NASA’s Psyche spacecraft just used Mars as a cosmic slingshot

On May 15, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft flew just 4,609 km above Mars, using the planet’s gravity to gain about 1,600 km/h — without spending extra fuel.

The maneuver slightly changed Psyche’s orbit and put it on track for its real destination: asteroid 16 Psyche, a metal-rich world in the main asteroid belt. Arrival is planned for 2029.

But the flyby also gave scientists something unexpected: a rare crescent view of Mars. From Psyche’s angle, the Red Planet appeared as a thin glowing arc, with sunlight scattering through dust high in the Martian atmosphere. That glow extended farther than expected, giving researchers a useful test case for future imaging.

The flyby was also a full rehearsal. Psyche switched on its science instruments, tested its cameras, collected calibration data, and likely detected Mars’s bow shock — the region where solar wind crashes into the planet’s magnetic environment.

Why does this mission matter? Asteroid Psyche may be the exposed metallic core of an early failed planet. If that’s true, NASA is about to study something similar to the deep iron core of Earth — a place we can never reach directly.

A short visit to Mars. A big step toward the heart of a lost world.

Source: ScienceDaily / NASA JPL
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260525040421.htm

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💢 China gets closer to 'artificial sun’ after successfully testing world’s largest fusion magnet

The 582-ton magnet is key to a reactor that could one day produce clean, nearly unlimited energy

It’s a major step toward China’s goal of generating fusion electricity by ~2030

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— 🇮🇷 NEW: Three Iranian rioters, who burnt police officers alive, beat them up, and dismembered them, were executed in Esfahan moments ago

About two hours ago, a small crowd of instigators gathered at the detention facility and tried climbing the walls to prevent their execution. Police dispersed them by firing warning shots.

(Footage above shows the moment of the rioters’ attack against two cops)

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He argues that maintaining a permanent state of anxiety among the public—through higher taxes and engineered social conflict—is a deliberate tactic to facilitate manipulation, division and control.

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Al Jazeera profited on the blood of Palestinian journalists. Now, the channel abruptly terminates contracts of Palestinian Journalists in Gaza during ongoing Israeli genocide

These journalists provided Al Jazeera with exclusive footage and interviews during the worst moments of the genocide; now, Al Jazeera discards them

During the ongoing Israeli genocide of Gaza, Palestinian journalists have been courageously reporting under Israel’s bombs, drones and snipers. Over 260 journalists have been killed by Israel in Gaza since October 2023 alone.

Reporting on Israeli bombardments and firing continues to be extremely dangerous for Palestinian journalists, who are completely cut off from the world.

It is at this point which media giant Al Jazeera reportedly abruptly ended the contracts of 24 journalists in Gaza it had employed, breaking earlier alleged promises of job security with the channel.

This is after many of the terminated journalists had for years risked their lives reporting and filming Israel’s crimes against Palestinians in Gaza. In fact, without their footage and reports, Al Jazeera could not have produced and financially gained from its own breaking reports.

For those following Al Jazeera's terrorist-whitewashing coverage in Syria from 2011 on, this lack of integrity is not surprising...

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🤖 NASA’s Perseverance rover captured 61 images with its WATSON camera mounted on the robotic arm, stitching them together into a spectacular selfie. In the foreground is the rocky outcrop “Arethusa,” where the rover recently abraded the surface to prepare it for spectroscopic analysis.

The self-portrait of the robot, which has been operating on the Red Planet since 2021, is not just visually impressive. These images help engineers monitor the condition of the rover’s instruments and mechanical systems.

For scientists, the photo is valuable as well — the high-resolution imagery contains enough geological and environmental detail to support yet another scientific study of Mars.

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