celestial bodies

[ad_1] The White House announced Tuesday it is directing NASA to create a unified time standard for the Moon and other celestial bodies, as governments and private companies increasingly compete in space. HT Image With the United States keen to set international norms beyond Earth’s orbit, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy instructed the US space agency to formulate a plan by the end of 2026…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Nasa’s Lucy spacecraft, in a flyby in November made an unexpected discovery, revealing that the target named Dinkinesh was not a single rock but rather a cluster of three rocks, Space.com reported. The spacecraft also discovered that Selam, Dinkinesh’s natural satellite, which upon closer inspection, was found to be two objects fused together.By examining the significant craters on the space rocks, scientists have estimated Dinkinesh to…