New propulsion system could make tiny satellites both fast and fuel-efficient | MIT News
MIT engineers are testing a new propulsion system that combines the power and speed of conventional chemical thrusters…
Why do male chimpanzees throw rocks at the same trees for more than a decade? We travelled to remote Guinea-Bissau to find out
Walking through the savanna-woodland landscape of Boé National Park, Guinea-Bissau, you might encounter a tree covered in gnarled…
Amazon oil drilling plan excludes unique hybrid manatees too big for rescue
Brazil’s environmental agency approved oil drilling off the mouth of the Amazon River, even though oil company…
Webb Telescope snaps interstellar comet – proves it’s like nothing we’ve ever seen in our own Solar System
NASA has released the results of the James Webb Space Telescope’s observations of 3I/ATLAS, and the data confirms…
This Diffraction Grating Clock Hides Its Digits — Unless You’re Looking Through the Lens
Physicist and electronic artist Moritz v. Sivers, of the YouTube channel Twisted&Tinned, has designed an LED matrix clock…
Mars Hid its Warm, Wet Crystals Underground
The search for any sign of life on Mars continues. In the latest update, a new data release…
An autonomous submarine named Ran mapped 54 square miles under Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf and found plateaus, terraced “steps,” and teardrop pits carved by basal melt, then lost contact and disappeared, leaving behind data that shows why melt can concentrate in hidden fractures models often miss
Ran, a robot submarine sent beneath West Antarctica’s Dotson Ice Shelf, returned a set of rare maps before…
Virgin Galactic Crashes 32% on Settlement Dilution Fears, AST SpaceMobile Rises 10%, Planet Labs Climbs 9%
Quick Read Virgin Galactic (SPCE) stock crashed 32% after preliminary court approval for a shareholder derivative settlement reignited…
Heaviest snakes in the world: From green anacondas to giant pythons that rule the heavyweight reptile world |
PC: Natural History Museum When people talk about the heaviest snakes in the world, the discussion often drifts…
There is a planet 63 light-years from Earth where the rain is made of molten glass, the winds blow at 7,000 kilometres per hour, the daytime temperature is over 1,000 degrees Celsius, and the planet itself, viewed from space, is the same deep blue as Earth.
The planet’s name is HD 189733b. It is one of the closest extrasolar planets to Earth that can…
Killer Whales Teach Their Children To Beach Themselves — A Biologist Explains Why
Along remote coastlines, killer whale parents teach their young how to intentionally beach themselves for prey in a…
June skywatching brings Venus, Jupiter and planet parade
It’s going to be a busy month for skywatchers across the country as a number of smaller celestial…