than $1 trillion. He has published his proposal in the journal iScience, in which he argues that sending a spacecraft directly into the heart of a black hole could reveal secrets about the fabric of spacetime. Also Read: Baba Vanga Predicted Alien Contact In 2025. Is Interstellar 'Mothership' Hurtling Towards Earth Them Reaching Out? Nanocraft can steer right through a black hole For the experiment, scientists need to identify a black hole located at a distance that can realistically be covered by a man-made spacecraft. For the probe itself, Bambi advocates building a nanocraft. As the name suggests, it would be much smaller than traditional spacecraft that burn fuel and are quite big to reach anywhere near the speed of light. The nanocraft would be nothing but a small chip stuck to a large sail, which would be blasted off from Earth with the help of lasers, with photons that will accelerate the craft to a third of the speed of light. The problems with his plan are plenty, but the biggest one is finding a black hole we can practically visit. He says that such a black hole should exist within 20-25 light-years from the Solar System. Travelling at that speed, the nanocraft will take 70-80 years to reach it, and about 20-25 years for the data to reach Earth. Also Read: Two years apart, supermassive black hole seen eating the same unlucky star twice Problems with finding a black hole close to Earth Another problem is the cost of the mission. He admits that, based on the current technology, it would cost one trillion GBP, "so it is definitely beyond the budget of any scientific experiment." However, he cites the trend of the past 20 years and the future economic environment to state that this amount would reduce to around $1 billion in 20-30 years. The total timeline from the launch to getting the data from it is 100 years. Considering that the nano technology needed doesn't even exist today, it cannot even be put into action until it becomes a reality. But everything still boils down to finding a black hole that is near us. "If the distance of the closest black hole exceeds 40-50 light years, I am afraid we have to give up," Bambi says. The closest black hole to Earth is Gaia-BH1, which is 1,560 light-years away. Also Read: Universe's biggest black hole is so monstrous that it can fit 36 billion Suns Also Read: 'A dead ringer': James Webb discovers universe's oldest black hole Black holes are a cosmic mystery. All we know about them is that their gravitational force is the strongest one seen in the entire universe. No one knows what lies inside them. Bambi says if humans succeed in detecting a black hole closer home in the next 5-10 years, then the world should just go for it and send a probe deep inside. It will be the perfect laboratory to test Einstein's theory of general relativity.

A scientist from Shanghai wants to send a spacecraft into a black hole to learn what lies at the heart of it. But there are several hurdles to his plans, but he is still hopeful that humans can send a probe to a black hole in the coming years. &nbsp;

Black hole probe needs 100 years, $1 trillion and fictional technology. But there is an even bigger problem

Scientists have found the earliest black hole in the universe that existed just 500 million years after the Big Bang. The discovery was revealed in a new paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The ancient black hole was spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope in the distant galaxy CAPERS-LRD-z9, shrouded by gas. It is around 13.3 billion years old, when the universe was just three per cent of its current age. CAPERS-LRD-z9 is one of the “little red dot” galaxies that Webb captured in the first year of its launch. They looked very different from the galaxies Hubble was used to seeing. Steven Finkelstein, co-author of the new study and director of the Cosmic Frontier Center at the University of Texas at Austin, said in a statement, “The discovery of Little Red Dots was a major surprise from early JWST data, as they looked nothing like galaxies seen with the Hubble Space Telescope.”Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/two-years-apart-supermassive-black-hole-seen-eating-the-same-unlucky-star-twice-1754133922155">Two years apart, supermassive black hole seen eating the same unlucky star twice</a><h2>Galaxies born right after Big Bang</h2>These galaxies appeared as scarlet pinpricks in Webb's vision and had never been detected by any telescope before it. Their discovery changed the beliefs scientists had about the universe. NASA stated that if these shining objects were galaxies, then it would imply that some of them had grown really big, really fast and did not fit into the current theories. Finkelstein and his team compiled data on these little red dot galaxies and published their findings in January. It included all of them that existed in the first 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. They wrote that these galaxies likely had supermassive black holes that were still growing. He then collaborated with a team led by Anthony Taylor, a postdoctoral researcher at the Cosmic Frontier Center.Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/baba-vanga-predicted-alien-contact-in-2025-interstellar-spaceship-comet-solar-system-1754538939635">Baba Vanga Predicted Alien Contact In 2025. Is Interstellar 'Mothership' Hurtling Towards Earth Them Reaching Out?</a> &nbsp;They checked the spectroscopy data from Webb’s CAPERS (CANDELS-Area Prism Epoch of Reionization Survey) program. They noticed a distinct spectroscopic signature that is produced when black holes interact with gas clouds. As the gas rapidly swirls around and falls into a black hole, light from gas that is moving away from us stretches into redder wavelengths, while the one moving towards us has bluer wavelengths. Taylor says, “There aren’t many other things that create this signature." This one turned out to be the earliest such example.Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/would-you-dare-to-take-a-400-year-one-way-trip-to-alpha-centauri-on-this-ship-1754642146307">Would you dare to take a 400‑year one‑way trip to Alpha Centauri on this ship?</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/universe-biggest-black-hole-is-so-monstrous-that-it-can-fit-36-billion-suns-1754645711409">Universe's biggest black hole is so monstrous that it can fit 36 billion Suns</a><h2>Black holes and brightness from galaxies</h2>Their findings further cement the belief that supermassive black holes are the likely source of the brightness emitted by these galaxies. “We’ve seen these clouds in other galaxies,” Taylor said. “When we compared this object to those other sources, it was a dead ringer.” The oldest black hole discovered at the centre of this galaxy is up to 300 million times more massive than the Sun. "Finding a black hole of this size that existed so early on in the universe adds to growing evidence that early black holes grew much faster than we thought possible,” Finkelstein said.

The oldest black hole in the universe has been discovered in a distant galaxy, CAPERS-LRD-z9, shrouded by gas. It existed only 500 million years after the Big Bang occurred and is  300 million times more massive than the Sun.

Scientists have found the earliest black hole in the universe that existed just 500 million years after the Big Bang. The discovery was revealed in a new paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The ancient black hole was spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope in the distant galaxy CAPERS-LRD-z9, shrouded by gas. It is around 13.3 billion years old, when the universe was just three per cent of its current age. CAPERS-LRD-z9 is one of the “little red dot” galaxies that Webb captured in the first year of its launch. They looked very different from the galaxies Hubble was used to seeing. Steven Finkelstein, co-author of the new study and director of the Cosmic Frontier Center at the University of Texas at Austin, said in a statement, “The discovery of Little Red Dots was a major surprise from early JWST data, as they looked nothing like galaxies seen with the Hubble Space Telescope.” Also Read: Two years apart, supermassive black hole seen eating the same unlucky star twice Galaxies born right after Big Bang These galaxies appeared as scarlet pinpricks in Webb's vision and had never been detected by any telescope before it. Their discovery changed the beliefs scientists had about the universe. NASA stated that if these shining objects were galaxies, then it would imply that some of them had grown really big, really fast and did not fit into the current theories. Finkelstein and his team compiled data on these little red dot galaxies and published their findings in January. It included all of them that existed in the first 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang. They wrote that these galaxies likely had supermassive black holes that were still growing. He then collaborated with a team led by Anthony Taylor, a postdoctoral researcher at the Cosmic Frontier Center. Also Read: Baba Vanga Predicted Alien Contact In 2025. Is Interstellar 'Mothership' Hurtling Towards Earth Them Reaching Out? They checked the spectroscopy data from Webb’s CAPERS (CANDELS-Area Prism Epoch of Reionization Survey) program. They noticed a distinct spectroscopic signature that is produced when black holes interact with gas clouds. As the gas rapidly swirls around and falls into a black hole, light from gas that is moving away from us stretches into redder wavelengths, while the one moving towards us has bluer wavelengths. Taylor says, “There aren’t many other things that create this signature." This one turned out to be the earliest such example. Also Read: Would you dare to take a 400‑year one‑way trip to Alpha Centauri on this ship? Also Read: Universe's biggest black hole is so monstrous that it can fit 36 billion Suns Black holes and brightness from galaxies Their findings further cement the belief that supermassive black holes are the likely source of the brightness emitted by these galaxies. “We’ve seen these clouds in other galaxies,” Taylor said. “When we compared this object to those other sources, it was a dead ringer.” The oldest black hole discovered at the centre of this galaxy is up to 300 million times more massive than the Sun. "Finding a black hole of this size that existed so early on in the universe adds to growing evidence that early black holes grew much faster than we thought possible,” Finkelstein said.

The oldest black hole in the universe has been discovered in a distant galaxy, CAPERS-LRD-z9, shrouded by gas. It existed only 500 million years after the Big Bang occurred and is &nbsp;300 million times more massive than the Sun.

'A dead ringer': James Webb discovers universe's oldest black hole

The biggest black hole in the universe might have just been found. It sits inside a galaxy whose light is distorted to such an extent by another galaxy in front of it that it appears like a horseshoe. This is because the galaxy in the foreground is hundreds of times heavier than our own galaxy. Because of this bending of spacetime, the background galaxy is known as the Cosmic Horseshoe. The supermassive black hole at the centre of this galaxy has been confirmed to be the biggest one ever seen in the universe in a study. There are millions of galaxies with humongous black holes at their core. They are all estimated to be billions of times the mass of our Sun, although there has never been an exact number to put next to them. But now, with this latest study, scientists have the closest estimate yet. The monstrous black hole in Cosmic Horseshoe is 36.3 billion times the mass of the Sun, with a margin of error of about 6 billion solar masses. "This is amongst the top 10 most massive black holes ever discovered, and quite possibly the most massive,” co-author Professor Thomas Collett, from the University of Portsmouth, said in a statement.Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/would-you-dare-to-take-a-400-year-one-way-trip-to-alpha-centauri-on-this-ship-1754642146307">Would you dare to take a 400‑year one‑way trip to Alpha Centauri on this ship?</a>&nbsp;<h2>Proof of biggest black hole in the universe</h2>Scientists have been measuring black holes for years, but every other supermassive black hole till now has had quite large uncertainties when measured indirectly. So there has never been a sure-shot contender for the top spot. But the team that carried out this study used a new method to measure this supermassive black hole, and they are almost certain that they have it right. Collett is confident of their findings and much more certain about the measurements. To figure out the size of this dark monster, the researchers looked at how its gravity warped the light passing near it. The stars in the inner region were spotted moving at extreme speeds, touching 400 kilometres per second. The deduction about its size was based on its "immense gravitational pull and the effect it has on its surroundings," the authors wrote in the study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/how-likely-is-an-asteroid-to-hit-earth-and-what-are-the-chances-of-death-1754635756375">Shocking study reveals an asteroid could kill you before rabies and lightning do</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/nasa-nuclear-reactor-on-moon-china-safety-zone-rule-artemis-accords-1754458211980">Can a country barricade the Moon? NASA fears losing out to China because of its own safety zone rule</a> &nbsp;<h2>Ultramassive black hole is 5 billion light-years away</h2>This ultramassive black hole is located 5 billion light-years away. It is completely silent, and so the researchers could not employ the technique that is usually used - determining the size based on the accretion. Carlos Melo of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil said, "This discovery was made for a 'dormant' black hole – one that isn’t actively accreting material at the time of observation." Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/baba-vanga-predicted-alien-contact-in-2025-interstellar-spaceship-comet-solar-system-1754538939635">Baba Vanga Predicted Alien Contact In 2025. Is Interstellar 'Mothership' Hurtling Towards Earth Them Reaching Out?</a> He added that their method can help them discover and measure many more dormant black holes across the universe, even when they are not swallowing and spitting out any matter. Professor Collett has another insight about what could be going on with this black hole. Since the Cosmic Horseshoe galaxy is a Fossil Group galaxy, towards the end of its evolution, it is possible that other black holes in nearby galaxies merged with it, creating this ultramassive black hole.&nbsp;

The biggest black hole in the universe is located 5 billion light years from Earth and can contain 36.3 billion suns inside it. It is completely dormant, but its pull is so strong that stars near it are travelling at a whopping speed of 400 kilometres per second.

