SpaceX Has Launched 32 Satellites in 2022 for Starlink Mission, Breaks Annual Launch Record

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...

FTX Crypto Exchange Plans Partial Bailout of Bankrupt Voyager’s Customers

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,...

James Webb Space Telescope’s Raw Data Used to Create Breathtaking Images of Spiral Galaxies

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...

ESA’s Mars Express Shows Views of the Largest Canyon in Our Solar System

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...

Recent Surveys Spot Near-Earth Asteroids Hidden in the Glare of the Sun

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 Announces Series of Deals in Bid to Accelerate EV Push Ahead of 2026 Production Target: Details

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...

Northvolt, Stora Enso to Develop Batteries From Forestry Byproduct Lignin: Details

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 Tipped to Feature a 5,000mAh Battery, MediaTek Helio P35 SoC: Report

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...

NASA Collaborates With Draper Labs to Deliver Payloads to Moon Under Artemis Mission

The experiments will reach a large lunar impact crater known as Schrodinger Basin. The US space agency NASA has chosen engineering Draper Labs of Massachusetts for delivering Artemis science investigations to the far side of the moon in 2025. Draper has been awarded the contract to deliver experiments as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative under Artemis...

Honor X8 5G With Triple Rear Cameras, 5,000mAh Battery Announced: Specifications

Honor X8 5G price and availability have not been announced. Honor X8 5G was announced on Friday. The smartphone is the 5G sibling of the Honor X8 that was launched earlier this year. The 5G variant gets less powerful hardware as compared to the 4G version. The new handset is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 480+ SoC as compared to...