The telescope is one of only three such projects to have received Phase 3 funding from the NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC). The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) has funded a project to develop a telescope that would help observe exoplanets by using the gravitational lens of the Sun. The funding is part of NIAC’s three-phase program, which...
Tata Motors has already supplied more than 650 electric buses across multiple cities in India. Tata Motors on Friday said it has bagged an order for 1,500 electric buses from Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) as part of a tender by Convergence Energy Services. The auto major will supply, operate and maintain air-conditioned, low-floor, 12-metre fully-built electric buses for 12 years, as per...
SpaceX on pace to reach its goal of 52 orbital missions by year’s end. Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Friday broke its record for the number of rockets launched in a calendar year, topping last year’s slate of 31 missions amid a whirlwind campaign to launch its own internet satellites into orbit. SpaceX’s 32nd launch of 2022 using its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket comes...
Alameda Ventures would purchase all of Voyager’s digital assets and digital asset loans, except the loans to bankrupt crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital. FTX said on Friday it was planning to offer Voyager Digital’s customers access to some of their funds, the latest relief measure by the Sam Bankman-Fried-led cryptocurrency exchange for the ailing crypto industry. Under the plan,...
The NGC 628 spiral galaxy or the Phantom Galaxy is located just 32 million light-years away and offers a good amount of details for study. After capturing the deepest and sharpest infrared picture of the distant universe, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has inspired some captivating photos, formed using its data. A citizen scientist named Judy Schmidt processed the...
Valles Marineris, like many other geological features on the red planet, dwarfs all terrestrial analogues. The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has captured images of portions of the Martian Valles Marineris, the largest system of canyons in the Solar System. Valles Marineris, like many other geological features on the red planet, dwarfs all terrestrial analogues. The Valles Marineris, in...
Near-Earth objects are classified into distinct types — Amors, Apollos, Atens, Atiras, and Vatiras. Due to the harsh glare of the Sun, astronomers, while searching for asteroids in space, point their telescopes away from the centre of the solar system. Most of the asteroid surveys are conducted at night and tend to scan the region beyond Earth’s orbit for asteroids....
Ford said it has sourced about 70 percent of the battery cell capacity needed to achieve its annual production rate of more than 2 million by late 2026. Ford Motor on Thursday announced a series of deals to accelerate its shift to electric vehicles, including sourcing battery capacity and raw materials from such companies as Chinese battery maker CATL and...
Volkswagen has been investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Northvolt to secure battery supply for its electric vehicles. Swedish battery maker Northvolt and Finnish-Swedish forestry company Stora Enso are trying to develop batteries from forestry byproduct lignin, the companies said on Friday. A part of wood that binds tree fibres together, lignin accounts for 20-30 percent of a tree...
Vivo Y02s could likely cost $113 at launch for the 3GB RAM + 32GB storage variant. Vivo is supposedly working to bring the Vivo Y02s to the global markets. This affordable handset is expected to launch globally on July 28 and may also make its way to the Indian market. Nearly a week before its expected launch, the specifications and...
