Amazon Great Summer Sale 2025 started for all users on Thursday, May 1, at noon. The e-commerce giant opened the sale exclusively for Prime members at midnight of the same day, providing early access to deals and discounts. The platform-wide sale brings discounts on a wide range of products across all categories. If you are…
Unexpected findings from Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Moon Lander have unveiled new challenges and opportunities for future lunar missions. On March 2, a successful landing on Mare Crisium, the Blue Ghost spacecraft delivered ten payloads as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. The lander operated for over 14 days during lunar daylight…
Researchers at Tsinghua University and Beihang University have developed a new type of microrobot that can continuously transform into different shapes and safely lock into precise forms. This technology holds the potential to transform operations executed in intricate, dangerous, and cramped environments. The innovation is a big step for soft robotics, the field where multifunctionality…
Data revealed from three small satellites make up NASA’s mission EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) to unravel the mysteries in the surroundings of the auroral electrojet. Launched from California on March 14, 2025, the three satellites of NASA’s EZIE mission have officially begun their journey above the Earth’s atmosphere. The early observations coming in are…
NASA’s Artemis program has passed a significant milestone in the development of the agency’s “Gateway” in the orbit of the Moon with the delivery of the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module to Northrop Grumman’s facility in Gilbert, Arizona. Part of the moon-orbiting Gateway facility, HALO will serve as a habitat and office to astronauts…
Archaeologists have unearthed a stunning 4,400-year-old tomb of an unknown Egyptian prince while digging at the old cemetery of Saqqara (roughly 30 km south of Cairo). The tomb is said to belong to Userefre (or Waser-If-Re) and is now recognised as a son of King Userkaf, Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty founder (c. 2465–2458 B.C.). The tomb’s…
Jupiter’s weather just got even stranger. A new study published in the Journal Science Advances revealed that the gas giant’s turbulent thunderstorms create massive, softball-sized hailstones called “mushballs,” made of ammonia and water ice. These violent storms churn Jupiter’s atmosphere so deeply that they may explain a long-standing mystery among the scientists: the missing ammonia…
Ripple has proposed a takeover of rival stablecoin provider Circle Internet Group Inc. for $4 billion (roughly Rs. 33,843 crore) to $5 billion (roughly Rs. 42,300 crore), a bid that was rejected as too low, according to people familiar with the matter. While Ripple remains interested in Circle, it hasn’t decided whether to make another offer,…
The USD1 stablecoin, backed by US President Donald Trump, has been picked as the mode of payment for MGX’s purchase of a minority stake in Binance. The development was reportedly announced by Trump’s 41-year-old son, Eric, at the ongoing Token2049 event in Dubai. Addressing the attendees on Thursday, May 1, Trump claimed that the USD1…
Visa is hopping aboard the stablecoin hype with its latest partnership with Bridge, a Web3 subsidiary of fintech firm Stripe. The US-based payment cards giant said that developers using Bridge to create their apps can now offer stablecoin-linked Visa cards to their end customers across multiple nations as part of this partnership. Bridge is a…