An Israeli spacecraft has failed in its bid to become the first private craft to land on the moon after crashing on the lunar surface.
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Scientists revealed the first-ever glimpse of a super-massive black hole on Wednesday in a “ground-breaking” discovery that proves Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
Scientists announced the landmark results of the Event Horizon project, which used eight radio telescopes to observe a monster black hole.
Scientists have built a quantum computer that can generate simultaneous “futures”. Working on a subatomic scale, it can simulate 16 timelines for photons occupying different locations.
Astronomers are expected to reveal the first close up images of a monster black hole on Wednesday. Eight radio telescopes around the world have been pointed at two of the cosmic behemoths.
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft has successfully dropped an explosive designed to make a crater on an asteroid and collect its underground samples to find possible clues to the origin of the solar system.
The CSIR wants to engage much more actively with the private sector as it rolls out a new strategic plan to grow its revenue from industry and reduce its reliance on public-sector income.
Nasa has criticised India’s satellite destruction test for endangering astronauts on board the International Space Station.
US Vice President Mike Pence has called for American astronauts to return to the moon within five years.
Astronomers have made the first direct observations of a planet outside the solar system using a technique that combines the light from multiple telescopes.