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 Chinese military satellite disintegrates into more than 20 parts after collision with Russian space debris The mysterious malfunction of the Yunhai 1-02 satellite in March may have been resolved. The discarded wreckage of an old Russian rocket appears to have crashed into the Chinese satellite, in what is an ominous sign of things to come in our increasingly crowded low Earth orbit. On March 22, 2021, the U.S. Space Force's 18th Space Control Squadron posted a startling tweet announcing that Yunhai 1-02, a Chinese military satellite launched in September 2019, had broken up. The breakup occurred four days earlier, and it was unclear why this less than two-year-old satellite suddenly experienced a calamitous malfunction. In its tweet, the Space Force squadron said its "analysis is ongoing" and that it would track down the 21 pieces of newly created debris. #18SPCS has confirmed the breakup of YUNHAI 1-02 (#44547, 2019-063A), which occurred on March 18, 2021, at 0741 UTC...

 The 'Eye of Sauron' underwater volcano Science usually brings us many joys. From finding vaccines to diseases that could kill us, such as COVID-19, although it is not the first and will not be the last; to the discovery of animals that seem to be taken from movies. Now, a new discovery in the seabed brings us a volcano similar to the Eye of Sauron. Yes, the one that appears in The Lord of the Rings. In addition, Sauron also appears in The Hobbit and The Silmarillion. All are books by J. R. R. Tolkien. The discovery came as a surprise to the team exploring Australia's Indian Ocean territories aboard the CSIRO ocean research vessel RV Investigator. And that's when the underwater volcano in the shape of the Eye of Sauron appeared 280 kilometers off Christmas Island. The discovery was slow because they had to pass a multibeam sonar at 3,100 meters through the area below the ship to see the whole thing. The underwater volcano shaped like the 'Eye of Sauron'. The und...

 Hubble Telescope Captures Collision of Two Galaxies Galaxies represent one of the many fascinating elements that make up the universe. Now, thanks to a recent image, we have been able to see them as we have rarely seen them before. The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning cataclysmic cosmic collision between two interacting galaxies, named IC 1623 by scientists. These are located 275 million light-years away, specifically in the constellation Cetus or the Whale. The two galaxies are in one of the final stages of merger. Consequently, as the scientists specify, in the future they will eventually merge and trigger a burst of star formation. The end result will be a single compact galaxy. After capturing the image, the European Space Agency (ESA) has called this fascinating phenomenon a "clash of the titans".  Scientists first spotted this merger in 2008, thanks to the Hubble Telescope, which was able to observe a violent outflow of gas that, as it was, was considered...

 Scientists identify planet with more water than Earth The space that surrounds us is practically unknown. Scientific advances are gradually answering some of the many questions we have, but they also raise new unknowns. Recently, something unexpected has been discovered: an exoplanet, with characteristics similar to the sun, which contains a large amount of water.  This study has been published in the journal Nature Astronomy . From the astronomical satellite CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite) for exoplanet hunting, belonging to the European Space Agency (ESA), an exoplanet has been located of which the researchers assure that there is no "known equivalent". While observing two planets orbiting a star, they suddenly identified a third, making that star the first to have several transiting exoplanets.  The star around which they were orbiting has been labeled Nu2 Lupi and is located 50 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lupus. Once the researchers identi...