The biggest black hole in the universe might have just been found. It sits inside a galaxy whose light is distorted to such an extent by another galaxy in front of it that it appears like a horseshoe. This is because the galaxy in the foreground is hundreds of times heavier than our own galaxy. Because of this bending of spacetime, the background galaxy is known as the Cosmic Horseshoe. The supermassive black hole at the centre of this galaxy has been confirmed to be the biggest one ever seen in the universe in a study. There are millions of galaxies with humongous black holes at their core. They are all estimated to be billions of times the mass of our Sun, although there has never been an exact number to put next to them. But now, with this latest study, scientists have the closest estimate yet. The monstrous black hole in Cosmic Horseshoe is 36.3 billion times the mass of the Sun, with a margin of error of about 6 billion solar masses. "This is amongst the top 10 most massive black holes ever discovered, and quite possibly the most massive,” co-author Professor Thomas Collett, from the University of Portsmouth, said in a statement. Also Read: Would you dare to take a 400‑year one‑way trip to Alpha Centauri on this ship? Proof of biggest black hole in the universe Scientists have been measuring black holes for years, but every other supermassive black hole till now has had quite large uncertainties when measured indirectly. So there has never been a sure-shot contender for the top spot. But the team that carried out this study used a new method to measure this supermassive black hole, and they are almost certain that they have it right. Collett is confident of their findings and much more certain about the measurements. To figure out the size of this dark monster, the researchers looked at how its gravity warped the light passing near it. The stars in the inner region were spotted moving at extreme speeds, touching 400 kilometres per second. The deduction about its size was based on its "immense gravitational pull and the effect it has on its surroundings," the authors wrote in the study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Also Read: Shocking study reveals an asteroid could kill you before rabies and lightning do Also Read: Can a country barricade the Moon? NASA fears losing out to China because of its own safety zone rule Ultramassive black hole is 5 billion light-years away This ultramassive black hole is located 5 billion light-years away. It is completely silent, and so the researchers could not employ the technique that is usually used - determining the size based on the accretion. Carlos Melo of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil said, "This discovery was made for a 'dormant' black hole – one that isn’t actively accreting material at the time of observation." Also Read: Baba Vanga Predicted Alien Contact In 2025. Is Interstellar 'Mothership' Hurtling Towards Earth Them Reaching Out? He added that their method can help them discover and measure many more dormant black holes across the universe, even when they are not swallowing and spitting out any matter. Professor Collett has another insight about what could be going on with this black hole. Since the Cosmic Horseshoe galaxy is a Fossil Group galaxy, towards the end of its evolution, it is possible that other black holes in nearby galaxies merged with it, creating this ultramassive black hole.

The biggest black hole in the universe is located 5 billion light years from Earth and can contain 36.3 billion suns inside it. It is completely dormant, but its pull is so strong that stars near it are travelling at a whopping speed of 400 kilometres per second.

Universe's biggest black hole is so monstrous that it can fit 36 billion Suns

A multigenerational ship could take 2,400 people to Alpha Centauri on an interstellar trip that will last hundreds of years, more than each of their lifetimes. The only ones who would be able to get off on Proxima Centauri b, the exoplanet believed to be fit for life, would be the youngest ones. Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to us. The project that won first place in the Project Hyperion Design Competition proposes that a spaceship could be built consisting of everything humans need to take the 400-year-long trip, the engineers stated in their brief. The ship has been named Chrysalis and could travel through space for 40 trillion kilometres to reach Alpha Centauri. Of course, it would only be a one-way trip, and no one who gets on the ship would set foot on the exoplanet. Chrysalis has been planned in a way that lets humans stay on the ship like on Earth, with all the basic facilities, like medicines, food, gardens, storage spaces and power.Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/how-likely-is-an-asteroid-to-hit-earth-and-what-are-the-chances-of-death-1754635756375">Shocking study reveals an asteroid could kill you before rabies and lightning do</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/baba-vanga-predicted-alien-contact-in-2025-interstellar-spaceship-comet-solar-system-1754538939635">Baba Vanga Predicted Alien Contact In 2025. Is Interstellar 'Mothership' Hurtling Towards Earth Them Reaching Out?</a> &nbsp;<h2>Preparation to set food on Proxima Centauri b</h2>Anyone who wishes to get on Chrysalis and for their future generations to live in Alpha Centauri would need to spend almost all their life in a remote region of Antarctica first. Getting used to being in an isolated environment would acclimate them mentally to being away from civilisation. Meanwhile, the ship's construction could take 20-25 years. It would be 58 km long, with various layers nestling within each other. At the centre would be the core, which would house all the shuttles that will carry humans and communications systems to Proxima Centauri b when the ship reaches there. The layer around it would deal with food production, with plants, fungi, microbes, insects and livestock being kept in controlled environments. Both tropical and boreal forests would be maintained to ensure biodiversity.Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/alien-life-could-exist-in-the-darkest-and-coldest-parts-of-the-universe-on-one-condition-1754475072732">Cosmic ray pinging across universe can trigger life on bodies far from their Sun</a><h2>Only 1,500 people can live on the spaceship</h2>People on the ship would be spending their entire lives there, so the next layer would have the necessary places like schools, hospitals, parks and libraries. The third layer would have houses with basic air conditioning and heat. All kinds of industries and manufacturing facilities would come in the next level. The last layer would be warehouses where all kinds of machines and equipment would be stored. The population on the ship would need to be kept in check, with only 1,500 people on it at any time, even though it can carry 2,400 people. The project engineers stated that AI would help in governance, to allow "resilience of the whole social system, better knowledge transfer between the different generations of inhabitants and a deeper vision of the overall dynamics of the Chrysalis spaceship complex."&nbsp;<h2>Lost In Space - A trip to Alpha Centauri</h2>The spaceship and everything about it sounds like an episode of a space show about people going to another planet. The popular TV series Lost In Space had humans going to Alpha Centauri in the year 2046. The Robinson family witnesses the unknown during their trip, aboard Resolute, getting lost on another planet. If the actual journey to Alpha Centauri is anything like what we have seen on the show, humans might want to stay away from Chrysalis. However, the hypothetical ship might not become a reality for many, many years to come.&nbsp; &nbsp;

Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to Earth and one that has been mentioned in sci-fi films and TV shows many times. Your trip starts in Antarctica, and ends with your future generations living on Proxima Centauri b.

A multigenerational ship could take 2,400 people to Alpha Centauri on an interstellar trip that will last hundreds of years, more than each of their lifetimes. The only ones who would be able to get off on Proxima Centauri b, the exoplanet believed to be fit for life, would be the youngest ones. Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to us. The project that won first place in the Project Hyperion Design Competition proposes that a spaceship could be built consisting of everything humans need to take the 400-year-long trip, the engineers stated in their brief. The ship has been named Chrysalis and could travel through space for 40 trillion kilometres to reach Alpha Centauri. Of course, it would only be a one-way trip, and no one who gets on the ship would set foot on the exoplanet. Chrysalis has been planned in a way that lets humans stay on the ship like on Earth, with all the basic facilities, like medicines, food, gardens, storage spaces and power. Also Read: Shocking study reveals an asteroid could kill you before rabies and lightning do Also Read: Baba Vanga Predicted Alien Contact In 2025. Is Interstellar 'Mothership' Hurtling Towards Earth Them Reaching Out? Preparation to set food on Proxima Centauri b Anyone who wishes to get on Chrysalis and for their future generations to live in Alpha Centauri would need to spend almost all their life in a remote region of Antarctica first. Getting used to being in an isolated environment would acclimate them mentally to being away from civilisation. Meanwhile, the ship's construction could take 20-25 years. It would be 58 km long, with various layers nestling within each other. At the centre would be the core, which would house all the shuttles that will carry humans and communications systems to Proxima Centauri b when the ship reaches there. The layer around it would deal with food production, with plants, fungi, microbes, insects and livestock being kept in controlled environments. Both tropical and boreal forests would be maintained to ensure biodiversity. Also Read: Cosmic ray pinging across universe can trigger life on bodies far from their Sun Only 1,500 people can live on the spaceship People on the ship would be spending their entire lives there, so the next layer would have the necessary places like schools, hospitals, parks and libraries. The third layer would have houses with basic air conditioning and heat. All kinds of industries and manufacturing facilities would come in the next level. The last layer would be warehouses where all kinds of machines and equipment would be stored. The population on the ship would need to be kept in check, with only 1,500 people on it at any time, even though it can carry 2,400 people. The project engineers stated that AI would help in governance, to allow "resilience of the whole social system, better knowledge transfer between the different generations of inhabitants and a deeper vision of the overall dynamics of the Chrysalis spaceship complex." Lost In Space - A trip to Alpha Centauri The spaceship and everything about it sounds like an episode of a space show about people going to another planet. The popular TV series Lost In Space had humans going to Alpha Centauri in the year 2046. The Robinson family witnesses the unknown during their trip, aboard Resolute, getting lost on another planet. If the actual journey to Alpha Centauri is anything like what we have seen on the show, humans might want to stay away from Chrysalis. However, the hypothetical ship might not become a reality for many, many years to come.

Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to Earth and one that has been mentioned in sci-fi films and TV shows many times. Your trip starts in Antarctica, and ends with your future generations living on Proxima Centauri b.

Would you dare to take a 400‑year one‑way trip to Alpha Centauri on this ship?

Scientists have figured out the odds of a person dying from an asteroid over a human lifetime. In a strange experiment, they compared it with other scenarios that can kill human beings, such as lightning strikes, carbon monoxide poisoning, a car accident, contracted disease and more. They found that a lightning bolt is more likely to kill a person if it strikes them. The more surprising revelations were about asteroids. Simulations and experiments showed that the chances of an asteroid strike killing us are more than rabies causing death. Also, the chance of an asteroid hitting Earth is way higher than a person being struck by lightning. That's odd considering a few people get killed by lightning strikes almost every year, but an asteroid strike has not occurred since the dinosaurs were killed 65 million years ago. However, there have been some other major strikes, like the one in Tunguska, Siberia, on June 30, 1908.Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/7-years-2-asteroids-and-tonnes-of-shooting-meteorites-are-earth-astronauts-and-satellites-really-safe-1751364306598">City killer asteroid can shoot meteorites like bullets at Earth in 2032. Who is at risk?</a>&nbsp;The study on the probability of a person experiencing a grisly death has been published on the preprint website arXiv. The study authors had a tough task on hand when they set out to understand the likelihood of an asteroid strike and whether or not it would kill a person. For this, they gathered data on all the Near-Earth objects, making a dataset of their numbers and the risk assessment of asteroids that were found to be potentially hazardous. Asteroids that are more than 460 feet wide are categorised as those that can cause devastation in the event that they hit Earth. The frequency of impacts was calculated based on the rest of the data and compared to the number of deaths caused by the other events.Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/venus-asteroids-earth-nuclear-bomb-nasa-warning-1748417986834">Evil twin? Venus sheltering 'invisible' asteroids that can wipe off humanity with a minuscule change in course</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/asteroid-2024-yr4-moon-earth-collision-2032-space-rock-1749628743606">What will happen on Dec 22, 2032? Not good things for our Moon, as scientists await major event</a><h2>Chances of an asteroid hitting Earth&nbsp;</h2>Even though there are records of lightning strikes killing humans, and none on an asteroid doing the same, the authors say the aim of the study was "to place the probability of an NEO impact within a mental framework of events they may have some familiarity with, such as car crashes and animal attacks." Experts say that the chances of an asteroid hitting Earth are next to zero, at least for the next few hundred years. However, it can not be said with certainty that it would never happen, as some visitors are known to pose sudden threats. An asteroid caused a scare this year when scientists said that it could hit Earth in 2032. However, now Asteroid 2024 YR4 is likely to hit our Moon.Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/100-000-000kg-debris-from-asteroid-collision-with-moon-could-threaten-earth-for-years-1750233294370">'City-killer' asteroid will gouge 1km crater in Moon, releasing debris that will threaten Earth for years</a><h2>DART asteroid mission</h2>There is also Apophis, which many feared could hit Earth in 2029. But the chances of that happening were also later changed to zero. NASA has been preparing to tackle a rogue asteroid on a collision course with our planet. In 2022, the DART mission struck the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, part of the Didymos binary asteroid system. Later studies revealed that it changed the shape of the asteroid, triggering large amounts of debris to be released from it. We might soon even have a Dimorphos meteor shower.

What are the chances of someone dying due to an asteroid strike in their lifetime? Seems like a strange question to ask, but a team of scientists did just that and came up with a surprising answer. This is in comparison to deaths by lightning, rabies and more.

