Every year, billions of cigarette butts are discarded worldwide. Many end up scattered across streets, beaches, and rivers, where they sit for years and slowly leak toxic chemicals. Despite this, the material itself is not especially exotic. Most cigarette butts are made from plant-based polymers, similar to substances already used in industrial carbon production. This…
The NASA Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket with the Orion spacecraft is seen at Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Cape Canaveral, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) NASA teams are continuing through the countdown for the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal, a full-fueling test of the Space…
Comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS, a relatively new visitor from the outer solar system, has broken apart after swooping close to the Sun in October 2025. Stunning images captured by the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii show glowing fragments tumbling through space, like shards of icy glass, which observers say is a rare sight. These long-period…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is reportedly planning to harness solar power for AI data centres floating above Earth, which seems like science fiction, yet the company filed a proposal with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), signalling serious intent.As reported by Reuters, just days after reports surfaced of a potential merger between Musk’s xAI and SpaceX, the…
Source: The New York Times For years now, Starlink has quietly become one of the most important tools in Ukraine’s war effort. On Sunday, Elon Musk suggested that recent SpaceX steps to stop Russia from using the satellite internet system appear to have worked. Still, the comment landed at a tense moment, as Ukraine investigates…
Scientists Discover Gray Hair Isn’t Permanent: Are We All Wrong About Ageing? For decades, gray hair has been viewed as a sign of irreversible ageing, which people cover with dye or accept as inevitable but scientific research suggests that graying might not be a one-way street after all. Studies from top labs, including work published…
Astronomers identified a strange object in the Milky Way that sends out powerful bursts of radio waves and X-rays with steady timing. The source, known as ASKAP J1832 0911, repeats its signals every 44 minutes, a rhythm unlike anything commonly observed before. What makes the finding stand out is not just the regularity, but the…
One of the most spectacular encounters of Hubble with a galaxy has been brought back into focus by a recent image posted on X. The image, although posted recently, is actually from 2008 when it was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope from NASA. The image captures two galaxies in the distant universe that are…
For decades, large stretches of western India’s open landscapes were widely described as degraded forests shaped by centuries of human activity. But new research by Ashish Nerlekar of Michigan State University challenges that assumption. By analysing Indian poems, folk songs and sacred texts written as early as the 13th century, the study shows that many…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch Falcon 9 on February 2 from Vandenberg SpaceX is preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 25 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit from California. The mission will lift off from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, a site regularly used for Starlink deployments. It…
