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Two Russian cosmonauts completed a six-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station, installing plasma and semiconductor experiments, servicing hardware, and preparing for future missions. The EVA, lasting nearly seven hours, marked the 277th in ISS history and advanced ongoing scientific research aboard the orbital outpost.

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch carrying Astrobotic’s Griffin-1 lunar lander has been delayed to July 2026 due to ongoing testing. The mission, part of NASA’s CLPS program, will deliver multiple rovers and cultural payloads to the Moon, marking a key milestone for private lunar exploration.

LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observatories detected two extraordinary black hole collisions in late 2024—GW241011 and GW241110. The first involved a rapidly spinning black hole, while the second revealed one rotating opposite its orbit. These findings fit predictions for second-generation black holes, born from earlier mergers within crowded star clusters. The events mark a major clue to how massive black holes evolve over cosmic time.

Scientists have discovered that Earth’s morning-side magnetosphere is negatively charged, overturning decades of assumptions about space electricity. Satellite data and simulations show the charge pattern flips near the equator but remains traditional at the poles. The breakthrough reshapes understanding of space weather and may also clarify electric behavior around planets like Jupiter and Saturn.

Ballad of a Small Player, a psychological thriller, has finally arrived on Netflix. The movie stars Collinn Farrell in the lead role.