Scientists have figured out the odds of a person dying from an asteroid over a human lifetime. In a strange experiment, they compared it with other scenarios that can kill human beings, such as lightning strikes, carbon monoxide poisoning, a car accident, contracted disease and more. They found that a lightning bolt is more likely to kill a person if it strikes them. The more surprising revelations were about asteroids. Simulations and experiments showed that the chances of an asteroid strike killing us are more than rabies causing death. Also, the chance of an asteroid hitting Earth is way higher than a person being struck by lightning. That's odd considering a few people get killed by lightning strikes almost every year, but an asteroid strike has not occurred since the dinosaurs were killed 65 million years ago. However, there have been some other major strikes, like the one in Tunguska, Siberia, on June 30, 1908. Also Read: City killer asteroid can shoot meteorites like bullets at Earth in 2032. Who is at risk? The study on the probability of a person experiencing a grisly death has been published on the preprint website arXiv. The study authors had a tough task on hand when they set out to understand the likelihood of an asteroid strike and whether or not it would kill a person. For this, they gathered data on all the Near-Earth objects, making a dataset of their numbers and the risk assessment of asteroids that were found to be potentially hazardous. Asteroids that are more than 460 feet wide are categorised as those that can cause devastation in the event that they hit Earth. The frequency of impacts was calculated based on the rest of the data and compared to the number of deaths caused by the other events. Also Read: Evil twin? Venus sheltering 'invisible' asteroids that can wipe off humanity with a minuscule change in course Also Read: What will happen on Dec 22, 2032? Not good things for our Moon, as scientists await major event Chances of an asteroid hitting Earth Even though there are records of lightning strikes killing humans, and none on an asteroid doing the same, the authors say the aim of the study was "to place the probability of an NEO impact within a mental framework of events they may have some familiarity with, such as car crashes and animal attacks." Experts say that the chances of an asteroid hitting Earth are next to zero, at least for the next few hundred years. However, it can not be said with certainty that it would never happen, as some visitors are known to pose sudden threats. An asteroid caused a scare this year when scientists said that it could hit Earth in 2032. However, now Asteroid 2024 YR4 is likely to hit our Moon. Also Read: 'City-killer' asteroid will gouge 1km crater in Moon, releasing debris that will threaten Earth for years DART asteroid mission There is also Apophis, which many feared could hit Earth in 2029. But the chances of that happening were also later changed to zero. NASA has been preparing to tackle a rogue asteroid on a collision course with our planet. In 2022, the DART mission struck the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos, part of the Didymos binary asteroid system. Later studies revealed that it changed the shape of the asteroid, triggering large amounts of debris to be released from it. We might soon even have a Dimorphos meteor shower.

What are the chances of someone dying due to an asteroid strike in their lifetime? Seems like a strange question to ask, but a team of scientists did just that and came up with a surprising answer. This is in comparison to deaths by lightning, rabies and more.

Shocking study reveals an asteroid could kill you before rabies and lightning do

In response to the remarks by the former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev over Trump's "dead economy" jibe, the United States has repositioned two nuclear submarines to strategic positions, in a Cold War-era tactic. The moves by Trump to counter Moscow's defiance after his threats of tariffs and sanctions fell flat.&nbsp;The president did not clearly mention what type of submarines were being repositioned, and the Pentagon usually disclosed little about any of its subs’ movements. Currently, the US Navy has three types of submarines, all of which are powered by nuclear, but only one of these carries nuclear weapons. Take a look at the differences between the US and Russian submarine fleets and which of them is more powerful.<h3>American Ballistic Missile Submarines (Ohio-class)</h3>The Ohio-class Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBNs) of the American Navy are popular for their stealth capability and precise striking ability of nuclear warheads. Out of which, around 14 of these boomers are currently in service.&nbsp;These submarines can run up to 15 years and can carry at least 20 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). The Trident is the primary weapon of these submarines.<h3>American Fast Attack Submarines</h3>America has three different classes of nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSN), which include the Seawolf-class, Virginia-class, and Los Angeles-class (also known as the 688 class). These attack submarines are designed to destroy enemy vessels easily, as they are equipped with Tomahawk missiles, Harpoon missiles, and MK-48 torpedoes.&nbsp;Along with different missiles, these submarines can also carry out intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations and engage in mine warfare. The US has Virginia-class SSNs, which include: USS Hawaii, USS North Carolina, USS Missouri, etc., with 24 in number. And there are also three Seawolf-class submarines in the US Navy.<h3>American Guided-missile submarines</h3>After the Pentagon determined that the US Navy didn’t need as many Ohio-class SSBNs in the nuclear deterrent role in 1990, it converted four of them into guided-missile submarines (SSGNs). These can carry Tomahawk cruise missiles instead of the Trident ballistic missiles, and each can carry 154 Tomahawks with a high-explosive warhead of up to 1,000 pounds and a range of about 1,000 miles.<h3>Russian Ballistic Missile Submarines</h3>Russia is also not behind the US in terms of submarines, as it has one of the largest fleets in the world, comprising nearly 64 vessels. Around 14 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) are central to its strategic mechanism, including the Delta IV-class and Borei-class.&nbsp;Additionally, the Russian Navy operates eight Borei-class SSBNs, equipped with six 533 mm torpedo launchers and 16 Bulava SLBMs. These submarines also comprise a crew of over a hundred seamen and can fire anti-submarine rockets and bottom mines.&nbsp;Another class, the Delta IV-class submarines, which Boreis will replace, were built alongside the Typhoon-class. However, at least six of the Deltas are currently deployed.<h3>Russian Fast Attack Submarines</h3>The other class of the Russian Navy is ‘Fast Attack Submarines,’ which has four Yasen-class nuclear attack submarines. This class can carry either up to four P-800 32-40 Oniks missiles or five 3M54-1 Kalibr missiles, which have long-range land attack and anti-ship capabilities.&nbsp;The Akula-class is the Russian Navy's silent killing machine. Five of them are currently in service, which is also known as the Shark (akula in Russian translates to shark). These submarines can operate Kalibr, Oniks, or Granit missiles and torpedoes, countering the US Los Angeles-class.&nbsp;

Both nation has different classes of submarines with different levels and multiple specifications that can target the enemy with precision, destroying heavily. Currently, the US has 71 nuclear-powered submarines, and Russia has around 64 submarines.

In response to the remarks by the former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev over Trump's "dead economy" jibe, the United States has repositioned two nuclear submarines to strategic positions, in a Cold War-era tactic. The moves by Trump to counter Moscow's defiance after his threats of tariffs and sanctions fell flat. The president did not clearly mention what type of submarines were being repositioned, and the Pentagon usually disclosed little about any of its subs’ movements. Currently, the US Navy has three types of submarines, all of which are powered by nuclear, but only one of these carries nuclear weapons. Take a look at the differences between the US and Russian submarine fleets and which of them is more powerful. American Ballistic Missile Submarines (Ohio-class) The Ohio-class Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBNs) of the American Navy are popular for their stealth capability and precise striking ability of nuclear warheads. Out of which, around 14 of these boomers are currently in service. These submarines can run up to 15 years and can carry at least 20 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). The Trident is the primary weapon of these submarines. American Fast Attack Submarines America has three different classes of nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSN), which include the Seawolf-class, Virginia-class, and Los Angeles-class (also known as the 688 class). These attack submarines are designed to destroy enemy vessels easily, as they are equipped with Tomahawk missiles, Harpoon missiles, and MK-48 torpedoes. Along with different missiles, these submarines can also carry out intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations and engage in mine warfare. The US has Virginia-class SSNs, which include: USS Hawaii, USS North Carolina, USS Missouri, etc., with 24 in number. And there are also three Seawolf-class submarines in the US Navy. American Guided-missile submarines After the Pentagon determined that the US Navy didn’t need as many Ohio-class SSBNs in the nuclear deterrent role in 1990, it converted four of them into guided-missile submarines (SSGNs). These can carry Tomahawk cruise missiles instead of the Trident ballistic missiles, and each can carry 154 Tomahawks with a high-explosive warhead of up to 1,000 pounds and a range of about 1,000 miles. Russian Ballistic Missile Submarines Russia is also not behind the US in terms of submarines, as it has one of the largest fleets in the world, comprising nearly 64 vessels. Around 14 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) are central to its strategic mechanism, including the Delta IV-class and Borei-class. Additionally, the Russian Navy operates eight Borei-class SSBNs, equipped with six 533 mm torpedo launchers and 16 Bulava SLBMs. These submarines also comprise a crew of over a hundred seamen and can fire anti-submarine rockets and bottom mines. Another class, the Delta IV-class submarines, which Boreis will replace, were built alongside the Typhoon-class. However, at least six of the Deltas are currently deployed. Russian Fast Attack Submarines The other class of the Russian Navy is ‘Fast Attack Submarines,’ which has four Yasen-class nuclear attack submarines. This class can carry either up to four P-800 32-40 Oniks missiles or five 3M54-1 Kalibr missiles, which have long-range land attack and anti-ship capabilities. The Akula-class is the Russian Navy's silent killing machine. Five of them are currently in service, which is also known as the Shark (akula in Russian translates to shark). These submarines can operate Kalibr, Oniks, or Granit missiles and torpedoes, countering the US Los Angeles-class.

Both nations have different classes of submarines with different levels and multiple specifications that can target the enemy with precision, causing heavy damage. Currently, the US has 71 nuclear-powered submarines, and Russia has around 64 submarines.

US vs Russia: Who rules under the sea? How do the submarine fleets of the countries compare in firepower

Baba Vanga, the blind Bulgarian mystic who had a series of premonitions about the world, predicted several events for the year 2025. One of them is that aliens will make contact with Earth. Humans have been looking for extraterrestrial beings for years, but have never had any luck. But now people think that it might happen very soon, thanks to the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, visiting us this year. Baba Vanga made several prophecies about the world during her lifetime. She saw events in her dreams and revealed them during her lifetime. Even though her predictions were never written down, her followers believe she warned about several world events that happened later. World War II, the Chernobyl disaster, Princess Diana's death and 9/11, the 2004 tsunami and her own death are some of the prominent things she is believed to have predicted. One prominent event she reportedly saw in her visions and is yet to happen is about aliens making contact with humans. This, she said, would happen in the year 2025. Could this come true?Also Read:<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/tariff-war-baba-vanga-predicted-economic-disaster-in-2025-8947580"> Another one of Baba Vanga's prophecies might come true in 2025. Thanks to the tariff war</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/baba-vangas-prediction-for-earthquakes-in-2025-8915833">One of Baba Vanga's prophecies for 2025 has come true. She also predicted a war with Martians</a><h2>Could alien ‘mothership’ prove Baba Vanga's prophecy right?</h2>An interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, is hurtling through our solar system. Experts believe it is a comet, although the latest analysis doesn't show a tail. It is also the largest object ever to visit the solar system from outer space, and this ticked off Harvard scientist Avi Loeb. He is almost sure that this object is not natural and could even be an alien "mothership" visiting us from another world inhabited by intelligent beings. Alien object 3I/ATLAS is travelling at a speed of 60 kilometres per second. Loeb was ticked off by the colour, size and the duration it has travelled to reach the solar system. It has a retrograde orbital plane around the Sun, which seems unnatural for such an object. It is also quite massive, measuring around 20-24km in diameter, 200 times larger than Oumuamua, the interstellar visitor in 2017. The object has entered our star system after taking a journey spanning billions of years. Loeb says it is almost impossible for a natural cosmic object of this size to travel for such a long time through space.Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/when-will-alien-invasion-on-earth-happen-spacecraft-ship-probe-1754106497174">Scientist reveals HOW and WHEN alien 'mothership' could attack Earth, warns governments to take action</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/-something-we-wouldn-t-want-to-meet-stephen-hawking-s-terrifying-warning-about-beings-from-other-worlds-resurfaces-amid-alien-attack-fears-1754293769816">Stephen Hawking’s terrifying alien attack warning resurfaces amid 'mothership' UFO fears</a>&nbsp;https://www.wionews.com/videos/mystery-rock-or-interstellar-drone-scientists-debate-hostile-alien-craft-1753979384644/embed<h2>Avi Loeb reveals dates when alien spacecraft could attack Earth</h2>His analysis has led him to state that 3I/ATLAS is not a comet but an alien spacecraft that could be carrying probes to study Earth and other planets. He thinks an advanced civilisation has sent it with the aim of studying other worlds. This has triggered an online debate about whether this is the alien contact that Baba Vanga was talking about. If this is the case, then another one of the mystic's prophecies could soon come true. Loeb says the likelihood of it being a natural object is 0.2 per cent. He even has a window for the alien contact - between November 21 and December 5, 2025. He has based this on where the object would be in October. The probe, he says, is likely seeding planets with probes and moving along in its journey towards other worlds. It could do the same thing to Earth when it comes near us. Loeb also has a theory about how it would attack Earth. According to him, it would be prepared for it when it moves behind the Sun in October. At this point, it won't be visible to scientists.

Baba Vanga predicted that aliens would make contact with Earth in 2025. A scientist has claimed that the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS moving towards the inner solar system is an alien mothership that could attack Earth. Could Baba Vanga prediction come true?

