Artemis Astronauts May Walk Across Lunar Mantle Debris, New Simulations Suggest
The asteroid that carved the Moon’s largest scar may have arrived from the north, struck at a shallow…
As David Attenborough turns 100, he’s been gifted the honour of being named after a ‘body-snatcher’ wasp
Scientists from London’s Natural History Museum have described a new genus and species of parasitic wasp found within…
Why SpaceX thinks it’s worth nearly $2 trillion
Image: SpaceX Sometime this year, SpaceX will officially hit the public market as what is the largest IPO…
Starts With A Bang podcast #129 – Triton and the outer solar system
We often think about the Solar System as being our own cosmic backyard, and in many ways, it…
See Jupiter And Venus As Dark Skies Return: Stargazing This Weekend
Topline With the full Flower Moon out of the night sky this May weekend, it’s a great time…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Gets Its Drill Stuck, Recordings From The Arctic Seafloor And More Science Stories
What a week. Beloved nature communicator David Attenborough turned 100 on Friday, and scientists named a newly discovered…
Meet China’s moon porter for Chang’e-8 mission: a 4-wheeled robot with 2 arms
China is sending a new kind of explorer to the moon – with a humanoid upper body and…
Two-qubit logic and teleportation with mobile spin qubits in silicon
Bravyi, S. et al. High-threshold and low-overhead fault-tolerant quantum memory. Nature 627, 778–782 (2024). Article ADS CAS PubMed …
New Study Reveals Language Evolves in Predictable, Weather-Like Patterns, Researchers Say
Language is ever evolving—from ancient dialects to modern slang, the words and accents people use are not only…
4 epic myths hiding in the May sky — and how to find them
Spring is here and with it, a new set of sparkling constellations rises to prominence! But what are…
Good Vibrations for Quantum Communications
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated, for the first…
The complete story of how the James Webb Space Telescope survived twenty-five years of near-cancellation to become the most ambitious instrument humans have ever launched
The James Webb Space Telescope cost roughly $10 billion, launched on Christmas Day 2021, and has produced science…