Science & Space Roundup: Top News of the Day (Dec 11)

Here are today’s most important updates from the realm of Science and Space. Red Planet Mystery: NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft Suddenly Stops Responding NASA’s Maven spacecraft, which has been orbiting Mars since 2014, lost contact with Earth-based ground stations. The loss of communication occurred on December 6 after Maven passed behind Mars, a phase known as occultation, during its regular orbit of the planet. Before the signal loss, telemetry data indicated that all spacecraft subsystems were functioning normally. After emerging from behind Mars, Maven failed to reestablish contact through Nasa’s Deep Space Network. The ground team monitoring the mission did not receive any signals, prompting immediate investigation into the anomaly by both spacecraft and operations teams. Eerie Blue Streaks Flash Across Japan's Sky Moments After Massive Quake Residents of rural Aomori Prefecture were left stunned on Wednesday night as bright blue flashes lit up the sky moments before a powerful 7.6 ...

Soham Halder

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