Baba Vanga, the blind Bulgarian mystic who had a series of premonitions about the world, predicted several events for the year 2025. One of them is that aliens will make contact with Earth. Humans have been looking for extraterrestrial beings for years, but have never had any luck. But now people think that it might happen very soon, thanks to the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, visiting us this year. Baba Vanga made several prophecies about the world during her lifetime. She saw events in her dreams and revealed them during her lifetime. Even though her predictions were never written down, her followers believe she warned about several world events that happened later. World War II, the Chernobyl disaster, Princess Diana's death and 9/11, the 2004 tsunami and her own death are some of the prominent things she is believed to have predicted. One prominent event she reportedly saw in her visions and is yet to happen is about aliens making contact with humans. This, she said, would happen in the year 2025. Could this come true? Also Read: Another one of Baba Vanga's prophecies might come true in 2025. Thanks to the tariff war Also Read: One of Baba Vanga's prophecies for 2025 has come true. She also predicted a war with Martians Could alien ‘mothership’ prove Baba Vanga's prophecy right? An interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, is hurtling through our solar system. Experts believe it is a comet, although the latest analysis doesn't show a tail. It is also the largest object ever to visit the solar system from outer space, and this ticked off Harvard scientist Avi Loeb. He is almost sure that this object is not natural and could even be an alien "mothership" visiting us from another world inhabited by intelligent beings. Alien object 3I/ATLAS is travelling at a speed of 60 kilometres per second. Loeb was ticked off by the colour, size and the duration it has travelled to reach the solar system. It has a retrograde orbital plane around the Sun, which seems unnatural for such an object. It is also quite massive, measuring around 20-24km in diameter, 200 times larger than Oumuamua, the interstellar visitor in 2017. The object has entered our star system after taking a journey spanning billions of years. Loeb says it is almost impossible for a natural cosmic object of this size to travel for such a long time through space. Also Read: Scientist reveals HOW and WHEN alien 'mothership' could attack Earth, warns governments to take action Also Read: Stephen Hawking’s terrifying alien attack warning resurfaces amid 'mothership' UFO fears https://www.wionews.com/videos/mystery-rock-or-interstellar-drone-scientists-debate-hostile-alien-craft-1753979384644/embed Avi Loeb reveals dates when alien spacecraft could attack Earth His analysis has led him to state that 3I/ATLAS is not a comet but an alien spacecraft that could be carrying probes to study Earth and other planets. He thinks an advanced civilisation has sent it with the aim of studying other worlds. This has triggered an online debate about whether this is the alien contact that Baba Vanga was talking about. If this is the case, then another one of the mystic's prophecies could soon come true. Loeb says the likelihood of it being a natural object is 0.2 per cent. He even has a window for the alien contact - between November 21 and December 5, 2025. He has based this on where the object would be in October. The probe, he says, is likely seeding planets with probes and moving along in its journey towards other worlds. It could do the same thing to Earth when it comes near us. Loeb also has a theory about how it would attack Earth. According to him, it would be prepared for it when it moves behind the Sun in October. At this point, it won't be visible to scientists.

Baba Vanga predicted that aliens would make contact with Earth in 2025. A scientist has claimed that the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS moving towards the inner solar system is an alien “mothership” that could attack Earth. Could Baba Vanga's prediction come true?

Baba Vanga Predicted Alien Contact In 2025. Is Interstellar 'Mothership' Hurtling Towards Earth Them Reaching Out?

The search for alien life is mostly limited to the “Goldilocks Zone”, that is, the distance from a star where liquid water and ample light could exist for life to thrive. However, a new study has raised questions about this theory. It states that even if a planet is far away from its host star, it could still support life. Scientists from New York University Abu Dhabi’s Centre for Astrophysics and Space Science state that cosmic rays can also carry enough energy to sustain life in a remote world. These rays are high-speed beams of particles that bounce from one point to another across the universe. They theorise that a process known as radiolysis can begin in bodies that are far away from their host star. When the cosmic rays reach a planet, they can penetrate deep inside and strike underground reservoirs of water, splitting the water particles. The study can change the definition of a habitable zone in different star systems. Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/nasa-nuclear-reactor-on-moon-china-safety-zone-rule-artemis-accords-1754458211980">Can a country barricade the Moon? NASA fears losing out to China because of its own safety zone rule</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/alien-world-discovered-thriving-in-total-darkness-31000-feet-below-the-ocean-1754035524455">Between Japan and Alaska, a dark alien world at 31,000 feet has stunned scientists. Here's why</a><h2>Mars, Jupiter and Saturn moons were analysed for cosmic rays</h2>The subject of their experiments includes Mars, Saturnian moon Enceladus and Jovian moon Europa. They carried out simulations to determine how exposure to different levels of cosmic rays could influence the surfaces of the three bodies. The moons were chosen because years of research have led scientists to believe that both of them contain water below their icy surface. The experiment aimed at understanding whether radiolysis could happen on these three bodies. They ended up with some promising results, especially with regard to Enceladus. The paper states that all three bodies could support some level of radiolysis, with the Saturnian moon emerging as the frontrunner. The revelation was published in a paper in the International Journal of Astrobiology. Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/when-will-alien-invasion-on-earth-happen-spacecraft-ship-probe-1754106497174">Scientist reveals HOW and WHEN alien 'mothership' could attack Earth, warns governments to take action</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/buga-or-bogus-viral-video-claims-buga-sphere-is-responding-to-sanskrit-mantras-1754372969688">Buga or 'Bogus'? Viral video claims Buga Sphere is responding to Sanskrit mantras</a> &nbsp;<h2>What is the habitable zone? Which alien planet could host life?</h2>The team also gave a new name to this zone where life could possibly thrive, calling it the Radiolytic Habitable Zone. Following their analysis, the researchers believe the thinking behind the habitable zone should be altered. Lead author of the study, Dimitra Atri, said in a statement, “This discovery changes the way we think about where life might exist. Instead of looking only for warm planets with sunlight, we can now consider places that are cold and dark, as long as they have some water beneath the surface and are exposed to cosmic rays. Life might be able to survive in more places than we ever imagined." Astronomers across the world are constantly looking for habitable worlds in the universe. The latest candidate that is believed to be capable of hosting life is the exoplanet K2-18b orbiting a small, red star in the constellation Leo.

In a breakthrough moment, scientists from New York University Abu Dhabi’s Centre for Astrophysics and Space Science have proposed that any cosmic body could host life, as long as it has water under its icy surface. It does not necessarily need to be in the so-called habitable zone.

The search for alien life is mostly limited to the “Goldilocks Zone”, that is, the distance from a star where liquid water and ample light could exist for life to thrive. However, a new study has raised questions about this theory. It states that even if a planet is far away from its host star, it could still support life. Scientists from New York University Abu Dhabi’s Centre for Astrophysics and Space Science state that cosmic rays can also carry enough energy to sustain life in a remote world. These rays are high-speed beams of particles that bounce from one point to another across the universe. They theorise that a process known as radiolysis can begin in bodies that are far away from their host star. When the cosmic rays reach a planet, they can penetrate deep inside and strike underground reservoirs of water, splitting the water particles. The study can change the definition of a habitable zone in different star systems. Also Read: Can a country barricade the Moon? NASA fears losing out to China because of its own safety zone rule Also Read: Between Japan and Alaska, a dark alien world at 31,000 feet has stunned scientists. Here's why Mars, Jupiter and Saturn moons were analysed for cosmic rays The subject of their experiments includes Mars, Saturnian moon Enceladus and Jovian moon Europa. They carried out simulations to determine how exposure to different levels of cosmic rays could influence the surfaces of the three bodies. The moons were chosen because years of research have led scientists to believe that both of them contain water below their icy surface. The experiment aimed at understanding whether radiolysis could happen on these three bodies. They ended up with some promising results, especially with regard to Enceladus. The paper states that all three bodies could support some level of radiolysis, with the Saturnian moon emerging as the frontrunner. The revelation was published in a paper in the International Journal of Astrobiology. Also Read: Scientist reveals HOW and WHEN alien 'mothership' could attack Earth, warns governments to take action Also Read: Buga or 'Bogus'? Viral video claims Buga Sphere is responding to Sanskrit mantras What is the habitable zone? Which alien planet could host life? The team also gave a new name to this zone where life could possibly thrive, calling it the Radiolytic Habitable Zone. Following their analysis, the researchers believe the thinking behind the habitable zone should be altered. Lead author of the study, Dimitra Atri, said in a statement, “This discovery changes the way we think about where life might exist. Instead of looking only for warm planets with sunlight, we can now consider places that are cold and dark, as long as they have some water beneath the surface and are exposed to cosmic rays. Life might be able to survive in more places than we ever imagined." Astronomers across the world are constantly looking for habitable worlds in the universe. The latest candidate that is believed to be capable of hosting life is the exoplanet K2-18b orbiting a small, red star in the constellation Leo.

In a breakthrough moment, scientists from New York University Abu Dhabi’s Centre for Astrophysics and Space Science have proposed that any cosmic body could host life, as long as it has water under its icy surface. It does not necessarily need to be in the so-called habitable zone.

Cosmic ray pinging across universe can trigger life on bodies far from their Sun

Billions of sea stars have decayed and melted over the past decade, and scientists have been trying to figure out what killed them. Now, a team of researchers has solved the murder mystery that unfolded deep in the ocean. A study carried out into the deaths revealed that the bacterial cousin of cholera triggered the mass deaths that have stumped marine researchers for 10 years. The team of scientists from the US and Canada studied wild and captive starfish, and zeroed in on the culprit - Vibrio pectenicida. This bacterium caused the sea star wasting disease, leading the creatures to reach a point of decay before dying off. The disease in sea stars was first recorded in 2013. A massive outbreak of SSWD struck the North American Pacific coast. It spread from Alaska to Mexico and killed more than 20 different species of sea stars. Within days, starfish in the affected region developed lesions, with the decay setting in soon, killing them within days. This 12-year-old incident is believed to be the largest marine disease epidemic ever recorded in the wild. Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/fearing-being-killed-by-sexually-aggressive-females-male-tarantulas-evolve-extra-long-genitals-1754464886070">Fearing being killed by sexually aggressive females, male tarantulas evolve extra-long genitals</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/alien-world-discovered-thriving-in-total-darkness-31000-feet-below-the-ocean-1754035524455">Between Japan and Alaska, a dark alien world at 31,000 feet has stunned scientists. Here's why</a><h2>A starfish species lost 90 per cent of its population&nbsp;</h2>Besides the 2013 mass die-off, several more instances of sea star wasting disease have been recorded in the past decade. The population of one particular sea star species, Pycnopodia helianthoides, has been reduced by a whopping 90 per cent because of SSWD. This triggered an imbalance in the ecology of regions where the starfish lived. As their numbers reduced, sea urchins started to thrive and destroyed kelp forests. Scientists have tried to solve the mystery of the mass deaths ever since the disease first emerged. In 2014, a study noted that a sea star-associated densovirus led to the skin-melting disease in sea stars. However, it was quickly dismissed as any pathogenic virus could only affect a minority, ruling out that it caused the mass die-off. Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/mysterious-symbols-believed-to-be-ancient-warning-from-ancestors-surface-on-hawaii-beach-1753940009753">Mysterious symbols believed to be 'ancient warning from ancestors' surface on Hawaii beach</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/ghostly-silence-from-blue-whales-an-ominous-sign-for-the-world-scientists-warn-1753863195541">Ghostly silence from blue whales is an ominous sign for the world</a><h2>Sea star wasting disease</h2>The researchers compared the samples of sea stars with SSWD and healthy specimens. They discovered high levels of the bacteria in the coelomic fluid of diseased sea stars. The same was not found in the healthy starfish. They isolated the bacteria and grew them, and then exposed healthy sea stars to them. The creatures quickly developed SSWD and died. Further analysis revealed that SSWD was caused by a specific strain of the bacteria, called FHCF-3. The methodology used to test the bacteria and their effects is the same as that used to check which germ is causing a particular disease in humans. This convinced the scientists that Vibrio pectenicida had killed the sea stars. However, the study authors are still working to understand what causes the disease. Possible reasons include their shared food, physical contact or a low-lying presence in their surroundings.

Billions of starfish suffered rotting and melting skin years ago, and scientists have tried to figure out the culprit. They now finally know what led to their condition and the sudden death, solving a marine murder mystery.

