NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured these galaxies crashing into each other inside of the Hercules constellation, about 230 million light-years away. Eventually the galaxies will fully merge to form a single, stable galaxy. Become transfixed: https://go.nasa.gov/2J3NGyx
Over the last two or so weeks, SpaceX engineers and technicians have continued to make progress on the company’s first full-scale Starship prototype, intended to support experimental suborbital hop tests as early as March or April.
That work reached a peak on March 8th when the massive Starhopper was transported from build site to launch pad on a brand new transporter that was delivered and assembled barely 48 hours prior. Ahead of the suborbital prototype’s move, work has been ongoing to construct a replacement fairing for the partial-fidelity vehicle, although there is a chance that the new BFR-related stainless steel sections being assembled could be the start of the first orbital Starship prototype.
- Scientists have begun an unprecedented exploration of the depths of the Indian Ocean.
- The expedition will delve into one of the last major unexplored frontiers on the planet.
An unprecedented mission to explore the depths of the Indian Ocean near the Seychelles Islands and document changes taking place beneath the waves began its research on Thursday.
The British-led Nekton Mission arrived off the tiny atoll of Alphonse in the early morning hours, after looming bad weather forced a change of plan and of route.