Crater

• NASA has captured images of a new lunar crater created after a defunct component of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the moon. • The rocket part struck the lunar surface uncontrolled this month, traveling at an estimated speed of 5,400 mph. • This event highlights the growing challenge of space debris and the risks associated with uncontrolled re-entries of man-made objects.

• A piece of Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 rocket crashed into the lunar surface on Wednesday after drifting in space for one year. • The impact created a new crater on the Moon, which has been captured in the first available images of the crash site. • This event highlights the growing issue of space debris and the risks posed by defunct hardware orbiting or traveling through space.

• Asia-Pacific markets experienced a stark divide on July 29, with South Korea's KOSPI plunging over 5% and triggering a circuit breaker. • The sell-off was driven by a crash in memory and chip equipment stocks, while Taiwan's market dropped below the 40,500 level. • Conversely, several regional markets hit record highs, including Singapore's Straits Times Index at 5,640 points and New Zealand's NZX 50 at 13,991 points.

• IBM stock plummeted 25%, marking the company's worst single-day decline on record, following a second-quarter earnings warning. • The company reported adjusted earnings of $2.93 per share on $17.2 billion in revenue, missing analyst expectations of $3.01 per share and $17.86 billion in revenue. • The CEO attributed the shortfall to weakness in the software and infrastructure sectors, noting that clients shifted their spending toward hardware purchases.

• New York University Abu Dhabi team discovered clues of subsurface water on Mars in Gale Crater using NASA's Curiosity rover data, indicating habitability lasted longer than previously thought. • Ancient sand dunes hardened into rock billions of years ago after interacting with groundwater, confirmed by comparing Martian formations to UAE desert analogs. • Led by Dimitra Atri, the study published in Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets highlights underground sites as prime locations for past life evidence.