Billions of sea stars have decayed and melted over the past decade, and scientists have been trying to figure out what killed them. Now, a team of researchers has solved the murder mystery that unfolded deep in the ocean. A study carried out into the deaths revealed that the bacterial cousin of cholera triggered the mass deaths that have stumped marine researchers for 10 years. The team of scientists from the US and Canada studied wild and captive starfish, and zeroed in on the culprit - Vibrio pectenicida. This bacterium caused the sea star wasting disease, leading the creatures to reach a point of decay before dying off. The disease in sea stars was first recorded in 2013. A massive outbreak of SSWD struck the North American Pacific coast. It spread from Alaska to Mexico and killed more than 20 different species of sea stars. Within days, starfish in the affected region developed lesions, with the decay setting in soon, killing them within days. This 12-year-old incident is believed to be the largest marine disease epidemic ever recorded in the wild. Also Read: Fearing being killed by sexually aggressive females, male tarantulas evolve extra-long genitals Also Read: Between Japan and Alaska, a dark alien world at 31,000 feet has stunned scientists. Here's why A starfish species lost 90 per cent of its population Besides the 2013 mass die-off, several more instances of sea star wasting disease have been recorded in the past decade. The population of one particular sea star species, Pycnopodia helianthoides, has been reduced by a whopping 90 per cent because of SSWD. This triggered an imbalance in the ecology of regions where the starfish lived. As their numbers reduced, sea urchins started to thrive and destroyed kelp forests. Scientists have tried to solve the mystery of the mass deaths ever since the disease first emerged. In 2014, a study noted that a sea star-associated densovirus led to the skin-melting disease in sea stars. However, it was quickly dismissed as any pathogenic virus could only affect a minority, ruling out that it caused the mass die-off. Also Read: Mysterious symbols believed to be 'ancient warning from ancestors' surface on Hawaii beach Also Read: Ghostly silence from blue whales is an ominous sign for the world Sea star wasting disease The researchers compared the samples of sea stars with SSWD and healthy specimens. They discovered high levels of the bacteria in the coelomic fluid of diseased sea stars. The same was not found in the healthy starfish. They isolated the bacteria and grew them, and then exposed healthy sea stars to them. The creatures quickly developed SSWD and died. Further analysis revealed that SSWD was caused by a specific strain of the bacteria, called FHCF-3. The methodology used to test the bacteria and their effects is the same as that used to check which germ is causing a particular disease in humans. This convinced the scientists that Vibrio pectenicida had killed the sea stars. However, the study authors are still working to understand what causes the disease. Possible reasons include their shared food, physical contact or a low-lying presence in their surroundings.

Billions of starfish suffered rotting and melting skin years ago, and scientists have tried to figure out the culprit. They now finally know what led to their condition and the sudden death, solving a marine murder mystery.

Billions of starfish died of rotting and melting skin disease. Scientists now know who did it

Scientists have discovered four new species of tarantulas in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa. The unique thing about these creatures is their extra-long genitalia located at the front of their mouth. The creatures use this body part, known as palps, to mate with the female tarantulas. Researchers say this is the longest-ever palp ever seen in tarantulas. It is believed that the tarantulas have evolved these enormous genitals to protect themselves from the fierce female tarantulas while mating. The other half of these spiders are known to be pretty aggressive and are even capable of killing the male tarantulas. The study was led by Dr Alireza Zamani of the University of Turku, who said that the new species is so different from its closest relative that they had to "establish an entirely new genus to classify them". The tarantulas have been named Satyrex, after a part-man, part-beast figure in Greek mythology with exceptionally large genitalia. "Rex" in the name means king. The tarantulas might be afraid of the female spiders, but at least their name doesn't give away their secret. The study aptly named “Size matters: a new genus of tarantula with the longest male palps” has been published in the journal ZooKeys.Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/pigs-in-human-clothes-are-helping-unearth-the-missing-dead-in-mexico-1754048134040">How dead pigs in human clothes are helping solve a major murder mystery in Mexico</a><h2>How do tarantulas mate?</h2>Male tarantulas do not mate with their female counterparts traditionally and instead use these specialised appendages called palps to transfer the semen. Lengthy palps ensure they are far away from the females, which can even kill them with their aggressive mating behaviour. The largest of the four new tarantula species is the Satyrex ferox, which has a legspan of 5.5 inches, with a palp nearly two inches long. Dr Zamani said that his species is extremely defensive, and "raises its front legs in a threat posture and produces a loud hissing sound by rubbing specialised hairs on the basal segments of the front legs against each other." The study authors have suggested that the long palps are an evolutionary mechanism to help them "keep a safer distance during mating" and “avoid being attacked and devoured by the highly aggressive female.”Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/wolves-wiped-out-every-deer-turned-to-an-unexpected-new-prey-1754154666269">These wolves wiped out every deer, then turned to an unexpected new prey</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/alien-world-discovered-thriving-in-total-darkness-31000-feet-below-the-ocean-1754035524455">Between Japan and Alaska, a dark alien world at 31,000 feet has stunned scientists. Here's why</a> &nbsp;The other tarantulas are S. arabicus and S. somalicus, named based on the region they were found in, and S. speciosus, named after its bright colour. An older species of tarantula, S. longimanus, first discovered in Yemen in 1903, is also part of the new genus.&nbsp;

Female tarantulas can get pretty fierce while having sexual intercourse with the male creatures. To ensure their safety, nature triggered an evolution mechanism, and now four new species have been found with the longest genitals ever seen in tarantulas.

Scientists have discovered four new species of tarantulas in the Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa. The unique thing about these creatures is their extra-long genitalia located at the front of their mouth. The creatures use this body part, known as palps, to mate with the female tarantulas. Researchers say this is the longest-ever palp ever seen in tarantulas. It is believed that the tarantulas have evolved these enormous genitals to protect themselves from the fierce female tarantulas while mating. The other half of these spiders are known to be pretty aggressive and are even capable of killing the male tarantulas. The study was led by Dr Alireza Zamani of the University of Turku, who said that the new species is so different from its closest relative that they had to "establish an entirely new genus to classify them". The tarantulas have been named Satyrex, after a part-man, part-beast figure in Greek mythology with exceptionally large genitalia. "Rex" in the name means king. The tarantulas might be afraid of the female spiders, but at least their name doesn't give away their secret. The study aptly named “Size matters: a new genus of tarantula with the longest male palps” has been published in the journal ZooKeys. Also Read: How dead pigs in human clothes are helping solve a major murder mystery in Mexico How do tarantulas mate? Male tarantulas do not mate with their female counterparts traditionally and instead use these specialised appendages called palps to transfer the semen. Lengthy palps ensure they are far away from the females, which can even kill them with their aggressive mating behaviour. The largest of the four new tarantula species is the Satyrex ferox, which has a legspan of 5.5 inches, with a palp nearly two inches long. Dr Zamani said that his species is extremely defensive, and "raises its front legs in a threat posture and produces a loud hissing sound by rubbing specialised hairs on the basal segments of the front legs against each other." The study authors have suggested that the long palps are an evolutionary mechanism to help them "keep a safer distance during mating" and “avoid being attacked and devoured by the highly aggressive female.” Also Read: These wolves wiped out every deer, then turned to an unexpected new prey Also Read: Between Japan and Alaska, a dark alien world at 31,000 feet has stunned scientists. Here's why The other tarantulas are S. arabicus and S. somalicus, named based on the region they were found in, and S. speciosus, named after its bright colour. An older species of tarantula, S. longimanus, first discovered in Yemen in 1903, is also part of the new genus.

Female tarantulas can get pretty fierce while having sexual intercourse with the male creatures. To ensure their safety, nature triggered an evolution mechanism, and now four new species have been found with the longest genitals ever seen in tarantulas.

Fearing being killed by sexually aggressive females, male tarantulas evolve extra-long genitals

August can be one of the best months of the year for stargazing in the Northern Hemisphere. This month, we can witness a brilliant full moon, a rare six-planet lineup, and the largest asteroids in our solar system glowing at peak brightness. Here are eight must-see astronomical events.

From 'Sturgeon Moon' to 'Six-Planet Alignment': 8 must-see astronomical events in August 2025

NASA is aiming to put a nuclear reactor on the moon in the year 2030. In a directive issued to the space agency, Sean Duffy, the interim NASA administrator, has asked to award the contract within the next six months for the ambitious project. China and Russia have joined hands to launch a nuclear power station for the Moon by 2035. NASA wants to win this space race as it fears that whichever country gets there first could "declare a keep-out zone". However, no one owns the Moon. So, can any country issue such an order, keeping others away from the site? All activities on the Moon are governed by the Outer Space Treaty and the Moon Agreement. As countries vie to land humans on the Moon once again, these international agreements become all the more important. According to the Outer Space Treaty, Outer Space Treaty no country can claim sovereignty over the Moon. It also declares that every activity carried out around the Moon should be for peaceful purposes, and declares its resources as the common heritage of mankind. Also Read: Space War begins: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/nasa-official-plans-time-nuclear-reactor-on-the-moon-1754386036553">NASA officially has a plan for a nuclear reactor on the Moon by the year...</a><h2>Moon Treaty declares Moon is a free-for-all zone</h2>Every country is free to explore the Moon and no one can claim ownership over any of its surface, sub-surface or any particular region. All scientific investigations on the Moon should be done with the greater good of all Earthlings in mind. Basically, the Moon agreement states that our satellite is a common heritage where everything should be done for the good of all mankind and weapons of mass destruction should not be part of space. However, the Artemis Accords, which place multilateral arrangements between the United States and other world governments, carry a provision that could zone out other countries from a particular part of the Moon. Seven nations signed the agreement in 2020, outlining the principles of cooperation on the Moon's surface. The accords state that safety zones can be established around operations built by any country if it thinks that other operations or events could harm its operations. Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/buga-or-bogus-viral-video-claims-buga-sphere-is-responding-to-sanskrit-mantras-1754372969688">Buga or 'Bogus'? Viral video claims Buga Sphere is responding to Sanskrit mantras</a><h2>Artemis Accords “zoning” rule on the Moon</h2>Dr Simeon Barber, planetary science specialist at the Open University, told the BBC, "If you build a nuclear reactor or any kind of base on the moon, you can then start claiming that you have a safety zone around it, because you have equipment there." This is what the US fears could happen if China and Russia are successful in building their nuclear reactor first on the Moon. This, despite the fact that neither of the two countries has signed the Artemis Accords or the Moon Treaty of 1979. The Artemis Accords were put in place by NASA, and now it itself is in danger of losing out on the race to the Moon. Dr Barber says this provision in the accords could be taken to mean territorial rights on the Moon. He says countries could use it to assert, "We own this bit of the moon, we're going to operate here and you can't come in."&nbsp;https://www.wionews.com/videos/nasa-s-moon-landing-will-spacex-s-rocket-be-ready-1748659813595/embed<h2>NASA and Artemis 3 mission</h2>NASA is aiming to send humans to the Moon as part of the Artemis 3 mission in 2027. Before that, a crew is due to visit the Moon in 2026, which would only hover over the Moon and not land to understand the conditions better. This new space race is similar to what the world witnessed during the Cold War, when the Soviet Union and the United States competed to place the first man on the moon. The US landed the first human on the Moon in 1969 as part of the Apollo 11 mission. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union has not been able to do so yet. This could change in less than 10 years.&nbsp; &nbsp;

NASA and China are locked in a race to the Moon. Who would reach there first? The US fears that if China and Russia make it to the Moon before it does, they could barricade a part of the Moon, declaring it a keep-out zone, basically pushing it out of the area.

