Chandrayaan-3 Moon Landing Chief Somanath Joins RBI Board
Former ISRO Chairman Somanath, architect of Chandrayaan-3, appointed to RBI Central Board for 4 years. Space leader now enters India's financial policymaking arena.
SpaceX IPO Plans Move Forward as Starship Success Boosts Company Valuation
SpaceX signals imminent IPO after achieving profitability and Starship success. Elon Musk prepares space company for public markets. Valuation surge reflects rocket technology breakthroughs and contracts.
ISRO Loses Over 100 Scientists in Brain Drain as Private Sector Poaching Threatens India’s Space Program
Over 100 scientists and engineers have resigned from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in recent months, prompting the Department of Space to tighten
Spent SpaceX Falcon 9 Stage Hits the Moon on August 5: A Rare Real-Time Impact and an 89-Foot Crater Near Einstein
A spent Falcon 9 upper stage strikes the Moon on August 5 near Einstein Crater at 5,400 mph. Impact physics, LRO observation plans and
Musk’s “Sean Dummy” jab lands as $2.9B Artemis lander opens to rivals after 11th Starship test
SPACE • POLICY Musk trades barbs with acting NASA chief Sean Duffy as Artemis lander contract faces review Source: Flickr/NASA HQ Contract $2.9B Human Landing System (HLS) for Artemis III (SpaceX) Acting
Sunita Somvanshi
Aurora Alert: NOAA says “G2 likely late Oct 16”; G1 into Oct 17—who could see lights and when
Space Weather • Geomagnetic Storm Watch Aurora Alert: Multiple CMEs May Trigger G2 Storms on Oct 16–17 (UTC) CMEs from sunspot region AR4246 (launched Oct 11–13) are forecast to reach Earth between
Karmactive Staff
Starship Flight 11: Dual Splashdowns After ~66 Minutes, 8 Dummy Sats, “Excitement Guaranteed”
Launch & Testing Starship Flight 11 — V2 Finale With Booster & Ship Splashdowns, Starlink Deploy Demo, and Engine Relight Window opened 7:15 p.m. EDT (2315 GMT) on Oct 13 at Starbase,
Rahul Somvanshi
3I/ATLAS at ~30M km: ExoMars CaSSIS Spots Coma as Mars Express Stacks Images
Interactive brief with factual intro, instrument status, and related links. ESA’s ExoMars & Mars Express Observe Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Oct 1–7, 2025: Mars‑orbiting spacecraft targeted 3I/ATLAS. ExoMars CaSSIS recorded a faint coma;
UK Met Office Deploys AENeAS System to Shield GPS and Aviation from Solar Storms
A breakthrough space weather forecasting system has launched in the UK, allowing experts to predict how solar storms affect our upper atmosphere and the technology we rely on daily. The Advanced Ensemble
Oxford AI Study Achieves 93% Accuracy in Spotting Real Cosmic Events Using Just 15 Training Examples
A breakthrough study from the University of Oxford and Google Cloud shows how artificial intelligence can now accurately identify genuine cosmic events in the night sky with remarkably little training data. Published
Karmactive Team
Enceladus Harbors All 3 Requirements for Life: New Organic Molecules Found in Saturn Moon’s Geysers
Scientists have discovered new types of organic molecules in ice grains ejected from Saturn’s moon Enceladus, bolstering the possibility that this small, icy world could support life. The discovery comes from a
Rare October Harvest Supermoon 2025: First of Three Consecutive Lunar Shows 14% Larger Than Normal
The night sky will light up with the first supermoon of 2025 on October 6-7, marking the start of an uncommon streak of three consecutive supermoons to close out the year. This
Govind Tekale
Flagship 2 Tracks 4 Trillion Particles to Map 3.4 Billion Galaxies in Most Extensive Universe Simulation Ever
The Euclid Consortium has just released Flagship 2, the most extensive simulation of the universe ever created. This digital model maps an astonishing 3.4 billion galaxies and tracks the gravitational interactions of
NASA’s Exoplanet Tally Hits 6,000: Official Count Reveals Worlds with Mineral Clouds and Ultra-Low Density
NASA’s official count of worlds beyond our solar system reached 6,000 this week, marking a cosmic milestone in humanity’s quest to understand our place in the universe. The announcement, made September 17,