In early August 2025, Rocket Lab successfully launched QPS-SAR-12 (nicknamed Kushinada-I), a synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellite built by Japan’s iQPS (Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space). This mission, called “The Harvest Goddess Thrives” in honor of a Japanese goddess of harvest and prosperity, was Rocket Lab’s fifth dedicated launch for iQPS. The 59-foot (18-meter) Electron…
Jobe Bellingham admitted on Tuesday to having “anxieties” on following in brother Jude’s footsteps after joining Borussia Dortmund in the summer. Jobe, 19, is two years younger than Jude, who joined Real Madrid in 2023 after three years at Dortmund. A centrepiece of the England national team, Jude has emerged as one of the best…
PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 03: Remco Evenepoel of Team Belgium clebrates at finish line as Gold medal winner during the Men’s Road Race on day eight of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at trocadero on August 03, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) Getty Images Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel will join…
US sprinter Gabby Thomas announced on X that she hadn’t confirmed her participation in the Lausanne Diamond League hours after the event confirmed her presence. The Swiss event’s organisers had put out a statement on their website earlier in the day confirming Thomas’ presence in the Women’s 200m roster. “Noah Lyles, Kenny Bednarek, and Gabrielle…
Expedition 73 welcomed Crew-11 in an early morning port visit at 3:46 a.m. EDT when the hatches between the International Space Station (ISS) and SpaceX Dragon spacecraft were opened, allowing for Crew-11 to transfer over to join the team on board the orbiting laboratory. The event was also live-streamed on NASA+ but returned shortly after…
India’s women surfers endured a difficult outing in the first round of the Open Women section during the second day of the Asian Surfing Championships 2025 on Tuesday. National champion Kamali Moorthy registered the highest score by an Indian on the day with a 7.60, while Sugar Shanti earned earned 4.97, and Shrishti Selvam 4.60….
Topline The Department of Homeland Security trolled “South Park” in a post on X ahead of the show’s new episode Wednesday night, which teasers indicate will once again target President Donald Trump as well as his administration’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, as the series continues to provoke the administration’s wrath. The previous “South Park”…
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has returned to Hubble’s Ultra Deep Field, capturing over 2,500 galaxies across cosmic history. It is part of JWST’s JADES survey, re-imaging the same patch in infrared. Webb’s infrared cameras (NIRCam and MIRI) see much fainter objects than Hubble. While Hubble’s UDF showed about 10,000 galaxies in visible light,…
Wuhan University’s astronomers made use of the insight-HXMT satellite for studying a large outburst that happened 3 years ago in the X-Ray binary RX J0440.9+4431. The findings were released on July 24, 2025 on arXiv, and offered a detailed observation of the system’s properties and the activity at the time of the event. X-Ray binaries…
India head coach Gautam Gambhir was all praise for skipper Shubman Gill leading from the front during the just-concluded England series as he expects him to shine brightly in the years to come. Gill played a massive role in India’s creditable 2-2 draw, scoring 754 runs with four hundreds in the five-match series. “I think…