NASA is aiming to put a nuclear reactor on the moon in the year 2030. In a directive issued to the space agency, Sean Duffy, the interim NASA administrator, has asked to award the contract within the next six months for the ambitious project. China and Russia have joined hands to launch a nuclear power station for the Moon by 2035. NASA wants to win this space race as it fears that whichever country gets there first could "declare a keep-out zone". However, no one owns the Moon. So, can any country issue such an order, keeping others away from the site? All activities on the Moon are governed by the Outer Space Treaty and the Moon Agreement. As countries vie to land humans on the Moon once again, these international agreements become all the more important. According to the Outer Space Treaty, Outer Space Treaty no country can claim sovereignty over the Moon. It also declares that every activity carried out around the Moon should be for peaceful purposes, and declares its resources as the common heritage of mankind. Also Read: Space War begins: NASA officially has a plan for a nuclear reactor on the Moon by the year... Moon Treaty declares Moon is a free-for-all zone Every country is free to explore the Moon and no one can claim ownership over any of its surface, sub-surface or any particular region. All scientific investigations on the Moon should be done with the greater good of all Earthlings in mind. Basically, the Moon agreement states that our satellite is a common heritage where everything should be done for the good of all mankind and weapons of mass destruction should not be part of space. However, the Artemis Accords, which place multilateral arrangements between the United States and other world governments, carry a provision that could zone out other countries from a particular part of the Moon. Seven nations signed the agreement in 2020, outlining the principles of cooperation on the Moon's surface. The accords state that safety zones can be established around operations built by any country if it thinks that other operations or events could harm its operations. Also Read: Buga or 'Bogus'? Viral video claims Buga Sphere is responding to Sanskrit mantras Artemis Accords “zoning” rule on the Moon Dr Simeon Barber, planetary science specialist at the Open University, told the BBC, "If you build a nuclear reactor or any kind of base on the moon, you can then start claiming that you have a safety zone around it, because you have equipment there." This is what the US fears could happen if China and Russia are successful in building their nuclear reactor first on the Moon. This, despite the fact that neither of the two countries has signed the Artemis Accords or the Moon Treaty of 1979. The Artemis Accords were put in place by NASA, and now it itself is in danger of losing out on the race to the Moon. Dr Barber says this provision in the accords could be taken to mean territorial rights on the Moon. He says countries could use it to assert, "We own this bit of the moon, we're going to operate here and you can't come in." https://www.wionews.com/videos/nasa-s-moon-landing-will-spacex-s-rocket-be-ready-1748659813595/embed NASA and Artemis 3 mission NASA is aiming to send humans to the Moon as part of the Artemis 3 mission in 2027. Before that, a crew is due to visit the Moon in 2026, which would only hover over the Moon and not land to understand the conditions better. This new space race is similar to what the world witnessed during the Cold War, when the Soviet Union and the United States competed to place the first man on the moon. The US landed the first human on the Moon in 1969 as part of the Apollo 11 mission. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union has not been able to do so yet. This could change in less than 10 years.

NASA and China are locked in a race to the Moon. Who would reach there first? The US fears that if China and Russia make it to the Moon before it does, they could barricade a part of the Moon, declaring it a keep-out zone, basically pushing it out of the area.

Can a country barricade the Moon? NASA fears losing out to China because of its own safety zone rule

The Bible could have been written by multiple people, according to an analysis of the Old Testament. Using artificial intelligence, scientists have discovered various "fingerprints" in the Old Testament text, which suggests that more than one person contributed to it. The ancient religious text is full of stories and parables that are believed to have been written by Moses. Christians and Jews believe that the first five books of the Old Testament, including the most famous stories of Noah's flood and the Ark of the Covenant, were penned by Moses. However, scientists have now used AI to reveal that it does not seem likely that only one person wrote them. An analysis revealed different writing styles and a distinct vocabulary throughout the books. The tone changes over the course of the books, with several stories being repeated, hinting that multiple writers and sources contributed to the Bible. AI was used to analyse 50 chapters across five books, and it threw up various inconsistencies throughout the texts. Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/nasa-discovery-points-to-the-exact-date-jesus-christ-was-likely-crucified-8979096">NASA discovery points to the exact date Jesus Christ was likely crucified</a>&nbsp;<h2>Did the Old Testament have multiple writers?</h2>This is not the first time that the theory of multiple authors has been floated for the Old Testament. The idea was first put forward more than 200 years ago, but at that time, there was no way to cross-check the authenticity of the claims. Besides, it could have triggered religious debate, and hence, the multiple author theory was put in a box. Now, AI has brought back those theories, pushing ahead with the idea that Moses could not have solely written the Old Testament. Thomas Römer, a biblical expert from the Collège de France and co-author of the study, told The Times of Israel, "There are no authors of the Bible in the modern sense. The original versions of the scrolls were continuously reworked and rewritten by redactors who added, altered, and sometimes also omitted parts of the former texts." Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/secret-chamber-in-great-pyramid-of-giza-hiding-jesus-christs-remains-8967250">Jesus Christ's body found? Scientist claims it is lying in a secret chamber under Great Pyramid</a>&nbsp;<h2>Story of Noah's flood was analysed</h2>AI also studied patterns in word usage, word frequency, phrases and sentence structures. The study states that these characteristics carry subtle linguistic “fingerprints” which can reveal how many scribes could have been involved in penning the books. At least nine other biblical sections with disputed authorship were also analysed using AI. This includes Noah's flood, creation theory and the Ark of the Covenant. According to the Bible, the Ark of the Covenant was built by the Israelites after they fled Egypt around the 13th century BC. The Ten Commandments were then placed inside by Moses. The word usage in these chapters was analysed and broken down into three known styles, suggesting multiple authors were involved.&nbsp;Moses is a central character in the 39 books of the Old Testament. It was written over 1000 years, starting roughly around 1400 BC and ending around 400 BC. They talk about the Messiah and his plans for salvation and the redemption of humanity. Several of the books carry passages pointing to Moses as the writer. Exodus 24:4 reads: "Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord". A passage in Deuteronomy 31:9 states, "Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests..." Moses is often mentioned in the books, which has led Jewish and Christian traditions to assume that he received word from God and wrote the books.&nbsp;

Did the Bible have one author or more than one? Religious beliefs held onto for years stipulate that Moses wrote at least the first five books of the Old Testament. Now, an AI analysis has shown that the texts could have been written by more than one author.  

The Bible could have been written by multiple people, according to an analysis of the Old Testament. Using artificial intelligence, scientists have discovered various "fingerprints" in the Old Testament text, which suggests that more than one person contributed to it. The ancient religious text is full of stories and parables that are believed to have been written by Moses. Christians and Jews believe that the first five books of the Old Testament, including the most famous stories of Noah's flood and the Ark of the Covenant, were penned by Moses. However, scientists have now used AI to reveal that it does not seem likely that only one person wrote them. An analysis revealed different writing styles and a distinct vocabulary throughout the books. The tone changes over the course of the books, with several stories being repeated, hinting that multiple writers and sources contributed to the Bible. AI was used to analyse 50 chapters across five books, and it threw up various inconsistencies throughout the texts. Also Read: NASA discovery points to the exact date Jesus Christ was likely crucified Did the Old Testament have multiple writers? This is not the first time that the theory of multiple authors has been floated for the Old Testament. The idea was first put forward more than 200 years ago, but at that time, there was no way to cross-check the authenticity of the claims. Besides, it could have triggered religious debate, and hence, the multiple author theory was put in a box. Now, AI has brought back those theories, pushing ahead with the idea that Moses could not have solely written the Old Testament. Thomas Römer, a biblical expert from the Collège de France and co-author of the study, told The Times of Israel, "There are no authors of the Bible in the modern sense. The original versions of the scrolls were continuously reworked and rewritten by redactors who added, altered, and sometimes also omitted parts of the former texts." Also Read: Jesus Christ's body found? Scientist claims it is lying in a secret chamber under Great Pyramid Story of Noah's flood was analysed AI also studied patterns in word usage, word frequency, phrases and sentence structures. The study states that these characteristics carry subtle linguistic “fingerprints” which can reveal how many scribes could have been involved in penning the books. At least nine other biblical sections with disputed authorship were also analysed using AI. This includes Noah's flood, creation theory and the Ark of the Covenant. According to the Bible, the Ark of the Covenant was built by the Israelites after they fled Egypt around the 13th century BC. The Ten Commandments were then placed inside by Moses. The word usage in these chapters was analysed and broken down into three known styles, suggesting multiple authors were involved. Moses is a central character in the 39 books of the Old Testament. It was written over 1000 years, starting roughly around 1400 BC and ending around 400 BC. They talk about the Messiah and his plans for salvation and the redemption of humanity. Several of the books carry passages pointing to Moses as the writer. Exodus 24:4 reads: "Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord". A passage in Deuteronomy 31:9 states, "Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests..." Moses is often mentioned in the books, which has led Jewish and Christian traditions to assume that he received word from God and wrote the books.

Did the Bible have one author or more than one? Religious beliefs held onto for years stipulate that Moses wrote at least the first five books of the Old Testament. Now, an AI analysis has shown that the texts could have been written by more than one author. &nbsp;

Who wrote the Bible? AI uncovers 'fingerprints' that thwart a common belief

While the Trump administration is putting a stop to various space endeavours, one of which it is seriously considering is building a nuclear reactor on the moon. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who is also the interim NASA administrator, is reportedly set to announce plans for a nuclear reactor in space. According to a report by Politico, Duffy could reveal the details as soon as this week. Plans for a nuclear reactor on the Moon have been in the world for a long time. NASA had earlier funded research into a 40 kilowatt reactor for use on the moon, with the timeline for launch some time in the 2030s. However, Duffy making an official announcement would mean that it is no longer a background mission. In fact, the Trump administration has been serious about sending humans to space, even though it has announced a nearly 50 per cent cut for other science missions. It also means that Duffy is looking to play an active role in NASA, despite having another job, for which he has faced backlash. Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/exclusive-nasa-isro-nisar-satellite-can-survive-hits-from-tiny-space-rocks-1753855760850">Exclusive: NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite can survive hits from tiny space rocks</a><h2>NASA wants to launch its nuclear reactor in 2030</h2>NASA has been told to solicit industry proposals for a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor that would be launched by 2030. A senior NASA official told the publication, “It is about winning the second space race." This is in reference to the space race that China is also pursuing and trying to reach not only the Moon but also Mars. Notably, China and Russia have joined hands to build an automated nuclear power station on the Moon by 2035. In the race to defeat Beijing and Moscow, the White House has proposed a budget that would increase human spaceflight funds for 2026. The nuclear reactor would fulfil energy needs when humans go to the Moon again. The plans include building a lunar base from which they could further launch towards Mars. Whichever country gets there first could hold the upper hand in all future missions. A directive sent to NASA states that whichever country builds a reactor first could "declare a keep-out zone which would significantly inhibit the United States." Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/science/insane-simulation-shows-fleet-of-nasa-choppers-dropping-down-on-mars-1753520954592">INSANE simulation shows fleet of NASA choppers dropping down on Mars</a>&nbsp;https://www.wionews.com/videos/nasa-to-lose-more-than-3-000-employees-in-the-backdrop-of-trump-s-federal-workforce-cuts-1753585145205/embed&nbsp;The year 2030 has been chosen for the launch of the nuclear station because China is aiming to land its first human on the Moon in the same year. Replacing the International Space Station (ISS) is another high-priority agenda for Duffy, who has directed officials to move quickly on it. The current space station is expected to retire before 2030. At least two companies will be chosen for it within six months of the proposal, which would be tasked with placing a new space station in orbit by 2030. China is the only other country to have a permanently crewed space station, called Tiangong. &nbsp;

NASA plans on having a nuclear reactor on the Moon in the early part of the next decade. Sean Duffy, who is also the interim NASA administrator, is expected to make an official announcement soon. Russia and China are aiming for the same by 2035. NASA is hoping to beat them. 

While the Trump administration is putting a stop to various space endeavours, one of which it is seriously considering is building a nuclear reactor on the moon. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who is also the interim NASA administrator, is reportedly set to announce plans for a nuclear reactor in space. According to a report by Politico, Duffy could reveal the details as soon as this week. Plans for a nuclear reactor on the Moon have been in the world for a long time. NASA had earlier funded research into a 40 kilowatt reactor for use on the moon, with the timeline for launch some time in the 2030s. However, Duffy making an official announcement would mean that it is no longer a background mission. In fact, the Trump administration has been serious about sending humans to space, even though it has announced a nearly 50 per cent cut for other science missions. It also means that Duffy is looking to play an active role in NASA, despite having another job, for which he has faced backlash. Also Read: Exclusive: NASA-ISRO NISAR satellite can survive hits from tiny space rocks NASA wants to launch its nuclear reactor in 2030 NASA has been told to solicit industry proposals for a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor that would be launched by 2030. A senior NASA official told the publication, “It is about winning the second space race." This is in reference to the space race that China is also pursuing and trying to reach not only the Moon but also Mars. Notably, China and Russia have joined hands to build an automated nuclear power station on the Moon by 2035. In the race to defeat Beijing and Moscow, the White House has proposed a budget that would increase human spaceflight funds for 2026. The nuclear reactor would fulfil energy needs when humans go to the Moon again. The plans include building a lunar base from which they could further launch towards Mars. Whichever country gets there first could hold the upper hand in all future missions. A directive sent to NASA states that whichever country builds a reactor first could "declare a keep-out zone which would significantly inhibit the United States." Also Read: INSANE simulation shows fleet of NASA choppers dropping down on Mars https://www.wionews.com/videos/nasa-to-lose-more-than-3-000-employees-in-the-backdrop-of-trump-s-federal-workforce-cuts-1753585145205/embed The year 2030 has been chosen for the launch of the nuclear station because China is aiming to land its first human on the Moon in the same year. Replacing the International Space Station (ISS) is another high-priority agenda for Duffy, who has directed officials to move quickly on it. The current space station is expected to retire before 2030. At least two companies will be chosen for it within six months of the proposal, which would be tasked with placing a new space station in orbit by 2030. China is the only other country to have a permanently crewed space station, called Tiangong.

