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SpaceX Falcon 9 debris may have slammed into Moon at 8,690 km/h, says NASA

A discarded stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has slammed into the Moon after drifting through space for more than a year. This piece of hardware collided with the lunar surface at around 8,690 km/h (that’s 5,400 mph). There is reportedly no need to worry about Earth, as this crash does not pose any danger down here. But it does mean the Moon has a new crater.

China builds world’s biggest 582-tonne fusion magnet: ‘Artificial Sun’ to change the future of energy

China has hit a huge milestone in its push to build an ‘artificial sun’. They have just finished and tested the world’s largest superconducting fusion magnet, a key step on the path to generating clean, practically endless energy from nuclear fusion.

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope ready for launch after fueling; Mission to explore dark energy and exoplanets

NASA just finished fuelling up the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, pushing the next big space observatory closer to the launch pad. Engineers pumped about 290 gallons of hydrazine into the spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility in Florida.

James Webb Telescope solves Black Hole mystery: Scientists discover how supermassive black holes feed

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has just given astronomers a huge piece of the puzzle about one of the universe’s toughest mysteries: ‘How do supermassive black holes keep getting bigger for billions of years?’ Thanks to its powerful infrared eyes, JWST took a look at the heart of a nearby galaxy and found evidence that black holes don’t just gobble up gas and call it a day—they […]

ISRO’s upcoming space mission: Gaganyaan, Earth observation satellites and moon exploration

ISRO has been on a roll lately, hitting big milestones one after another. Now, the agency’s getting ready for an even busier phase, with a packed schedule of satellite launches, human spaceflight tests, and deep-space missions lined up for the next few years.