NASA plans on having a nuclear reactor on the Moon in the early part of the next decade. Sean Duffy, who is also the interim NASA administrator, is expected to make an official announcement soon. Russia and China are aiming for the same by 2035. NASA is hoping to beat them.&nbsp;

Space War begins: NASA officially has a plan for a nuclear reactor on the Moon by the year...

The Buga Sphere, an unidentified flying object (UFO) seen over Buga, Colombia, in March before being captured from the ground, is reportedly responding to Sanskrit mantras. This viral claim is based on a video on social media showing scientists hovering around the sphere and playing different frequencies, capturing its response. They reportedly witnessed electromagnetic surges and vibrational responses in the UFO when Sanskrit mantras were played. This has intrigued experts studying the strange metallic orb, which some believe has come from outer space, and possibly sent by an advanced alien civilisation. The mysterious object is reacting intelligently to Sanskrit mantras, experts studying the Buga Sphere believe. However, not everyone is convinced and is terming it fake. People are calling the clip “silly science", with one user writing, “Buga... I'm starting to think bogus!” He added, “I don't know, I just want to have an open mind, but this just seems really skittish to me.” Several others shared a similar sentiment, stating that it all looks “dumb”. Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/-futuristic-ufo-buga-sphere-has-wires-increased-in-weight-invisible-energy-dried-up-grass-around-it-shocking-claims-by-mexican-scientists-1749546077492">UFO Buga sphere has wires; 'invisible energy' dried up grass around it, SHOCKING claims by Mexican scientists</a><h2>UFOs in ancient Indian texts</h2>Indian ancient texts carry references to UFOs, and because of this, several people think that there is a connection between the Vedic scriptures and extraterrestrial beings. A larger theory asserts that aliens have shaped Earth, leaving guidelines and ways of living in the scriptures in Sanskrit. In fact, there is a belief that Sanskrit might not be a language, but a "cosmic code" used across the universe. This belief has been strengthened by reports that the Buga Sphere is responding to Sanskrit scriptures. Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/buga-sphere-ufo-colombia-aliens-warning-message-1748317396999">Real life Arrival? Is Buga sphere a warning sign from aliens? Mystery grows around UFO</a><h2>Buga Sphere, an ominous warning for humans</h2>According to the "ancient astronaut theory," extraterrestrial beings are a part of the human race. They have been responsible for the growth of our civilisation since life came into existence on Earth. These intelligent beings are believed to have left their knowledge in ancient Indian texts written in Sanskrit. The Buga Sphere made a strange appearance in March when it was seen zig-zagging in an awkward manner in Colombia. It fell on the ground after shocking onlookers. Scientists retrieved it and saw some signs and symbols etched on it. It had no joints, and an analysis showed its internal structure was composed of high-density elements. The symbols were deciphered using AI and are likely a warning sign to humans. According to analysts, it reads, "The origin of birth through union and energy in the cycle of transformation, the meeting point of unity, expansion and awareness – individual consciousness." Dr. Jose Luis Velazquez, a radiologist who examined the sphere, said, "It is a message to humanity". "It encourages a collective shift in consciousness to help Mother Earth, especially considering current problems with pollution and environmental degradation."<h2>Buga Sphere: Wires and an 'invisible energy'</h2>Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) also found a maze of fibre-optic wires and a central nucleus, referred to as "a chip". There are three layers of metal-like material and 18 microspheres surrounding the nucleus. They also noted that all the grass and the soil at the site where the Buga Sphere fell mysteriously dried up. No signs of radiation were found, and the scientists think "an invisible energy" sucked all the water from the grass and soil. Rodolfo Garrido, an engineer with the UNAM team, told Maussan Televisión that the object has become five times heavier since March.&nbsp; &nbsp;

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560">The Buga sphere and its reaction to different frequencies subjected to it. <a href="https://t.co/orxinN0nhb">pic.twitter.com/orxinN0nhb</a>&mdash; Divulgación científica (@JosCRios) <a href="https://twitter.com/JosCRios/status/1944731764058181761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The Buga Sphere is reportedly responding to Sanskrit mantras, according to a video on social media. However, people are baffled to see a group of scientists testing devices around the sphere, stating that it all looks “bogus, silly and skittish.” 

The Buga Sphere, an unidentified flying object (UFO) seen over Buga, Colombia, in March before being captured from the ground, is reportedly responding to Sanskrit mantras. This viral claim is based on a video on social media showing scientists hovering around the sphere and playing different frequencies, capturing its response. They reportedly witnessed electromagnetic surges and vibrational responses in the UFO when Sanskrit mantras were played. This has intrigued experts studying the strange metallic orb, which some believe has come from outer space, and possibly sent by an advanced alien civilisation. The mysterious object is reacting intelligently to Sanskrit mantras, experts studying the Buga Sphere believe. However, not everyone is convinced and is terming it fake. People are calling the clip “silly science", with one user writing, “Buga... I'm starting to think bogus!” He added, “I don't know, I just want to have an open mind, but this just seems really skittish to me.” Several others shared a similar sentiment, stating that it all looks “dumb”. Also Read: UFO Buga sphere has wires; 'invisible energy' dried up grass around it, SHOCKING claims by Mexican scientists UFOs in ancient Indian texts Indian ancient texts carry references to UFOs, and because of this, several people think that there is a connection between the Vedic scriptures and extraterrestrial beings. A larger theory asserts that aliens have shaped Earth, leaving guidelines and ways of living in the scriptures in Sanskrit. In fact, there is a belief that Sanskrit might not be a language, but a "cosmic code" used across the universe. This belief has been strengthened by reports that the Buga Sphere is responding to Sanskrit scriptures. Also Read: Real life Arrival? Is Buga sphere a warning sign from aliens? Mystery grows around UFO Buga Sphere, an ominous warning for humans According to the "ancient astronaut theory," extraterrestrial beings are a part of the human race. They have been responsible for the growth of our civilisation since life came into existence on Earth. These intelligent beings are believed to have left their knowledge in ancient Indian texts written in Sanskrit. The Buga Sphere made a strange appearance in March when it was seen zig-zagging in an awkward manner in Colombia. It fell on the ground after shocking onlookers. Scientists retrieved it and saw some signs and symbols etched on it. It had no joints, and an analysis showed its internal structure was composed of high-density elements. The symbols were deciphered using AI and are likely a warning sign to humans. According to analysts, it reads, "The origin of birth through union and energy in the cycle of transformation, the meeting point of unity, expansion and awareness – individual consciousness." Dr. Jose Luis Velazquez, a radiologist who examined the sphere, said, "It is a message to humanity". "It encourages a collective shift in consciousness to help Mother Earth, especially considering current problems with pollution and environmental degradation." Buga Sphere: Wires and an 'invisible energy' Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) also found a maze of fibre-optic wires and a central nucleus, referred to as "a chip". There are three layers of metal-like material and 18 microspheres surrounding the nucleus. They also noted that all the grass and the soil at the site where the Buga Sphere fell mysteriously dried up. No signs of radiation were found, and the scientists think "an invisible energy" sucked all the water from the grass and soil. Rodolfo Garrido, an engineer with the UNAM team, told Maussan Televisión that the object has become five times heavier since March.

The Buga Sphere is reportedly responding to Sanskrit mantras, according to a video on social media. However, people are baffled to see a group of scientists testing devices around the sphere, stating that it all looks “bogus, silly and skittish.”&nbsp;

Buga or 'Bogus'? Viral video claims Buga Sphere is responding to Sanskrit mantras

Earthlings will witness one of the shortest days, yet again, on August 5. This is because the planet is rotating faster than ever. We have already witnessed two such days in the recent past - on July 9 and July 22. According to the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), the moon will be at its furthest from the equator. Its gravitational pull is causing Earth to speed up at its poles, reducing 1.25 milliseconds from 24 hours. This twist in the spin will also force the world timekeepers to subtract a leap second for the first time ever in 2029. Clocks will skip a second, called a “negative leap second”. There is no one reason for the faster rotation of Earth. The Moon's distance from the equator is one of them. The way the molten core acts up inside Earth, and the seasonal changes in the atmosphere, also affect this movement. Climate change is another, which causes ice to melt at the poles, triggering a change in the shape of the planet. Right now, the Moon is believed to be the main culprit for the speeding up. It moves in an elliptical orbit around Earth, so sometimes it goes farther from us. However, something else is also happening out there. The Moon is slowly moving away from Earth, a process known as lunar recession. Gradually, it is receding at a rate of about 1.5 inches per year. What would happen if this process continues to occur? Would Earth spin out of control one day? Or would it slow down? Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/ring-of-fire-number-of-volcanoes-eruptions-antarctica-timeline-russia-earthquake-1754365414041">425 volcanoes, two years: Ring of Fire can become a string of fire and lava very soon</a> Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/curse-of-2020-earth-is-spinning-so-fast-that-clocks-will-soon-skip-a-second-shortest-day-jul-9-22-and-aug-5-1752039641221">Curse of 2020? Time will change in 2029 because of mysterious factors</a><h2>What would happen if Earth keeps rotating faster and faster?</h2>Experts have warned that if Earth keeps rotating faster and faster, it would spell doom for our planet. This could create a catastrophic scenario globally. The centrifugal force would push out water from the poles towards the equator, flooding the region. Sea level rise is already a major scare in several coastal areas of the world. This situation would exacerbate the scene, making matters worse. Even a tiny change of one mile per hour could cause sea levels to increase by several inches in equatorial regions. Most low-lying areas would be inundated if this happened. Theoretically, if it were to speed up by 100 miles per hour, enormous amounts of water from the poles would rush towards the centre, and submerge countries, washing them off the map. Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/alien-world-discovered-thriving-in-total-darkness-31000-feet-below-the-ocean-1754035524455">Between Japan and Alaska, a dark alien world at 31,000 feet has stunned scientists. Here's why</a>&nbsp;https://www.wionews.com/videos/scientists-observe-abrupt-transitions-in-earth-s-four-season-model-1753845245809/embed<h2>How a faster Earth affects humans</h2>Those areas that do not go under water would have to face the brunt of the shift in the planet's balance. The days would become shorter, and the basic workings of the planet would change. The ecology would not remain the same, crops will suffer, and everything will go topsy-turvy. &nbsp;One day could change to just 22 hours, changing how our body clock works. Scientists say that such changes can lead to health issues. Studies have noted that something like daylight saving time, where clocks are reset twice a year, has been linked to spikes in heart attacks and strokes. The weather patterns would also go all crazy. NASA astronomer Dr &nbsp;Sten Odenwald warns that a faster spinning planet would lead to the Coriolis effect, when storms rotate and intensify. Hurricanes will reach unprecedented speeds, making storms more devastating.

Earth will witness another shorter day on August 5 after having two such days in the past month. Human beings cannot do anything about it, but they could be on the receiving end of a catastrophe if the planet keeps speeding up in the near future. 

Earthlings will witness one of the shortest days, yet again, on August 5. This is because the planet is rotating faster than ever. We have already witnessed two such days in the recent past - on July 9 and July 22. According to the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), the moon will be at its furthest from the equator. Its gravitational pull is causing Earth to speed up at its poles, reducing 1.25 milliseconds from 24 hours. This twist in the spin will also force the world timekeepers to subtract a leap second for the first time ever in 2029. Clocks will skip a second, called a “negative leap second”. There is no one reason for the faster rotation of Earth. The Moon's distance from the equator is one of them. The way the molten core acts up inside Earth, and the seasonal changes in the atmosphere, also affect this movement. Climate change is another, which causes ice to melt at the poles, triggering a change in the shape of the planet. Right now, the Moon is believed to be the main culprit for the speeding up. It moves in an elliptical orbit around Earth, so sometimes it goes farther from us. However, something else is also happening out there. The Moon is slowly moving away from Earth, a process known as lunar recession. Gradually, it is receding at a rate of about 1.5 inches per year. What would happen if this process continues to occur? Would Earth spin out of control one day? Or would it slow down? Also Read: 425 volcanoes, two years: Ring of Fire can become a string of fire and lava very soon Also Read: Curse of 2020? Time will change in 2029 because of mysterious factors What would happen if Earth keeps rotating faster and faster? Experts have warned that if Earth keeps rotating faster and faster, it would spell doom for our planet. This could create a catastrophic scenario globally. The centrifugal force would push out water from the poles towards the equator, flooding the region. Sea level rise is already a major scare in several coastal areas of the world. This situation would exacerbate the scene, making matters worse. Even a tiny change of one mile per hour could cause sea levels to increase by several inches in equatorial regions. Most low-lying areas would be inundated if this happened. Theoretically, if it were to speed up by 100 miles per hour, enormous amounts of water from the poles would rush towards the centre, and submerge countries, washing them off the map. Also Read: Between Japan and Alaska, a dark alien world at 31,000 feet has stunned scientists. Here's why https://www.wionews.com/videos/scientists-observe-abrupt-transitions-in-earth-s-four-season-model-1753845245809/embed How a faster Earth affects humans Those areas that do not go under water would have to face the brunt of the shift in the planet's balance. The days would become shorter, and the basic workings of the planet would change. The ecology would not remain the same, crops will suffer, and everything will go topsy-turvy. One day could change to just 22 hours, changing how our body clock works. Scientists say that such changes can lead to health issues. Studies have noted that something like daylight saving time, where clocks are reset twice a year, has been linked to spikes in heart attacks and strokes. The weather patterns would also go all crazy. NASA astronomer Dr Sten Odenwald warns that a faster spinning planet would lead to the Coriolis effect, when storms rotate and intensify. Hurricanes will reach unprecedented speeds, making storms more devastating.

Earth will witness another shorter day on August 5 after having two such days in the past month. Human beings can't do anything about it, but they could be on the receiving end of a catastrophe if the planet keeps speeding up in the near future.&nbsp;

Earth witnesses its third shortest day in a month as experts warn a catastrophe could be unfolding

Arvinder 'Arvi' Singh Bahal, an 80-year-old real estate investor originally from Agra, India, achieved another remarkable milestone on Sunday as he soared to the edge of space aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin NS-34 mission. The successful launch took place from Launch Site One in West Texas at 7:30 am local time (6:00 pm IST) and marks Blue Origin’s 14th human flight and the 34th mission in its history.&nbsp;<h2>From Agra to the Edge of Space</h2>&nbsp;Bahal, now a US citizen, is no stranger to pushing boundaries. Bahal has travelled to every country on Earth, including remote destinations such as the North and South Poles. His list of extreme adventures includes skydiving over Mount Everest and the Pyramids of Giza.&nbsp;Describing Bahal, Blue Origin wrote, “Arvi is a real estate investor born in Agra, India, and now a naturalized US citizen. A lifelong traveler and adventurer, Arvi has visited every country in the world, the North and South Poles, and skydived Mount Everest and the Pyramids of Giza. He holds a private pilot’s license and also flies helicopters.”As president of Bahal Properties, a real estate firm he has led since 1975, Bahal has built a life rooted in exploration, both in business and in travel. Today’s journey aboard the New Shepard rocket extends that passion beyond the atmosphere.&nbsp;

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">🔁 NS-34 Replay: Booster Touchdown! <a href="https://t.co/WJfGY2mjNa">pic.twitter.com/WJfGY2mjNa</a>&mdash; Blue Origin (@blueorigin) <a href="https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1952019214023188966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

&nbsp;<h2>The Crew</h2><h2>&nbsp;</h2>Bahal shared the six-seat capsule with fellow space tourists: Turkish businessman Gökhan Erdem; Puerto Rican meteorologist and Emmy Award–winning journalist Deborah Martorell; English philanthropist Lionel Pitchford; entrepreneur J.D. Russell, who previously flew on NS-28; and Justin Sun, Ambassador and former Permanent Representative of Grenada to the WTO. Sun is known for his $28 million bid in 2021, which supported 19 space-focused charities aiming to inspire young people in STEAM fields.&nbsp;Martorell, known for her environmental and space reporting, became one of the first meteorologists to travel beyond Earth’s atmosphere. The inclusion of such a varied crew underlines Blue Origin’s ongoing commitment to making space tourism accessible to civilians from diverse backgrounds.&nbsp;<h2>A Growing Legacy for Blue Origin</h2>&nbsp;With this flight that lasted for about 10-11 mins, Blue Origin has now flown 70 people above the Kármán line, the internationally recognised boundary of space. The NS-34 launch window opened at 7:30 am local time, with the live stream beginning 30 minutes before liftoff and watched by viewers around the globe.&nbsp;Founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin continues to expand its civilian spaceflight programme, with missions drawing adventurers, philanthropists, and pioneers alike.

The successful launch took place from Launch Site One in West Texas at 7:30 am local time (6:00 pm IST) and marks Blue Origin’s 14th human flight and the 34th mission in its history.

Arvinder 'Arvi' Singh Bahal, an 80-year-old real estate investor originally from Agra, India, achieved another remarkable milestone on Sunday as he soared to the edge of space aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin NS-34 mission. The successful launch took place from Launch Site One in West Texas at 7:30 am local time (6:00 pm IST) and marks Blue Origin’s 14th human flight and the 34th mission in its history. From Agra to the Edge of Space Bahal, now a US citizen, is no stranger to pushing boundaries. Bahal has travelled to every country on Earth, including remote destinations such as the North and South Poles. His list of extreme adventures includes skydiving over Mount Everest and the Pyramids of Giza. Describing Bahal, Blue Origin wrote, “Arvi is a real estate investor born in Agra, India, and now a naturalized US citizen. A lifelong traveler and adventurer, Arvi has visited every country in the world, the North and South Poles, and skydived Mount Everest and the Pyramids of Giza. He holds a private pilot’s license and also flies helicopters.” As president of Bahal Properties, a real estate firm he has led since 1975, Bahal has built a life rooted in exploration, both in business and in travel. Today’s journey aboard the New Shepard rocket extends that passion beyond the atmosphere.

The successful launch took place from Launch Site One in West Texas at 7:30 am local time (6:00 pm IST) and marks Blue Origin’s 14th human flight and the 34th mission in its history.

Indian-born adventurer Arvinder Singh Bahal, 80, defies age to soar into space on Blue Origin’s NS-34

The Ring of Fire, comprising nearly 75 per cent of the world's active volcanoes and earthquake zones, is at risk of volcanic eruptions following the Russian earthquake. The magnitude 8.8 temblor struck the country's eastern Kamchatka region, triggering tsunami warnings. Waves reached Japan and Hawaii after several hours. The Ring of Fire is a chain that runs for over 40,000 kilometres around the Pacific Ocean. Scientists fear that the energy released by the earthquake has likely shaken several underground pressure systems, even those that are far from the epicentre. This could have destabilised magma chambers under the active volcanoes, and could cause them to erupt. When tectonic plates shift, they release energy that can travel through the Earth's crust as seismic waves. A volcano in Russia's far east erupted hours after the earthquake. Videos of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano showed "red-hot lava" flowing down the western slope. "There is a powerful glow above the volcano and explosions," the Russian Geophysical Survey said. Another one, the Krasheninnikov volcano, which had been dormant for nearly 600 years, erupted on Sunday (3 Aug). Also Read:<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/eurasia-s-highest-volcano-klyuchevskoy-erupts-in-russia-after-8-8-magnitude-earthquake-1-000-miles-of-red-rivers-of-lava-orange-smoke-watch-1753896395239"> Eurasia's highest volcano Klyuchevskoy erupts in Russia after 8.8 magnitude earthquake</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/russian-nuclear-submarine-base-close-to-epicentre-of-earthquake-1753932662537">Russian nuclear submarine base too close to earthquake epicentre could have sustained damage, experts fear</a><h2>How do earthquakes trigger volcanic eruptions?</h2>Experts don't think this would end here. Scientifically speaking, subduction, or the movement of a tectonic plate under a neighbouring plate, turns rock into magma because of the lowering of the melting point of rock in the mantle. This magma then moves upwards and erupts from the volcanoes. This means that earthquakes trigger volcanic eruptions, and so there are chances that more of them along the Ring of Fire can blow up. The Ring of Fire runs from Russia and Japan to the western coast of the US and Antarctica. Mount Erebus, the southernmost active volcano on Earth, also falls in this region. Loÿc Vanderkluysen, a volcanologist at Drexel University in Philadelphia, told Live Science, "What's special about the Ring of Fire is that multiple oceanic plates in the Pacific have subduction boundaries there." The Daily Mail reported Michael Manga, a geoscientist at the University of California, Berkeley, as saying that volcanoes located on the westernmost part of the arc have a higher chance of bursting. "Volcanoes in volcanic arcs, including Chile, the US Cascades, Japan, Indonesia and Kamchatka," can face eruptions after earthquakes, he said. Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/trending/russia-earthquake-fake-old-and-unrelated-videos-have-spread-on-social-media-1753848738021">Russia earthquake: No, the tsunami has not left Beluga Whales stranded</a>Also Read: <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/russia-japan-earthquake-what-is-pacific-ring-of-fire-that-caused-strongest-quake-in-region-since-1952-wion-explains-1753870994425">Russia-Japan earthquake: What is Pacific Ring of Fire&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;<h2>Why did Klyuchevskoy volcano erupt?</h2>While the chances of a volcanic eruption are now high in the Ring of Fire, it might not happen immediately. Experts say a volcanic eruption could take up to two years. Volcanoes at a higher risk of exploding are ones that already have magma close to the surface. The Klyuchevskoy volcano, located near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsk in Russia's Kamchatka region, is believed to have been in this state, leading to an eruption. It is one of the tallest volcanoes in the world, standing tall at 15,584 feet. Kamchatka is one of the most volcanically active regions on Earth and has around 300 volcanoes.&nbsp;

Volcanoes in the Ring of Fire are at risk of erupting in the next two years because of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Russia. One of them erupted a few hours after the earthquake. When will these volcanoes erupt? Here is what experts say

The Ring of Fire, comprising nearly 75 per cent of the world's active volcanoes and earthquake zones, is at risk of volcanic eruptions following the Russian earthquake. The magnitude 8.8 temblor struck the country's eastern Kamchatka region, triggering tsunami warnings. Waves reached Japan and Hawaii after several hours. The Ring of Fire is a chain that runs for over 40,000 kilometres around the Pacific Ocean. Scientists fear that the energy released by the earthquake has likely shaken several underground pressure systems, even those that are far from the epicentre. This could have destabilised magma chambers under the active volcanoes, and could cause them to erupt. When tectonic plates shift, they release energy that can travel through the Earth's crust as seismic waves. A volcano in Russia's far east erupted hours after the earthquake. Videos of the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano showed "red-hot lava" flowing down the western slope. "There is a powerful glow above the volcano and explosions," the Russian Geophysical Survey said. Another one, the Krasheninnikov volcano, which had been dormant for nearly 600 years, erupted on Sunday (3 Aug). Also Read: Eurasia's highest volcano Klyuchevskoy erupts in Russia after 8.8 magnitude earthquake Also Read: Russian nuclear submarine base too close to earthquake epicentre could have sustained damage, experts fear How do earthquakes trigger volcanic eruptions? Experts don't think this would end here. Scientifically speaking, subduction, or the movement of a tectonic plate under a neighbouring plate, turns rock into magma because of the lowering of the melting point of rock in the mantle. This magma then moves upwards and erupts from the volcanoes. This means that earthquakes trigger volcanic eruptions, and so there are chances that more of them along the Ring of Fire can blow up. The Ring of Fire runs from Russia and Japan to the western coast of the US and Antarctica. Mount Erebus, the southernmost active volcano on Earth, also falls in this region. Loÿc Vanderkluysen, a volcanologist at Drexel University in Philadelphia, told Live Science, "What's special about the Ring of Fire is that multiple oceanic plates in the Pacific have subduction boundaries there." The Daily Mail reported Michael Manga, a geoscientist at the University of California, Berkeley, as saying that volcanoes located on the westernmost part of the arc have a higher chance of bursting. "Volcanoes in volcanic arcs, including Chile, the US Cascades, Japan, Indonesia and Kamchatka," can face eruptions after earthquakes, he said. Also Read: Russia earthquake: No, the tsunami has not left Beluga Whales stranded Also Read: Russia-Japan earthquake: What is Pacific Ring of Fire Why did Klyuchevskoy volcano erupt? While the chances of a volcanic eruption are now high in the Ring of Fire, it might not happen immediately. Experts say a volcanic eruption could take up to two years. Volcanoes at a higher risk of exploding are ones that already have magma close to the surface. The Klyuchevskoy volcano, located near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsk in Russia's Kamchatka region, is believed to have been in this state, leading to an eruption. It is one of the tallest volcanoes in the world, standing tall at 15,584 feet. Kamchatka is one of the most volcanically active regions on Earth and has around 300 volcanoes.

Volcanoes in the Ring of Fire are at risk of erupting in the next two years because of the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Russia. One of them erupted a few hours after the earthquake. When will these volcanoes erupt? Here is what experts say

Two volcanic eruptions in Russia might not be the last. Several more in Ring of Fire will explode, experts warn

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